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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| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:17 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | LSP-4807 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:17 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA Victor | LSP 4807 |
| 1.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side | Lou Reed | Single |
| RCA Victor | RCA 2303 |
| 1.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side | Lou Reed | Single |
| RCA Victor | 3-10925 |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | AFL1-2001 |
| 1.10 | Walk on the Wild Side | ?:?? | Lou Reed | Rock and Roll Diary 1967–1980 | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | A2L 8603 |
| 2.4 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Times Square | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| RSO | RS-2-4203 |
| 2.4 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Times Square | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| RSO | RS-2-4203 |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | AYL1-3753 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:17 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA International | INTS 5061, NL 13806 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | ND83 806 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:17 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | NL 83806 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:17 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | NL 83806 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:17 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | NL 83806 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | RCD 13806 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PCD14807 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | Music Is My Life, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 0745051710 |
| 1.2 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | 25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1973: 20 of the Year’s Greatest Tracks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | YRNR CD73 |
| 1.3 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | A Nous les Pubs TV | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère (just “Carrère" or “Disques Carrère”, not “CARRÈRE MUSIC”) | 96 618 |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Baby Boomer Classics: Rollin' Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Trax Music | BBCD1007 |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Pop Classics, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 3753-2-R, D 102270 |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 3753-2-R |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 3753-2-R |
| 1.4 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 7653-4-R |
| 1.4 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 7653-1-R |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 3753-2-R |
| 1.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | Retro: Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD 90389 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | B20D-41005 |
| 2.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Heart Rock: Rock für’s Herz, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 353 636, 353 636-263 |
| 1.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:16 | Lou Reed | Pop Classics | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation) | PD 90318 |
| 1.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | Retro | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PL 80389 |
| 1.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | Retro: Best of Lou Reed (Distronics B) | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD 90389 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | The Singer & The Song | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stylus Music | SMR 975 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | The Singer & The Song | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stylus Music | SMD 975 |
| 1.16 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | Hit History, Volume 19: 1973 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation) | PD 74789 |
| 1.11 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Pop Classics: 28 Classic Tracks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | |
| 2.2 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:10 | Lou Reed | Rock Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 353 800 |
| 1.19 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | Sounds of the Seventies: 1973 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2582, SOD-06 |
| 1.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side & Other Hits | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 52162-2 |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | CDRCA (WM) 4007 |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | BG2 03753 |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD83753 |
| 1.4 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | WRDU 106 FM Classics 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Discovery Artists | DAR007 |
| 1.3 | Walk On The Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | 70's Greatest Rock Hits Volume 8 Super Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Priority Records (US hip hop) | CDL 7997 |
| 1.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | American Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Excel (own-label for W H Smith), Fastforward Music | FFCD 909 |
| 1.17 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | De Pre Historie 1973 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), PolyGram, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 260.745 |
| 1.7 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Rock & Pop Diamonds 1972 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.7 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Summer in the City | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 845543-2 |
| 1.3 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Super Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Priority Records (US hip hop) | CDL 7997 |
| 2.8 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | The Rock Collection: Rock Stars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 527/01 |
| 1.11 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | The Winners, 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Edison (Dutch label aka Edison Stichting) | 17.468396.10, 468396.2 |
| 1.7 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Those Rocking ’70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | A2 22502 |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation | RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | ND83753 | |
| 1.4 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 2356-2-R |
| 1.16 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Sun Jammin' 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | TVT 24005 |
| 2.7 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Back to the 70’s, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7 986242 |
| 1.20 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Best of the Best Classical Oldies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds | |
