The Gift. As she and her choir did not have time to rehearse another number, she decided to cancel her performance. A couple of days later, representatives of Reed stated that he had nothing to do with the decision and that it was just a licensing glitch. A couple of weeks later, Reed agreed not only to let her include the song on The Gift, but also to produce her music video of the song. It was shot on the banks of Loch Lomond and premiered on November 7, 2010. Charts Vatican tweet Soon after Reed's death in 2013, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the Vatican's culture minister, made news by tweeting lyrics from the song: Oh, it's such a perfect day I'm glad I spent it with you Oh, such a perfect day You just keep me hanging on As the song is widely interpreted by listeners to be drug-related, the cardinal later clarified that he did not condone drug use. See also List of number-one singles of 1997 (Ireland) References Original Seeds Vol. 2, liner notes by Kim Beissel External links MP3.com review Line-by-line list of singers 1972 singles 1972 songs 1995 singles 1997 singles 1998 singles 2010 singles All-star recordings American pop songs Children in Need singles Duran Duran songs Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Kirsty MacColl songs Lou Reed songs Number-one singles in Norway Number-one singles in Scotland Patti Smith songs Song recordings produced by David Bowie Songs written by Lou Reed Susan Boyle songs UK Singles Chart number-one singles RCA Records singles EMI Records singles Capitol Records singles Virgin Records singles Chrysalis Records singles Syco Music singles Columbia Records singles