Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)
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Single b/w "Sunday Morning"
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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) |
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Recorded | April 1966, Scepter Studios,[1] Manhattan | ||||||
Genre | Pop[2] | ||||||
Length | 2:39 | ||||||
Label | Verve Records | ||||||
Writer(s) | Lou Reed | ||||||
Producer(s) | Andy Warhol | ||||||
The Velvet Underground and Nico singles chronology | |||||||
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"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 previous, abrasive song, "I'm Waiting for the Man".
Personnel
- Nico – lead vocals
- Lou Reed – lead guitar, backing vocals
- John Cale – piano, bass
- Sterling Morrison – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Maureen Tucker – percussion
Cover versions
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Country | Notes |
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1974 | Geneviève Waïte | Romance Is on the Rise | Phoenix Productions | South Africa | 2004 bonus track |
1978 | Big Star | Third/Sister Lovers | PVC | US | |
1982 | The Chefs as Skat | 7" single | Graduate Records | UK | Femme Fatale / One Fine Day |
1982 | Tracy Thorn | A Distant Shore | Cherry Red | UK | |
1984 | Propaganda | Outside World | ZTT | Germany | 2002 compilation |
1985 | Dramarama | Cinéma Vérité | Question Mark Records | US | |
1987 | R.E.M. | Dead Letter Office | A&M | US | |
1988 | Tom Tom Club | Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom | Sire | US | |
1993 | Duran Duran | Duran Duran | Capitol (US), Parlophone/EMI | UK | |
1995 | Pansy Division | Pile Up | Lookout! | US | Queercore |
1995 | Yggdrasil | Yggdrasil | Real Harm | Denmark | |
1997 | Smiffenpoofs | The Smiffenpoofs Have Left the Building | Smiffenpoofs | US | Smith College a cappella group |
2000 | FourPlay String Quartet | The Joy Of… | Smart Pussy | Australia | |
2000 | Jazzhole | Blackburst | Beave Music | US | |
2002 | Ours | Precious | DreamWorks | US | |
2003 | Elisa | Lotus | Sugar Music | Italy | |
2003 | Émilie Simon | Émilie Simon | Barclay, Universal | France | Bonus disc |
2003 | Vitamin String Quartet | The String Quartet Tribute to Velvet Underground & Nico | Vitamin Records | US | Instrumental |
2004 | Hecate’s Angels | Saints and Scoundrels | REDfly | US | Band site |
2005 | Niza | Archivando Mis Recuerdos (1998-2004) | Elefant | Spain | |
2005 | Angel Corpus Christi | Louie Louie | Gulcher Records | US | |
2006 | Owen | At Home With Owen | Polyvinyl, Hobbledehoy | US | |
2006 | Ashley Slater | Cellophane | Plush | US | |
2007 | JC Carroll | The Rock Is in the Lapt0p | JC Carroll | UK | Artist site |
2009 | Beef | Unpiecing the Jigsaw: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground | Ozit | Holland | |
2009 | Elvis Costello | Secret, Profane & Sugarcane | Hear Music, Universal | UK | Bonus track |
2009 | Luminous Things | Luminous Things | Tiny Beat | US | |
2009 | Susan Marshall | Little Red | Madjack | US | |
2009 | TICA | Johnny Cliché | TARTOWN | Japan | |
2010 | Aloe Blacc | Good Things | Stones Throw, Vertigo | US | |
2010 | Girl in a Coma | Adventures in Coverland | Blackheart | US | |
2010 | Dolly Mixture | Everything and More | Self-Released | UK | |
2011 | Rupa Marya & Ara Anderson | The Velvet Underground & Nico Tribute | Porto Franco | US | Live |
2011 | Yardsale Heart | Watercolours | Yardsale Heart | US | Band site |
2012 | Eva Petersen | Emerald Green Eyes | Porcupine Records | UK | See also |
2013 | Anabel & Salgos | Equilibrista | Ferreras-Champollion | Spain, France | Label |
2013 | Bud Benderbe | The Velvet Underground & Nico & Bud Benderbe | Boo-Hooray | Holland, US | Label |
2013 | Caterwaulrus | eNVy yoU | Self-released | US | Band site |
2013 | Hifiklub & The Legendary Tigerman | Play Ghost of Nico | Parallel Factory | France, Portugal | |
2013 | Red Appendix | A Tribute to Lou Reed | Cross2entertain | Label | |
2014 | Doctor X | A Room with a VU | Lowbudget Records | US | Label |
In concert or non-released tracks:
- Smashing Pumpkins side project Spirits in the Sky, on their 2009 tour.[4]
- 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 Melbourne, Australia played the song in honor of Lou Reed's birthday (March 2, 1988).
References
- ↑ Discogs - Scepter Records (Manhattan) profile and discography
- ↑ A. Zak, The Velvet Underground Companion: Four Decades of Commentary (Music Sales Group, 22 Dec 2000), ISBN 0825672422, p. 78.
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