| 1.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Classic Rock Box: WNEW-FM 25th Anniversary Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) | 314 515 913-2 |
| 2.9 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | My Generation: Die großen Oldies der 60’er und 70’er Jahre | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Polystar (Germany) | 2CD 515347-2 |
| 2.16 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | Pop Heaven | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002) | 0777 7 81029 2 |
| 1.16 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Sun Jammin' 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Direct (Canadian label) | TVK 24005 |
| 1.17 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | The Boys Are Back in Town | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.3 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | The Greatest Pop Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321 11816 2 |
| 3.14 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | A-23707/R102-34, A-23708/R102-34, A-23709/R102-34, A-23710/R102-34, OPCD-2692/R102-34, OPCD-2693/R102-34, OPCD-2694/R102-34, R102-34 |
| 3.14 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | OPCS-2692, OPCS-2693, OPCS-2694, PT-23707, PT-23708, PT-23709, PT-23710, R102-33 |
| 1.2 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | A Retrospective | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 13363 2, 74321-133632 |
| 1.3 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Audio’s Audiophile, Volume 1: Voices and Instruments (Gold-CD) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | CD 27000473 D |
| 1.14 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Classic Rock, Volume II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| MCA Music Entertainment GmbH | MCD 31232 |
| 2.4 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | Het Beste uit de Top 100 Allertijden: Editie ’93 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation) | 7893612 |
| 1.16 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Some Like It Hot | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321150182 |
| 1.4 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | Wild Child | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Zounds | 7559-60620-2, CD 27200514 B |
| 1.9 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:16 | Lou Reed | Rock and Roll Diary 1967–1980 | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 07822-18434-2 |
| 1.8 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | Sounds of the Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD01 |
| 2.6 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:10 | Lou Reed | 70’s Best Of: De Woodstock au Walkman | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Versailles (French label) | VER 475756 2 |
| 1.11 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | All Right Now | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation) | 8300892 |
| 1.4 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | American Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 07-477228-10 |
| 1.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | L'America del rock 07: L'avanguardia sbarca a New York | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| La Repubblica | AdR-07 |
| 2.15 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | Simply the Best: Superstars & Legendäre Hits der 70er, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.12 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | The 70’s: 1973 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 597/04 |
| 1.1 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:09 | Lou Reed | The Rock Collection, Volume 2: On the Wild Side | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Newsound (imprint of UK company Newsound Ltd. up till Sep 1997) | NSCD 003 |
| 1.11 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:09 | Lou Reed | Tijdloze honderd | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 525.205-2 |
| 2.16 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Top Gear | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | MOOD CD 33 |
| 1.18 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Wild Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 516832-2 |
| 2.21 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:09 | Lou Reed | The Best Rock Album in the World… Ever! II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD47 |
| 1.11 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground | Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADMC21 |
| 1.2 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | Essential Lou Reed | Lou Reed | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 - 24797-2 |
| 2.9 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Nighthawk, Volume 2: Wer fühlen will muss hören | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | LC 4324 |
| 1.7 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:09 | Lou Reed | One Hell of a Rock Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Vision (British compilation label) | VISCD12 |
| 1.16 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:11 | Lou Reed | Party Collection, Volume 10 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 38 412 3 |
| 1.14 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Songbook: The Best of the Singer/Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997) | 480 720-2 |
| 1.13 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | Sulle strade del rock Vol. 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321-32633-2 |
| 1.18 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | That’s the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV | 7243 8 36519 2 4 |
| 1.11 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground | Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD21 |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:17 | Lou Reed | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 601812, PCD 10200 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.7 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:14 | Lou Reed | A Rock & Roll Life | Lou Reed | Other + Interview |
| Sire Records | PRO-CD-3358 |
| 1.4 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:15 | Lou Reed | K-SHE95 Summer Classics 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | CD 6 Pack: Compiled From the Charts of Billboard Magazine | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.), Pioneer (USA imprint with italic text logo) | S26-57999 | |
| 1.5 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:13 | Lou Reed | The Mick Ronson Primer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.14 | Walk on the Wild Side | 4:12 | Lou Reed | Times Square | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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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, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1972-08) |
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| mixed at: | Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom |
| 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: 221) |
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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 Mas 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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