Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)

"Perfect Day"
"Perfect Day"
	One of label variants of the US single
Single by Lou Reed
from the album Transformer
A-side	"Walk on the Wild Side"
Released	November 1972
Recorded	August 31, 1972
Studio	Trident (London)
Genre	Pop;
Length	3:46
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Lou Reed
Producer(s)	David Bowie; Mick Ronson;
Lou Reed singles chronology

"Perfect Day" is a song written by American musician Lou Reed in 1972. It was originally featured on Transformer, Reed's second post-Velvet Underground solo album, and as B-side of his major hit, "Walk on the Wild Side". Its fame was given a boost in the 1990s when it was featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting and after a star-studded version was released as a BBC charity single in 1997, reaching number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Norway. Reed re-recorded the song for his 2003 album The Raven.

^ O'Hagan, Sean (October 27, 2013). "Lou Reed: Six of his greatest songs". The Guardian. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
^ Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2022. If utopia can exist within a pop song, this Bowie-produced Transformer tune is explicitly it.

[1] O'Hagan, Sean (October 27, 2013). "Lou Reed: Six of his greatest songs". The Guardian. Retrieved February 4, 2016.

[2] Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2022. If utopia can exist within a pop song, this Bowie-produced Transformer tune is explicitly it.

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