The following is a list of all songs by The Velvet Underground, excluding those after the departure of Lou Reed on the Squeeze album and the reunion tour. This list details the name of the song and any officially released recordings of the song. In the case of studio recordings, the album title and date of album release have been included. In the case of live recordings, demos or rehearsal recordings, the date of recording and album the track appears on have been included.
The songs, in alphabetical order, are as follows:
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| Song title | Released recordings | Notes | |
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| "After Hours" | Studio recording:
Live recordings:
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| "All Tomorrow's Parties" | Studio recordings:
Demo/rehearsal recordings:
| Released as a single in 1966 with "I'll Be Your Mirror". | |
| "Andy's Chest" | Studio recording:
| Lou Reed recovered it on the album Transformer |
| Song title | Released recordings | Notes | |
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| "Beginning to See the Light" | Studio recording:
Live recordings:
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| "The Black Angel's Death Song" | Studio recording:
Live recording:
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| "Booker T" | Live recording:
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| "Candy Says" | Studio recording:
Live recording:
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| "Chelsea Girls" | Studio recording:
| Written by Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison, performed by Nico, Reed and Morrison. | |
| "Coney Island Steeplechase" | Studio recording:
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| "Cool It Down" | Studio recording:
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| "Countess from Hong Kong" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
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| Song title | Released recordings | Notes | |
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| "Femme Fatale" | Studio recording:
Live recordings:
| Released as the b-side to "Sunday Morning" in 1966. | |
| "Ferryboat Bill" | Studio recording:
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| "Foggy Notion" | Studio recording:
Live recording:
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| "Follow the Leader" | Live recording:
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| Song title | Released recordings | Notes | |
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| "The Gift" | Studio recording:
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| "Guess I'm Falling in Love" | Studio recording:
Live recording:
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| "Head Held High" | Studio recordings:
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| "Here She Comes Now" | Studio recording:
Demo/rehearsal recording:
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| "Heroin" | Studio recording:
Demo/rehearsal recording:
Live recordings:
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| "Hey Mr. Rain" | Studio recording:
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| "I Can't Stand It" | Studio recordings:
Live recordings:
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| "I Found a Reason" | Studio recording:
Demo/rehearsal recording:
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| "I Heard Her Call My Name" | Studio recording:
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| "I'll Be Your Mirror" | Studio recording:
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| "I Love You" | Studio recording:
Demo/rehearsal recording:
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| "I'm Gonna Move Right In" | Studio recording:
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| "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore" | Live recording:
| Performed at the Gymnasium, New York[1] | |
| "I'm Not Too Sorry (Now That You're Gone)" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
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| "I'm Set Free" | Studio recording:
Live recording:
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| "I'm Sticking With You" | Studio recording:
Live recording:
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| "I'm Waiting for the Man" | Studio recording:
Demo/rehearsal recording:
Live recording:
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| "It's Alright (The Way That You Live)" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
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| "It's Just Too Much" | Live recordings:
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| "It Was a Pleasure Then" | Studio recordings:
| Written and performed by Nico, Lou Reed and John Cale. |
| Song title | Released recordings | Notes | |
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| "Lady Godiva's Operation" | Studio recordings:
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| "Lisa Says" | Studio recordings:
Live recordings:
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| "Little Sister" | Studio recordings:
| Written by John Cale and Lou Reed, performed by Nico, Reed and Cale. | |
| "Lonesome Cowboy Bill" | Studio recordings:
Live recordings:
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| "Loop" | Studio recordings:
| Released on a flexidisc split with "White Wind" by Peter Walker for issue #3 of Aspen magazine (designed by Andy Warhol).[2] Credited to The Velvet Underground, but in reality a solo effort by John Cale. | |
| "Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
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| Song title | Released recordings | Notes | |
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| "Melody Laughter" | Live recordings:
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| "Miss Joanie Lee" | Demo/rehearsal recordings:
| Was planned for release on the deluxe 2-disc CD edition of The Velvet Underground & Nico but was pulled at the last minute.[3] [4] Eventually released on the 45th Anniversary edition. | |
| "The Murder Mystery" | Studio recordings: |
| Song title | Released recordings | Notes | |
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| "New Age" | Studio recordings:
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| "Noise" | Studio recordings: | Released in 1966 as part of the "first electric newspaper" by the East Village Other, a collage of sounds which involved many contributors including Ingrid Superstar, Allen Ginsberg, Ed Sanders, Andy Warhol, and the Velvet Underground. |
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| "Ocean" | Studio recordings:
Demo/rehearsal recordings:
