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“Real Wild Child (Wild One)” by Iggy Pop

From the album Blah‐Blah‐Blah (1986)

“Real Wild Child (Wild One)” by Iggy Pop appears on 28 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1986 and 2025. It was first released in 1986 on the album Blah‐Blah‐Blah. Its best result is #53 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #113 alternative song of 1986 and #846 alternative song of all time.

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"Real Wild Child (Wild One)" is Iggy Pop tearing into a piece of Australian rock and roll history on his 1986 album Blah-Blah-Blah. The song, credited to Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe and Dave Owens, first came out on 5 July 1958, a date Australians count as the birth of their own rock and roll, and O'Keefe's guitarist Lou Casch traced it to a Sydney gig where a dance crowd and a wedding party brawled their way into a street riot.

Iggy's take is a glossy, synth-heavy stomp. David Bowie produced and mixed it with David Richards and sings backup, Steve Jones and Kevin Armstrong play guitar, and Erdal Kızılçay handles just about everything else. Iggy returned to it in 2008, cutting a new version with the band Jet.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1986 53 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 129 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 119 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1994 463 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 481 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 881 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 472 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 198 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 461 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2001 459 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2002 447 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 360 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 405 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 298 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2005 301 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2006 372 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 465 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 443 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 426 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 432 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 441 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 450 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 456 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 360 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2023 504 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 837 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 239 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850
2025 524 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800

Also listed as: Real Wild Child.

Charting alongside it in 1986

Best songs of 1986 →
  1. 1PanicThe Smiths
  2. 2AskThe Smiths
  3. 3Bigmouth Strikes AgainThe Smiths
  4. 4SledgehammerPeter Gabriel
  5. 5Wild Wild LifeTalking Heads
  6. 6Don't Get Me WrongThe Pretenders

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