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Dirty Blvd.

The single from New York, a story of a child in a welfare hotel.
Lou Reed, from New York (1989)

Written by
Lou Reed
Released
1989
Length
3:29
Album
New York

The third track on New York was its single and spent four weeks at number one on the newly created Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Dion DiMucci sings backing vocals. Rolling Stone's Anthony DeCurtis described it in 1989 as the story of a Hispanic child growing up in a welfare hotel, and Pitchfork's Daniel Felsenthal later singled out the abused young Pedro of this three-chord single.

More songs by Lou Reed

Walk on the Wild Side, Perfect Day, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Caroline Says II

Sources

  1. New York (Lou Reed album), Wikipedia
  2. New York, Rolling Stone (1989-02-23)
  3. Lou Reed: New York: Deluxe Edition, Pitchfork (2020-09-26)