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| "Oh Gin" | Demo/rehearsal recordings:
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| "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" | Studio recordings:
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| "One of These Days" | Studio recordings:
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| "Over You" | Live Recordings:
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| "Pale Blue Eyes" | Studio recordings:
Live recordings:
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| "Prominent Men" | Demo/rehearsal recordings:
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| "Ride into the Sun" | Studio recordings:
Demo/rehearsal recordings:
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| "Rock and Roll" | Studio recordings:
Demo/rehearsal recordings:
Live recordings:
| On November 25, 1969, "Rock and Roll" was recorded by two separate groups. The first recording would appear on 1969 while Robert Quine's recording would later appear on The Quine Tapes. | |
| "Run Run Run" | Studio recordings:
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| "Sad Song" | Demo/rehearsal recordings:
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| "Satellite of Love" | Demo/rehearsal recordings:
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| "Sheltered Life" | Demo/rehearsal recordings:
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| "She's My Best Friend" | Studio recordings:
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| "She'll Make You Cry" | Studio recordings:
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| "Sister Ray" | Studio recording:
Live recordings:
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| "Some Kinda Love" | Studio recording:
Live recordings:
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| "Stephanie Says" | Studio recording:
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| "Sunday Morning" | Studio recording:
Live recordings:
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| "Sweet Bonnie Brown" | Live recording:
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| "Sweet Jane" | Studio recordings:
Live recordings:
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| "Temptation Inside Your Heart" | Studio recording: | ||
| "That's the Story of My Life" | Studio recording:
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| "There Is No Reason" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
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| "There She Goes Again" | Studio recording:
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| "Train Round the Bend" | Studio recording:
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| "Walk Alone" | Demo/rehearsal recordings:
| Available at the Andy Warhol Museum | |
| "Walk and Talk (It)" | Demo/rehearsal recordings:
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| "We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together" | Studio recording:
Live recording:
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| "What Goes On" | Studio recording:
Live recording:
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| "White Light/White Heat" | Studio recording:
Live recording:
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| "Who Loves the Sun" | Studio recording:
Live recording:
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| "Winter Song" | Studio recording:
| Written by John Cale, performed by Nico and Cale. | |
| "Wrap Your Trouble in Dreams" | Studio recording:
Demo/rehearsal recording:
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| Song title | Recordings/performances | Notes | |
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| "A Short Lived Torture Of Cacophony" | Live performances:
| Actually just a part of Columbus '66 "Melody Laughter" recorded backwards. | |
| "A Symphony of Sound" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Film Soundtrack | |
| "Blue Velvet Jazz Jam" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Performed at End Cole Ave, Dallas | |
| "Blues Instrumental" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Available at the Andy Warhol Museum | |
| "Chic Mystique" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Performed at the Delmonico's Hotel, New York | |
| "Crackin' Up" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Available at the Andy Warhol Museum | |
| "Day Tripper Intro To Boom Boom Boom Instrumental" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Available at the Andy Warhol Museum | |
| "Diaries Notes and Sketches" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Film Soundtrack | |
| "Get It On Time" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Performed at the Factory | |
| "Green Onions" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Available at the Andy Warhol Museum | |
| "I'll Keep It With Mine" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Performed at the Uptight, Cinematheque, New York | |
| "I'm Free" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Studio Session | |
| "Instrumental Jam" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Performed at the Dom, New York | |
| "Last Night I Said Goodbye to My Friend" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony | |
| "Lucy Brown" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Appears on a set-list during the Doug Yule era | |
| "Move right in" | Live performances:
| Performed at The Valley Dale Ballroom, Columbus, OH | |
| "Never Get Emotionally Involved With a Man, Woman, Beast, or Child" | Demo/rehearsal performance:
| Sterling Morrison mentioned this song among a number of songs written/recorded during the summer of 1965 at the band's loft in Ludlow Street. Maureen Tucker has confirmed the song's existence.[5] | |
| "Noise part 1 & 2" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Film soundtrack performed at the Factory | |
| "Nothing Song" | Live performances:
| Performed at The Valley Dale Ballroom, Columbus, OH | |
| "Rockabilly Instrumental" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Available at the Andy Warhol Museum | |
| "Rhythm & Blues Instrumental" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Available at the Andy Warhol Museum | |
| "Sweet Rock & Roll" aka "Sister Ray, Part Two" and "Sweet Sister Ray" | Live performances:
| A performance of the song in July 1968 in San Diego at The Hippodrome is mentioned in the article "Dead Lie the Velvets, Underground" by Lester Bangs. The refrain to the song is reportedly: "sweet rock and roll, it'll cleanse your soul". Sterling Morrison also contends that the song was a "preamble" to "Sister Ray". | |
| "Wild Child" | Demo/rehearsal recording:
| Performed at the rehearsal for Live at Max's Kansas City. |