Born to be Wild

Studio album by

Released

April 14, 2023

Genre

Rock, Rock and Roll, Pop

Label

Cleopatra

Producer

Jürgen Engler, Adam Hamilton, Danny B. Harvey

Ann-Margret chronology

God is Love: The Gospel Sessions 2
(2011)

Born to be Wild
(2023)

Born to Be Wild is a rock album by Swedish-American actress and singer Ann-Margret released by Cleopatra Records on April 14, 2023. It was her first album in over a decade and she was 81 at the time of its release. The album charted at number 93 on the Billboard Top Album Sales, the first time an Ann-Margret album had charted since Beauty and the Beard in 1964.^[1]

The album contains guest appearances from Joe Perry, Pete Townshend, Cliff Richard and Pat Boone, among others.^[2] Ann-Margret had previously recorded "Teach Me Tonight" on her 1961 debut album And Here She Is ... Ann-Margret.

Track listing

*Born to be Wild* by Ann-Margret track listing
No.	Title	featuring artists	Length
1.	"Rock Around the Clock"	Jim McCarty and Joe Perry	2:14
2.	"Bye Bye Love"	Pete Townshend and T.G. Sheppard	2:35
3.	"Son of a Preacher Man"	Brian Auger and Steve Cropper	2:12
4.	"Earth Angel"	Harvey Mandel and The Oak Ridge Boys	2:54
5.	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"	Chip Z'nuff and Robben Ford	2:21
6.	"The Great Pretender"	Adam Hamilton, Danny B. Harvey and Paul Shaffer	3:02
7.	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"	Cliff Richard and Rick Braun	3:46
8.	"Born to Be Wild"	The Fuzztones	3:45
9.	"Splish Splash"	Linda Gail Lewis, Mickey Gilley and The Rockats	2:33
10.	"Somebody's In My Orchard"	Don Randi	2:15
11.	"Teach Me Tonight"	Damiano Della Torre, Pat Boone and Rick Wakeman	3:03
12.	"Volare"	Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom	2:31
13.	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	Sonny Landreth	2:05
Total length:			35:16

Personnel

Ann-Margret – vocals

Charts

Chart (2023)	Peak position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)^[3]	93

References

External links

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