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See Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Ground-Shaking 1982 ‘Wild Thing’ Performance
See Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' newly unearthed "Wild Thing" music video from 1982.
Group recorded cover for French TV, and clip also features footage from Cameron Crowe's recently reissued Heartbreakers Beach Party film The whole premise of the Troggs’ 1966 hit “Wild Thing” is about this socially disaffected guy, benumbed to sympathy, empathy, and even his own ego — utterly skeptical of any personal joy, a real Freudian basket case — until he experiences a sexual awakening so subtle that he questions his own motivations. (There’s also footage of Petty looking cool in his sunglasses and some outtakes from the “You Got Lucky” video shoot when the Heartbreakers went full Mad Hatter Max with top hats, dusters, and speed racers.)
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