Song · Iggy Pop
“Something Wild” by Iggy Pop
From the album Brick by Brick (1990)
“Something Wild” by Iggy Pop appears on 11 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2010. It was first released in 1990 on the album Brick by Brick. Its best result is #1223 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,705 alternative song of all time.
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"Something Wild" comes from Iggy Pop's 1990 album Brick by Brick, and it's a John Hiatt song, words and music, with Hiatt himself dropping in on vocals. Don Was produced, and the band is a crack studio outfit: Waddy Wachtel on guitar, Charley Drayton on bass and Kenny Aronoff on drums, with Iggy strumming acoustic under his own lead vocal.
Ed Cherney recorded and mixed it and even adds a voice of his own. The sound is lean, tough American rock and roll, and Iggy sings it with a grown-up rasp, still restless and still a little dangerous, just with the edges polished.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1238 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1238 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1239 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1238 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1223 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1223 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1224 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1922 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1906 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1940 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1994 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
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