After 71-year-old veteran rocker Lou Reed died Sunday, fans honored the former Velvet Underground frontman by sharing their favorite songs on Twitter.
A day later, Twitter ranked the most-mentioned songs from the past 24 hours (see chart below), with "Perfect Day" claiming the top spot with more than 84,000 mentions.
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The 1972 song's lyrics became one way for fans to remember Reed: "It's such a perfect day. I'm glad I spend it with you. Oh, such a perfect day. You just keep me hanging on."

"Take a Walk on the Wild Side," also released in 1972, came in second place, and the Velvet Underground's 1970 song "Sweet Jane" ranked third.
Overall, Twitter reported more than 160,000 mentions of Lou Reed songs.
We've rounded up the top-tweeted songs in this playlist:

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