It’s unknown if the song’s title is a reference to The Wild One, László Benedek’s 1953 film starring Marlon Brando, but Petty aptly opens the song with a very film-esque description: “The moon sank as the wind blew, and the streetlights slowly died.” It’s in this approaching morning that he introduces the eponymous wild one, a girl that he was warned to “stay away from she could love no one if she tried.” Of course, he’s not going to have any of it in another fantastic and passionate early vocal performance, Petty describes why he didn’t heed the warning:
“The Wild One, Forever” was his first, and it is simultaneously one of his greatest love songs and one of his most heartbreaking. Tom Petty has written his fair share of songs about mysterious women: “Magnolia,” “Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)” and “A Thing About You” are just a few notable ones.
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