"Runnin' Wild" is a popular song first composed and recorded in 1922, written by A.H. Gibbs, Joe Grey and Leo Wood

Leo Wood

Leo Wood was a songwriter and lyricist for popular songs in the United States. He is best remembered as the songwriter of the 1920’s hit Somebody Stole My Gal. Wood wrote lyrics for many of the top songwriters of the day, including Theodore F. Morse...

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It is probably best known for its inclusion in the classic 1959 comedy film Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot is an American comedy film, made in 1958 and released in 1959, which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and George Raft. The supporting cast includes Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien and Nehemiah Persoff. The film is a remake by Wilder and I....

, set in the late prohibition

Prohibition

Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...

 era. The song is performed during a rehearsal on a train journey,with Marilyn Monroe providing the vocals.

A swing version is included on the 1962 Verve

Verve Records

Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...

 recording: Ella Fitzgerald: Rhythm is My Business with a fabulous big band arrangement by Bill Doggett.

It was also used as introductory music on two early sound short films starring Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...

 (Men O' War

Men O' War

-Plot:The film opens with a montage of scenes in a park; canoes on a lake, a band playing in a bandstand, before showing us a washerwoman walking along one of the paths in the park with a basket of laundry on her shoulder. A ladies' undergarment falls from the basket onto a shrub...

, They Go Boom

They Go Boom

They Go Boom is a 1929 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy.-Plot details:Laurel & Hardy try to sleep in a room-for-rent. Hardy, suffering from a cold, coughs frequently, while Laurel snores. Both of them have trouble falling asleep because of this. They try to solve their problems, but this...

) before their celebrated theme tune The Ku-Ku Song was composed.