Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)

"Femme Fatale"
Single b/w "Sunday Morning"
Single by The Velvet Underground and Nico
from the album The Velvet Underground & Nico
Released
  • December 1966 (1966-12) (single)
  • March 1967 (album)
Recorded April 1966
Studio Scepter,[1] New York City
Genre Pop[2]
Length 2:35
Label Verve
Songwriter(s) Lou Reed
Producer(s) Andy Warhol
The Velvet Underground and Nico singles chronology
"All Tomorrow's Parties" / "I'll Be Your Mirror"
(1966)		 "Femme Fatale" / "Sunday Morning"
(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.[3] 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 preceding, abrasive song, "I'm Waiting for the Man".

Personnel

Cover versions

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Year Artist Album Label Country Notes
1974Geneviève WaïteRomance Is on the RisePhoenix ProductionsSouth Africa2004 bonus track
1978Big StarThird/Sister LoversPVCUS
1982The Chefs as Skat7" singleGraduate RecordsUKFemme Fatale / One Fine Day
1982Tracy ThornA Distant ShoreCherry RedUK
1984PropagandaOutside WorldZTTGermany2002 compilation
1985DramaramaCinéma VéritéQuestion Mark RecordsUS
1987R.E.M.Dead Letter OfficeA&MUS
1988Tom Tom ClubBoom Boom Chi Boom BoomSireUS
1993Duran DuranDuran DuranCapitol (US), Parlophone/EMIUK
1995Pansy DivisionPile UpLookout!USQueercore
1995YggdrasilYggdrasilReal HarmDenmark
1997SmiffenpoofsThe Smiffenpoofs Have Left the BuildingSmiffenpoofsUSSmith College a cappella group
2000FourPlay String QuartetThe Joy Of…Smart PussyAustralia
2000JazzholeBlackburstBeave MusicUS
2002OursPreciousDreamWorksUS
2003ElisaLotusSugar MusicItaly
2003 Émilie SimonÉmilie SimonBarclay, UniversalFranceBonus disc
2003Vitamin String QuartetThe String Quartet Tribute to Velvet Underground & NicoVitamin RecordsUSInstrumental
2005Angel Corpus ChristiLouie LouieGulcher RecordsUS
2006OwenAt Home With OwenPolyvinyl, HobbledehoyUS
2006Ashley SlaterCellophanePlushUS
2007JC CarrollThe Rock Is in the Lapt0pJC CarrollUKArtist site
2009BeefUnpiecing the Jigsaw: A Tribute to the Velvet UndergroundOzitHolland
2009Elvis CostelloSecret, Profane & SugarcaneHear Music, UniversalUKBonus track
2009Susan MarshallLittle RedMadjackUS
2010Aloe BlaccGood ThingsStones Throw, VertigoUS
2010Girl in a ComaAdventures in CoverlandBlackheartUS
2010Dolly MixtureEverything and MoreSelf-ReleasedUK
2011Rupa Marya & Ara AndersonThe Velvet Underground & Nico TributePorto FrancoUSLive
2013Hifiklub & The Legendary TigermanPlay Ghost of NicoParallel FactoryFrance, Portugal

In concert or non-released tracks:

References

  1. ↑ Discogs - Scepter Records (Manhattan) profile and discography
  2. ↑ A. Zak, The Velvet Underground Companion: Four Decades of Commentary (Music Sales Group, 22 Dec 2000), ISBN 0825672422, p. 78.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ "Tour history - songs : Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)". Spfc.org. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
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