Walk on the Wild Side

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Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed

About Walk on the Wild Side

"Walk on the Wild Side" is a Lou Reed song from his 1972 second solo album Transformer. It was produced by David Bowie. The song received wide radio coverage, despite its touching on taboo topics such as transsexuality, drugs, male prostitutes and oral sex. In the United States, RCA released an edited version of the song as a single which eliminated the song's reference to oral sex. The lyrics, describing a series of individuals and their journeys to New York City .

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About this song

Credited to: Lou Reed
Album: Pure... '70s · Track 4 of 52
Released: August 2, 2013
Duration: 4:12
On Last.fm: 1,226,826 listeners on Last.fm

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