It is sometimes described as the first heavy metal song, and the second verse lyric "heavy metal thunder" refers to the first use of this word in rock music (though not as a description of the musical style).
Born to be wild "written by Mars Bonfire (who also wrote several other songs for Steppenwolf) as a ballad.
The fire was covered with Sparrows, the predecessor band at Steppenwolf, and the drummer of his brother Steppenwolf first He offered the song on the other hand - Human Expression, for a [7] -
"Born to Be Wild" first recorded by Steppenwolf in a sped-up and revised version of AllMusic Hal Horowitz described as "a roaring turbo song Who took the riff rock "and" timeless classic radio as well as a slight lifting of the '60s once described the sound of Steppenwolf and gave them their shot AM immortality. "