Born to Be Wild (Ann-Margret album)

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Born to be Wild
Born to Be Wild Ann-Margret.jpeg
Studio album by
Released2023
Genre Rock
Label Cleopatra
Producer Jürgen Engler, Adam Hamilton, Danny B. Harvey
Ann-Margret chronology
God is Love: The Gospel Sessions 2
(2011)
Born to be Wild
(2023)

Born to Be Wild is a rock album by Swedish-American actress and singer Ann-Margret released by Cleopatra Records in 2023. It was her first album in over a decade and she was 81 at the time of its release. The album charted at number 93 on the Billboard Top Album Sales, the first time an Ann-Margret album had charted since Beauty and the Beard in 1964. [1]

Contents

The album contains guest appearances from Joe Perry, Pete Townshend, Cliff Richard and Pat Boone, among others. [2] Ann-Margret had previously recorded "Teach Me Tonight" on her 1961 debut album And Here She Is ... Ann-Margret .

Track listing

Born to be Wild by Ann-Margret track listing
No.Titlefeaturing artistsLength
1."Rock Around the Clock" Jim McCarty and Joe Perry 2:14
2."Bye Bye Love" Pete Townshend and T.G. Sheppard 2:35
3."Son of a Preacher Man" Brian Auger and Steve Cropper 2:12
4."Earth Angel" Harvey Mandel and The Oak Ridge Boys 2:54
5."Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Chip Z'nuff and Robben Ford 2:21
6."The Great Pretender" Adam Hamilton, Danny B. Harvey and Paul Shaffer 3:02
7."Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Cliff Richard and Rick Braun 3:46
8."Born to Be Wild" The Fuzztones 3:45
9."Splish Splash" Linda Gail Lewis, Mickey Gilley and The Rockats 2:33
10."Somebody's In My Orchard" Don Randi 2:15
11."Teach Me Tonight"Damiano Della Torre, Pat Boone and Rick Wakeman 3:03
12."Volare" Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom 2:31
13."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Sonny Landreth 2:05
Total length:35:16

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2023)Peak
position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [3] 93

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