| "Wildside" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Wildside_Marky_Mark_Funky_Bunch_US_cassette_single.jpg) U. S. commercial cassette single | ||||
| Single by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch | ||||
| from the album Music for the People | ||||
| B-side | "On the House Tip" | |||
| Released | October 23, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 5:07 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
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"Wildside" is a song by American hip-hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. It was released in October 1991 as the second single from their 1991 album Music for the People. It heavily samples Lou Reed's 1972 "Walk on the Wild Side".[1] All vocals on the track are performed by the group's leader Mark Wahlberg.
- ^ Washburn, Jim (1992-03-12). "RAPPIN' WITH MARKY : 'The Fame Can Be a Headache at Times, You Know'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
"Wildside" is a chopped and channeled replay of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wildside," with a recitation recounting drug deaths, gang violence, and the racism-tinged Carol Stuart murder case.