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O saxofone solo que marca o fadeout da faixa foi tocado por Ronnie Ross, que na verdade foi o professor de saxofone de David Bowie quando este ainda era criança.
A gravação contou com um duplo baixo interligado: Herbie Flowers tocou baixo de cordas e depois sobregravou um baixo sem cordas (fretless), uma técnica que ele alegou ter criado para ganhar o dobro do pagamento por ser “músico de sessão”.
As vozes de apoio foram fornecidas pelo grupo Thunderthighs, formado por Dari Lallou, Karen Friedman, Jacki Campbell e Casey Synge, adicionando uma camada feminina característica ao som de Lou Reed.
A canção chegou ao 16º lugar no Billboard Hot 100 nos EUA em 1973, mesmo com um trecho da versão original censurado pelo RCA para eliminar a referência a sexo oral.
O título e o tema da música foram inspirados na obra de Nelson Algren, *A Walk on the Wild Side* (1956), embora a composição evoluísse para incluir personagens da própria vida de Reed e do círculo de Andy Warhol, como Holly Woodlawn e Candy Darling.
Em 1991, a faixa foi amostrada pelo grupo de hip‑hop A Tribe Called Quest na single *Can I Kick It?*, mostrando sua influência intergeracional e trans-genre.
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