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| Single by Flo Rida featuring Sia | ||||
| from the album Wild Ones | ||||
| Released | December 19, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
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| Length | 3:53 | |||
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"Wild Ones" | ||||
"Wild Ones" is a song by American rapper Flo Rida featuring Australian singer-songwriter Sia from his fourth studio album of the same name (2012). It was by written by the artists alongside Jacob Luttrell, Marcus Cooper, Niklaas Vogel-Kern, and producers soFLY & Nius and Axwell, while the engineering and recording of the record was handled by Skylar Mones. Lyrically, the song contracts themes including partying, love and dancing while the musical composition is an uptempo dance-pop song that is influenced by house music and electro house.
It was released to CD on December 19, 2011 as the album's second single and title track. The single peaked at number one in Australia, Canada, Honduras, New Zealand, and Norway, whilst it peaked inside the top forty in every country chart it charted on. It charted at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The music video was released, featuring Flo Rida having fun with his friends. Sia, however, was not featured in the final video. This song along with "Good Feeling" was selected to serve as one of the official theme songs to WrestleMania XXVIII and it was also featured in The Rock's Road to WrestleMania vignettes where he prepares for his match with John Cena at the event. Flo Rida performed the songs "Good Feeling" and "Wild Ones" live at the event to precede Rock's entrance for the match.[1] With over 6.5 million copies sold globally, it is Flo Rida's fourth best selling and one of the top 250 best-selling singles.[2] The WrestleMania XXVIII version, which had different lyrics for the second verse, focusing on The Rock, was also featured in the WWE 2K15 soundtrack.
- ^ "Flo Rida brings anthem to WrestleMania XXVIII :: WWE". WWE. March 21, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
- ^ "IFPI Digital Music Report 2013" (PDF). IFPI. Retrieved October 3, 2016.