“The Wild and the Young” is a song by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot, released in 1986 as the lead single from their fifth studio album QR III. The song was written by Spencer Proffer, Frankie Banali, Carlos Cavazo, Kevin DuBrow and Chuck Wright, and was produced by Proffer.
The song’s music video was directed by Jeff Stein and produced by Michael Ader. It received its premiere on MTV on 11 July 1986 and went on to achieve active rotation on the channel. It peaked at number 30 on the Cash Box Top 30 Music Videos chart in October 1986.
The video was made when the US Senate held hearings regarding explicit song lyrics, particularly in heavy metal songs, imagery that resonated deeply with rock and metal music fans, who wanted nothing more than to listen to their favorite music. The video also featured game show host Wink Martindale in a cameo as a militarist in charge of the rock’ n’ roll purge.
Times are changing, nothing stays the same
For this jukebox generation
Adhere to fashion like computer games
Modern day communication
The news hard to take will fade in tomorrow
They are the strong, they’ll survive
The wild and the young, they all have their dreams
The wild and the young, they got to be free
The sun never sets for souls on the run
The wild and the young, yeah
Roaring passion with no guilt or shame
It’s accepting education, yeah
Misbehaving, no regrets, no blame
With a bold kind of sophistication
So close to the edge and high on the wire
They are not wrong, they’re alive
The wild and the young, they all have their dreams
The wild and the young, they got to be free
The sun never sets for souls on the run
The wild and the young
So close to the edge and high on the wire
They are not wrong, they’re alive
Look out
Wild, wild
The wild and the young, y-y-y-y-young
The wild and the young, they all have their dreams
The wild and the young, they got to be free
The sun never sets for souls on the run
The wild and the young, they all have their dreams
The wild and the young, they got to be free
The sun never sets for souls on the run
The wild and the young
The wild and the young
Oh, alright
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