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Wild Ones (Flo Rida song)

2011 single by Flo Rida ft. Sia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ1333322
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"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 touches on themes including partying, love and dancing while the musical composition is an uptempo dance-pop and hip house song that is influenced by house music and electro house.

It was released on December 19, 2011, as the album's second single and title track. Upon its release, the song was positively received by music critics, specifically Sia's chorus. 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. 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.

The music video was released, featuring Flo Rida having fun with his friends. Sia, however, was not featured in the final video.

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