Original The Surfaris version
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, wipe out
WIPE OUT is an instrumental composed by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller, and Ron Wilson. It was first released by The Surfaris as a single in 1963.
WIPE OUT is known to have been performed at least once in Bruce Springsteen's early years (pre-October 1972), in the autumn of 1965 in Monmouth County, NJ, with The Castiles. No audio recording of this show is known to exist. Very little is known about shows from this early period, and therefore, the song may have been played on some more dates.
WIPE OUT was performed off-tour on 29 Oct 1990 at Tom Petty's House in San Fernando Valley, CA, during a gig with many of the guests at the party, including various Heartbreakers, Roger McGuinn, and Jeff Lynne.
Bruce Springsteen also performed snippets of WIPE OUT as part of DOWN THE ROAD APIECE (once off-tour in 2011), LIGHT OF DAY (at least three time on-tour in 1999), and ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) (once off-tour in 1979; see the live 22 Sep 1979 version).
List of available versions of WIPE OUT on this website:
WIPE OUT [Original The Surfaris version]