Lou Reed, the groundbreaking and beloved singer of the Velvet Underground, had an even more successful career once he went solo. Of the hits he delivered post-Velvets was the melancholy “Perfect Day” whose chorus has been known to elicit goosebumps to even the coolest cats.
Originally recorded in 1972 for his second solo album Transformer, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, “Perfect Day” was a double A-side single with “Walk on the Wild Side.”
Needless to say, the iconic bass line and subject matter of “… Wild Side” took most of the attention away from “Perfect Day” until it was included in the 1996 film Trainspotting where it gained a new life.
In 1997, a newer version of the tune was created by British advertising agency to promote the BBC. The ad prompted a public demand of the new version into a holiday-giving charity single for Children in Need.
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