No Money Down (Lou Reed song)

"No Money Down"
Single by Lou Reed
from the album Mistrial
Released	June 1986[1]
Recorded	1986
Studio	Power Station (New York City)
Genre	Pop rock new wave funk
Length	3:09
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Lou Reed
Producer(s)	Lou Reed Fernando Saunders
Lou Reed singles chronology
"The Original Wrapper" (1986) "No Money Down" (1986) "Busload of Faith" (1989)
Music video
"No Money Down" on YouTube

"No Money Down" is a song written and recorded by American rock musician Lou Reed, released as both a 7" and 12" single from his fourteenth solo studio album, Mistrial (1986). The only single to chart from the album, it peaked at No. 75 on the Australian ARIA singles chart.

Eddie Martinez provided the funky rhythm guitar on the track. Martinez had played on Run-DMC's "Rock Box" and the "King of Rock" a couple of years prior this recording, and Rick Bell played the tenor saxophone. Bell was a former member of the Michael Stanley band, and had also played with Peter Gabriel of Genesis.