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Born to Be Wild is een nummer van de Canadese band Steppenwolf. Het nummer werd uitgebracht op hun naar de band vernoemde debuutalbum uit 1968. Op 19 mei van dat jaar werd het nummer uitgebracht als de derde en laatste single van het album.

"Born to Be Wild" is a song written by Mars Bonfire and first released as a single by Steppenwolf. Although the lyrics do not specifically mention motorcycles, the song is often invoked in both popular and counter culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude since being featured in the 1969 film Easy Rider. Sometimes, "Born to Be Wild" is described as the first heavy metal song, and the second-verse lyric "heavy metal thunder" marks the first use of this term in rock music (although not as a description of a musical style but rather a motorcycle).