Wild One (Faith Hill song)

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"Wild One"
Faith Hill - Wild One.jpg
Single by Faith Hill
from the album Take Me as I Am
B-side
  • "Go the Distance"
  • "I Would Be Stronger Than That"
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1993
RecordedJuly 1993
Genre Country
Length2:45
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s) Pat Bunch, Jaime Kyle, Will Rambeaux
Producer(s) Scott Hendricks
Faith Hill singles chronology
"Wild One"
(1993)
"Piece of My Heart"
(1994)

"Wild One", originally titled "She's a Wild One", is a country music song written by Pat Bunch, Jaime Kyle, and Will Rambeaux. It was first recorded in 1992 by country band Zaca Creek on their album, Broken Heartland, and country band Evangeline on their 1993 album, French Quarter Moon. Faith Hill later covered the song on her 1993 debut album, Take Me as I Am , and released it in late 1993 as her debut single. Hill's rendition was also her first Number One, spending the first four chart weeks of 1994 at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Contents

American Aquarium covered the song on their 2021 album Slappers, Bangers, and Certified Twangers: Vol 1.

Composition

The song is written in the key of B major with a tempo of 132 beats per minute. [2]

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Wild One" - 2:45
  2. "Go the Distance" - 3:02
  3. "I Would Be Stronger Than That" - 4:48

Chart positions

Chart (1993–1994)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 27
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 74

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006. Second edition. Record Research. p. 158.
  2. Faith Hill "Wild One" Sheet Music at musicnotes.com
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2359." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. January 17, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  4. "Faith Hill Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM . December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  6. "Best of 1994: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.