Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” was born from a scrapped musical, then reinvented as a gritty portrait of Andy Warhol’s Factory crowd—turning fleeting encounters into immortal characters like Joe Dallesandro and Holly Woodlawn, whose lives were forever changed by the song. Without Reed’s keen ear, these figures might’ve vanished into obscurity, making this track not just a hit—but a cultural time capsule.

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