Skip to content
Artwork for Born to Be Wild Steppenwolf

Born to Be Wild

Steppenwolf

5 sources

5 cited facts

What connects this song

Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.

Open in graph

  1. Released on Dunhill ABC, also Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh), The Pusher and Sookie Sookie

  2. Produced by Gabriel Mekler, also Kozmic Blues (Janis Joplin), One Good Man (Janis Joplin) and Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (Janis Joplin)

  3. Part of Steppenwolf, also The Pusher, Sookie Sookie and The Ostrich

  4. Written by Mars Bonfire, also Ride With Me, Tenderness and Faster Than the Speed of Life

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Credits

All 4 credits
Written by
Mars Bonfire
Produced by
Gabriel Mekler
Part of
Steppenwolf
Released on
Dunhill ABC

Connected by credits

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Elsewhere

Sources (5)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz Born to Be Wild was produced by Gabriel Mekler

    Born to Be Wild was produced by Gabriel Mekler

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Born to Be Wild was written by Mars Bonfire

    Born to Be Wild was written by Mars Bonfire

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Born to Be Wild is part of the release Steppenwolf

    Born to Be Wild is part of the release Steppenwolf

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Dunhill ABC is the label of the song Born to Be Wild

    Dunhill ABC is the label of the song Born to Be Wild

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Born to Be Wild was released on 1968-01-29

    Born to Be Wild was released on 1968-01-29

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026