Written and produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter (two-thirds of the collaborators behind the group's most celebrated tune, "Dancing in the Street").
"Wild One" suffered somewhat in sales as it was released just four months after the monster hit "Dancing In The Street".
The song, which in lead singer Martha Reeves' description, was a tribute to bikers (released shortly after The Shangri-Las' "Leader of the Pack"), described the narrator's strong love for her "wild one" who is told he's "no good" by the narrator's close circle.
The narrator tells her "wild one" to not listen to what others say and continue to "sav(ing his) love for (her)".
Cash Boxsaid that the "storyline concerns a gal who digs a 'victim of circumstance'" and that the song has the "flavor of" the group's recent hit "Dancing in the Streets.