Walk on the Wild Side
~ Recording by Lou Reed
Annotation
USRC10300139 is 2003 Remastered
Annotation last modified on 2020-05-30 11:27 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | The Number One's: Rock It Up | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Simitar Entertainment | 55582 |
Relationships
| producer: | David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) Lou Reed Mick Ronson (British guitarist) |
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| baritone saxophone: | Ronnie Ross (in 1972-08) |
| double bass and electric bass guitar: | Herbie Flowers (in 1972-08) |
| drums (drum set): | John Halsey (in 1972-08) |
| background vocals: | The Thunder Thighs (70s UK vocal group) (in 1972-08) |
| lead vocals: | Lou Reed (in 1972-08) |
| brass arranger and strings arranger: | Mick Ronson (British guitarist) |
| arranger: | David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) Lou Reed Mick Ronson (British guitarist) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | BMG Entertainment (in 1972) BMG Music (in 1972) RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1972) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1972) |
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| recorded at: | Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho (in 1972-08) |
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| mixed at: | Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho |
| sampled by: | Can I Kick It? by A Tribe Called Quest Can I Kick It? (Pimp Juice’s Cash Money Breaks) by A Tribe Called Quest Lexicon Valley #150, “Why Language Can’t Be Tamed” by John McWhorter with Robert Lane Greene (journalist/linguist) |
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| mash-ups: | Wild Side Chica (Sublime vs. Lou Reed) by DJ Schmolli |
| edits: | Walk on the Wild Side (clean edit; stereo) |
| samples from: | Lexicon Valley #150, “Why Language Can’t Be Tamed” by John McWhorter |
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| part of: | Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 75) (order: 75) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 127) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 180) (order: 180) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 221) (order: 222) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/5p3JunprHCxClJjOmcLV8G [info] |
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| recording of: | Walk on the Wild Side (in 1972-08) |
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Related works
Walk on the Wild Side
| lyricist and composer: | Lou Reed |
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| publisher: | Dunbar Music EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited (not for release label use!) EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) Oakfield Avenue Music Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd. Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) Six Continents Music Publishing Inc. |
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| later parody versions: | Sex on the Seafront |
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| later translated parody versions: | Neigschbeit Rheinsehn |
| later translated versions: | El lado más bestia de la vida Lue zersch wohär dass dr Wind wääit Miltä meno maistuu Schicksal Seisovaa ilmaa Zkus se životu dál smát |
| arrangements: | Stüverhoff (translated) |
| music quoted in: | Summer Girl |
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