Femme Fatale (song)
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- For other uses, see Femme fatale (disambiguation)
| “Femme Fatale” | ||
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Single b/w "Sunday Morning"
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| Single by The Velvet Underground and Nico | ||
| Album | The Velvet Underground and Nico | |
| Released | December 1966 (single) March 1967 (album) |
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| Recorded | April 1966, Scepter Studios, New York City | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:39 | |
| Label | Verve Records | |
| Writer | Lou Reed | |
| Composer | Lou Reed | |
| Producer | Andy Warhol | |
| The Velvet Underground and Nico track listing | ||
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| The Velvet Underground singles 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. It appears originally on the band's debut album The Velvet Underground and Nico, featuring lead vocals by Nico. At Andy Warhol's request, Lou Reed wrote the song about "Warhol superstar" Edie Sedgwick.[1] The song was released as a single in December 1966.
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[edit] Alternate versions
[edit] 1966 acetate mix
An early acetate disc pressing of the album contains a slightly different mix of the song with louder drums and alternate falsetto backing vocals.
[edit] Cover versions
Both Lou Reed and Nico have performed solo versions of the song. In addition, the following artists have recorded it.
| Artist | Year | appears on album |
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| Geneviève Waïte | 1973 | Romance is on the Rise |
| Big Star | 1978 | Third/Sister Lovers |
| Tracey Thorn | 1982 | A Distant Shore |
| Propaganda | 1984 | B-side to the "Dr. Mabuse" single, in 2002 released on Outside World compilation album |
| Dramarama | 1985 | Cinéma Vérité |
| R.E.M. | 1987 | Dead Letter Office |
| Tom Tom Club | 1988 | Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom |
| Beef | 1991 | Heaven & Hell - A Tribute to The Velvet Underground (Volume Two) |
| Duran Duran | 1993 | Duran Duran |
| Greg Kihn | 1994 | Mutiny |
| Pansy Division | 1995 | Pile Up |
| Teenage Fanclub | 1997 | Ain't That Enough |
| FourPlay Electric String Quartet | 2000 | The Joy Of... |
| Ours | 2002 | Precious |
| Émilie Simon | 2003 | Émilie Simon (bonus disc) |
| Angel Corpus Christi | 2003 | Accordion Pop, Vol. 1 |
| Elisa | 2004 | Lotus |
| Hecate's Angels | 2004 | Saints and Scoundrels |
| Owen | 2006 | At Home With Owen |
| The Feeling | 2008 | Turn It Up |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bockris, Victor (1994). Transformer: The Lou Reed Story. New York: Simon & Schuster, 107. ISBN 0684803666. “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)”
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