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From '' The Ten Tiny Little Pieces E.P. ''
Label: Machine Records
Released: 2006

Tracklist
1. Ten Tiny Little Pieces
2. Sunday Morning
3. Down And Out In San Francisco
4. Wait For Me

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"Sunday Morning" is a song by The Velvet Underground.
It is the opening track on their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico.
It was also released as a single in 1966 with "Femme Fatale".

Recording

In late 1966, "Sunday Morning" was the final song to be recorded for The Velvet Underground & Nico.
It was requested by Tom Wilson, who thought the album needed another song with lead vocals by Nico with the potential to be a successful single.
The final master tape of side one of the album shows "Sunday Morning" only penciled in before "I'm Waiting for the Man".

Wilson brought the band into a New York City recording studio in November.
The song was written with Nico's voice in mind by Lou Reed and John Cale on a Sunday morning.
The band previously performed it live with Nico singing lead, but when it came time to record it, Lou Reed sang the lead vocal.
Nico would instead sing backing vocals on the song.

Aiming to create a hit for the album, "Sunday Morning" features noticeably more lush and professional production than the rest of the songs on the album.
The song's prominent use of celesta was the idea of John Cale, who noticed the instrument in the studio and decided to use it for the song.

Personnel

Lou Reed -- lead vocals, lead guitar
John Cale -- celesta, viola, piano
Sterling Morrison -- bass guitar
Maureen Tucker -- percussion
Nico -- backing vocals

Cover versions

"Sunday Morning" has been covered by various bands, including:
Bettie Serveert,
Beck,
Chris Coco & Nick Cave,
Nina Hagen,
James,
Oh-OK,
Elizabeth Cook,
NY Loose,
The Feelies,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD),
The Queers,
Strawberry Switchblade,
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
and Etienne Daho.

The song has also been covered by Belle & Sebastian during live shows.

A live version recorded by Oh-OK is compiled on The Complete Recordings.

The chord progression is used in Kramer's "Don't Come Around", which includes the lyric, "I love this song," presumably referring to the Velvet Underground song rather than the Kramer song.