Wikipedia’s top 18 songs of the Velvet Underground and Nico

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The Very Best of The Velvet Underground

There are Velvet Underground compilation albums with similar titles: The Best of The Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou Reed (1989) and The Best of The Velvet Underground: The Millennium Collection (2000).

The Very Best of The Velvet Underground
Greatest hits album by The Velvet Underground
Released	March 31, 2003
Recorded	1966–1970, New York City and Hollywood, United States
Genre	Rock, art rock, experimental rock, folk rock
Length	74:29
Language	English
Label	Polydor
Producer	Andy Warhol, Tom Wilson, The Velvet Underground, Geoff Haslam, Shel Kagan
The Velvet Underground chronology
Squeeze (1973) The Very Best of the Velvet Underground (2003)

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The Very Best of The Velvet Underground is a compilation album by The Velvet Underground. It was released in Europe on March 31, 2003, by Polydor, the record label that oversees the band’s Universal Music Group back catalogue.

The Very Best of The Velvet Underground was released on the back of a successful Hyundai television advert, which featured the band’s 1970 recording “I’m Sticking with You” off Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition). The version included in this compilation is the 1969 VU take, however, despite the cover sticker’s claim to the contrary.

Track listing

All tracks performed by The Velvet Underground except † The Velvet Underground & Nico. All titles written by Lou Reed except as noted.

1. “Sweet Jane“
2. “I’m Sticking with You” (1969 version)
3. “I’m Waiting for the Man“
4. “What Goes On”
5. “White Light/White Heat“
6. “All Tomorrow’s Parties“†
7. “Pale Blue Eyes“
8. “Femme Fatale“†
9. “Heroin“
10. “Here She Comes Now” (Reed, Cale, Morrison)
11. “Stephanie Says“
12. “Venus in Furs“
13. “Beginning to See the Light”
14. “I Heard Her Call My Name“
15. “Some Kinda Love” (alternate take)
16. “I Can’t Stand It”
17. “Sunday Morning” (Reed, Cale)†
18. “Rock & Roll“

(1, 18) taken from Loaded; (2, 11, 16) taken from VU; (3, 6, 8–9, 12, 17) taken from The Velvet Underground & Nico; (4, 7, 13, 15) taken from The Velvet Underground; (5, 10, 14) taken from White Light/White Heat.

Personnel

The Velvet Underground

• John Cale – viola, bass guitar, keyboards, celesta (3, 5–6, 8–12, 14, 17)
• Sterling Morrison – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Lou Reed – vocals except as noted, guitar, piano
• Maureen Tucker – percussion (2–17), vocals on “I’m Sticking with You”
• Doug Yule – bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, drums, backing vocals (1–2, 4, 7, 13, 15–16, 18)

Additional musicians

• Nico – lead vocals on “All Tomorrow’s Parties” and “Femme Fatale”, backing vocals on “Sunday Morning”

Technical staff

• Andy Warhol – producer
• Tom Wilson – producer
• The Velvet Underground – producers
• Geoff Haslam, Shel Kagan and The Velvet Underground – producers

References

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the velvet undergound &nico – Femme Fatale

Femme Fatale (song)

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“Femme Fatale”
Single b/w “Sunday Morning“
Single by The Velvet Underground and Nico
from the album The Velvet Underground & Nico
A-side	“Sunday Morning“
Released	December 1966 (single) March 1967 (album)
Recorded	April 1966, Scepter Studios, New York City
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	2:39
Label	Verve Records
Writer(s)	Lou Reed
Producer	Andy Warhol
The Velvet Underground chronology “All Tomorrow’s Parties / I’ll Be Your Mirror” (1966) “Sunday Morning / Femme Fatale” (1966) “White Light/White Heat / Here She Comes Now” (1968)

“Femme Fatale” is a song by The Velvet Underground from their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico, with lead vocals by Nico. At producer Andy Warhol‘s request, band frontman Lou Reed wrote the song about Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick.^[2] The song was released as a B-Side to “Sunday Morning” in December 1966. It is one of the gentler songs of the album, coming as a direct contrast to the previous, abrasive song, “I’m Waiting for the Man“.

Personnel

• Lou Reed – guitar, backing vocals
• John Cale – piano, bass
• Sterling Morrison – guitar, backing vocals
• Maureen Tucker – percussion
• Nico – lead vocals

Cover versions

The song has been covered by numerous artists, including:

• Big Star, on the 1978 album Third/Sister Lovers^[3]
• Skat (formerly The Chefs) as the A side of their 1982 single
• Tracey Thorn on her 1982 solo debut album A Distant Shore
• Propaganda, on the 1984 12″ single Dr Mabuse
• Dramarama, on the 1985 album Cinéma Vérité
• R.E.M., on the 1987 album Dead Letter Office
• Tom Tom Club, on the 1988 album Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom
• Duran Duran, on the 1993 album Duran Duran
• Pansy Division, on the 1995 album Pile Up
• FourPlay String Quartet, on the 2000 album The Joy Of…
• Jazzhole, on the 2000 album Blackburst
• Ours, on the 2002 album Precious
• Elisa, on the 2003 album Lotus
• Émilie Simon, on the 2003 album Émilie Simon (bonus disc)
• Owen, on the 2006 album At Home With Owen
• Smashing Pumpkins side project Spirits in the Sky, on their 2009 tour.^[4]
• Aloe Blacc, on the 2010 album Good Things
• Girl in a Coma, on their 2010 covers album Adventures in Coverland
• Genevieve Waite, as a bonus track on the 2005 CD re-release of her 1973 album Romance Is on the Rise
• Samuel Windmill of The Percolaters, in an unreleased solo cover from the same session as the band’s 2012 debut EP
• Concrete Blonde, While opening for Wall of Voodoo on their “Happy Planet” tour in Australia, they played the song in honor of Lou Reed’s birthday in Melbourne, on March 2, 1988

References

1. Jump up ^ A. Zak, The Velvet Underground Companion: Four Decades of Commentary (Music Sales Group, 22 Dec 2000), ISBN 0825672422, p. 78.
2. Jump up ^ Bockris, Victor (1994). Transformer: The Lou Reed Story. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 107. ISBN 0-684-80366-6. “Andy said I should write a song about Edie Sedgwick. I said ‘Like what?’ and he said ‘Oh, don’t you think she’s a femme fatale, Lou?’ So I wrote ‘Femme Fatale’ and we gave it to Nico. (Lou Reed)”
3. Jump up ^ Full Albums: The Velvet Underground & Nico. covermesongs.com. Retrieved 14 September 2012
4. Jump up ^ “Tour history – songs : Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)”. Spfc.org. Retrieved 2013-07-20.

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