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1972 single by Lou Reed

1972 single by Lou Reed

"Walk on the Wild Side"
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Ane of characterization variants of the Us single
Unmarried past Lou Reed
from the album Transformer
A-side "Perfect Twenty-four hours"
Released November 24, 1972 (1972-11-24)
Recorded August 1972
Studio Trident, London
Genre Glam rock[1] [2]
Length iv:12
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Lou Reed
Producer(south)
  • David Bowie
  • Mick Ronson
Lou Reed singles chronology
"Walk and Talk Information technology"
(1972) 		"Walk on the Wild Side"
(1972) 		"Satellite of Love"
(1973)

"Walk on the Wild Side" is a song by Lou Reed from his second solo album, Transformer (1972). It was produced past David Bowie and Mick Ronson and released every bit a double A-side with "Perfect Mean solar day".[3] Known as a counterculture canticle,[iv] the vocal received wide radio coverage[five] and became Reed's biggest hitting[vi] [7] and signature song[8] while touching on topics considered taboo at the time, such as transgender people, drugs, male prostitution, and oral sex.[9]

The song'due south lyrics, describing a series of individuals and their journeys to New York Urban center, refer to several of the regular "superstars" at Andy Warhol's New York studio, the Manufacturing plant; the vocal mentions Holly Woodlawn, Processed Darling, Joe Dallesandro, Jackie Curtis and Joe Campbell (referred to in the song by the nickname "Sugar Plum Fairy").

In 2013, The New York Times described "Walk on the Wild Side" as a "ballad of misfits and oddballs" that "became an unlikely cultural anthem, a siren song luring generations of people...to a New York then long forgotten as to seem imaginary".[six] In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked "Walk on the Wild Side" at number 223 in its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.[x]

Inspiration [edit]

In the 2001 documentary Classic Albums: Lou Reed: Transformer, Reed says that it was Nelson Algren's 1956 novel, A Walk on the Wild Side (itself titled after the 1952 vocal "The Wild Side of Life"),[eleven] that was the launching bespeak for the song, even though, as it grew, the vocal became inhabited past characters from his own life. As with several other Reed songs from the 1970s, the championship may also exist an allusion to an earlier song, in this case Mack David and Elmer Bernstein's "Walk on the Wild Side", the University Award-nominated title vocal performed past Brook Benton for the 1962 film based on Algren'southward novel.[ original inquiry? ] During his functioning of the song on his 1978 Alive: Take No Prisoners album, Reed humorously explains the song'southward evolution from a asking that he write the music for the never-completed musical version of Algren's novel.[ citation needed ]

Each verse refers to one of the "superstars" at Andy Warhol's New York studio, The Factory.[12]

  • "Holly" is based on Holly Woodlawn, a transgender actress who lived in Miami Beach, Florida as a kid. In 1962, after being bullied by homophobes, the fifteen-year-old ran away from dwelling; and, every bit in the lyrics, learned how to pluck her eyebrows while hitchhiking to New York.[13]
  • "Candy" is based on Candy Darling, a transgender actress and the discipline of an earlier song past Lou Reed, "Candy Says". She grew up on Long Island ("the island") and was a regular at "the back room" of Max'south Kansas City.[fourteen] [fifteen]
  • "Little Joe" was the nickname of Joe Dallesandro, an actor who starred in Flesh, a 1968 film about a teenage hustler. Dallesandro said in 2014 that he had not yet met Reed when the vocal was written, and that the lyrics were based on the motion picture character, non himself personally.[16]
  • "Saccharide Plum Fairy" has been described as a reference to actor Joe Campbell, who played a character past that name in Warhol'due south 1965 film, My Hustler.[17] The term was a euphemism for "drug dealer".[eighteen] "Carbohydrate Plum Fairy" may have been a composite of a number of drug dealers in the Warhol superstars circle.[19]
  • "Jackie" is based on Jackie Curtis, some other Warhol actress. "Speeding" and "crashing" are drug references. Curtis at in one case hoped to play the role of James Dean in a film; Dean was killed in a car crash.[twenty]

Musicians and musical elements [edit]

Like many of Reed's songs, "Walk on the Wild Side" is based on a simple chord progression alternating between C major and F major, or I and Iv in harmonic assay. The pre-chorus introduces the two, [D pocket-sized].[21]

The baritone saxophone solo played over the fadeout of the vocal is performed by Ronnie Ross, who had taught David Bowie to play the saxophone during Bowie'south childhood.[22] The backing vocals are sung by Thunderthighs, a vocal group that included Dari Lalou, Karen Friedman, and Casey Synge.[23] [24] Drums were played past Ritchie Dharma using brushes rather than drumsticks.[25]

The song is noted for its twinned ascending and descending portamento basslines played by Herbie Flowers. In an interview on BBC Radio 4 (Playing 2d Fiddle, aired July 2005), Flowers claimed the reason he came up with the twin bass lines was that equally a session musician, he would exist paid double for playing 2 instruments on the same rail.[ citation needed ] Flowers's bass hook was performed on double bass overlaid by fretless Fender Jazz Bass. He was paid a £17 flat fee (equivalent to £200 in 2020).[26] [22]

Reception [edit]

The lyrics of "Walk on the Wild Side" were groundbreaking and risqué for their time, telling stories non commonly told in stone songs upwards to so and containing references to prostitution, transgender people, and oral sex.[6] "I e'er thought it would be kinda fun to introduce people to characters they perchance hadn't met before, or hadn't wanted to meet," Reed said.[27] "Walk on the Wild Side" became a worldwide hit.[28] The single peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in early 1973.[29]

The term "colored girls" was an issue in the US. RCA in 1972 provided radio stations with a version without the reference to oral sex activity, and changing the line "colored girls" to "and the girls".[30] However, almost radio stations continued to play the original, uncensored version.[31] In the UK, the oral sex reference slipped past the censors, who in 1972–73 were apparently unfamiliar with the term "giving head".[32]

In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it equally the 223rd greatest vocal of all time.[10] After the announcement of Reed's death in October 2013, both the song and the Transformer album re-charted via iTunes.[33]

Charts and certifications [edit]

Cover versions [edit]

In 1990, English musician Jamie J. Morgan released his version of "Walk on the Wild Side". It peaked at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart,[52] number 25 in Commonwealth of australia,[53] and was a number one striking in New Zealand.[54]

Also in 1990, British trip the light fantastic act Vanquish Organisation's cover of the song reached number 63 on the UK Singles Chart.[55]

In 1991, American group Marky Marking and the Funky Bunch, fronted past actor/musician Marker Wahlberg released the single "Wildside", which heavily samples and is stylistically similar to Reed's original version.[ commendation needed ] The song reached No. x on the Billboard Hot 100,[56] and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart.[ citation needed ]

Meet also [edit]

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Further reading [edit]

  • Jones, Josh (December seven, 2017). "Meet the Characters Immortalized in Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side': The Stars and Gay Rights Icons from Andy Warhol'south Factory Scene". Open Culture.

External links [edit]

  • Lyrics of this song
  • Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side on YouTube

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