Femme Fatale (song)

This article is about the Velvet Underground song. For the Evdokia Kadi song, see Femme Fatale (Evdokia Kadi song).

"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	Art rock, psychedelic pop
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. At producer Andy Warhol's request, band frontman Lou Reed wrote the song about Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick. The song was released as a B-Side to Sunday Morning in December 1966.

The song has been covered by numerous artists, including:

• Big Star, on the 1978 album Third/Sister Lovers
• 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
• 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