Sign Up to Last. Play album. Length Lyrics You just keep me hanging on Lyrics You just keep me hanging on. A song written by Lou Reed in Its fame was given a boost in the s when it was featured in the film Trainspotting, and after its release as a charity single in The song was originally featured on the album Transformer.
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Featured On Play album. Transformer Lou Reed 1,, listeners. Play track. Artist images more. Especially while a member of the The Velvet Underground in the s, Reed broke new ground for the rock genre in several important dimensions, introducing more mature and intellectual themes to what was then considered a largely simplistic genre of music. In he scored a minor hit with the single "The Ostrich", a parody of popular dance songs of the time, w… read more.
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It featured Lou Reed himself and other major artists in what the Financial Times described as 'an astonishing line-up of world class performers'. This is only possible thanks to the unique way the BBC is paid for by you.
You make it what it is. Prompted by huge public demand the track was released on November 17, , as a charity single for Children in Need, and Reed said, 'I have never been more impressed with a performance of one of my songs. The BBC also produced a Christmas version of the accompanying music video. In Ireland, the song was a huge success, remaining at number one for seven weeks and becoming 's Christmas number one.
The single also topped the Norwegian Singles Chart for seven weeks in late and early , spending 17 weeks on the chart in total. The song has not been digitally released to digital music platforms as the 'single [is] unusable again in a commercial context due to the specific nature of the clearances for Children In Need at the time'. Following the success of the 'Perfect Day' music video, the BBC produced three further similar campaigns. The first, Future Generations , in December , did a similar multi-celebrity montage with favourite BBC children's programmes.
The second, called Shaggy Dog Story , featured various comedians and comic actors telling a long-winded shaggy dog story [ citation needed ] , with each one sharing a line or phrase. A second, shorter shaggy dog story, entitled Mammals vs. Insects , was also broadcast on 4 January The only person to appear in both campaigns is Sir Elton John. The single inspired Sony Music to release a various artists compilation album, Perfect Day , in early It reached number 7 in the UK Compilation Chart.
A BBC live television event in , which consisted of music programs around the clock, ended in another round-robin performance of 'Perfect Day'.
Although watched by millions, the recording of the show that was released as a single was not a chart success, reaching only number 69 in mid-June It reached number 28 on the UK Singles Chart in The song featured a rare appearance by Duran Duran's first drummer Roger Taylor. He also appeared in the video and in a promotional appearance on Top of the Pops. The music video was filmed in February by director Nick Egan, and first aired in March.
It shows clips of the band performing, interspersed with surreal images. The single was released in several versions, including numerous different remixes of the title track and other Duran Duran songs. In addition to the single and the Thank You album, the song also appeared in Duran Duran's Singles Box Set — , released in On Duran Duran's episode of Behind the Music , Reed described the Duran Duran version as being potentially the best rerecording of any of his songs.
Scottish recording artist Susan Boyle covered the song on her second album The Gift and also released it on November 8, as a single. She had planned to sing 'Perfect Day', but two hours before the show, she was told that Lou Reed had intervened, refusing her permission to perform his song and to include it on her forthcoming album The Gift.
As she and her choir didn't have time to rehearse another number, she decided to cancel her performance. A couple of weeks later, Lou Reed agreed not only to let her include the song on The Gift , [41] but also to produce her music video of the song. It was shot on the banks of Loch Lomond and premiered on November 7,
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