Here She Comes Now

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This article is about the song by The Velvet Underground. For the split single by Nirvana and The Mevins, see Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs.

"Here She Comes Now"

Single by The Velvet Underground
from the album White Light/White Heat
Released	January 30, 1968
Recorded	September 1967, Scepter Studios, New York City, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	2:04
Label	Verve Records
Writer(s)	Lou Reed
Composer(s)	Lou Reed
Producer(s)	Tom Wilson
White Light/White Heat track listing
"White Light/White Heat" "The Gift" "Lady Godiva's Operation" "Here She Comes Now" "I Heard Her Call My Name" "Sister Ray"
The Velvet Underground singles chronology
"Sunday Morning" / "Femme Fatale" (1966)	"White Light/White Heat" / "Here She Comes Now" (1968)	"What Goes On" / "Jesus" (1969)

"Here She Comes Now" is fourth track appearing on The Velvet Underground's second album, White Light/White Heat, released in 1968. The performance and mix of the song are both simple and traditional, making it somewhat distinct among the other five songs on the album, all of which contain some type of experimental or avant-garde element in terms of sound. It is also the album's shortest song at just over two minutes.

The song was released as the b-side to the single "White Light/White Heat".

1 Background
2 Lyrics
3 Recordings
- 3.1 1967 demo personnel
- 3.2 1967 studio personnel
4 Cover versions
5 References

[edit] Background

Originally intended for Nico to sing (who did indeed sing it on a few occasions during the Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows), the song was demoed in 1967 by Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and John Cale. This demo later surfaced on the 1995 box set Peel Slowly and See. However, the time White Light/White Heat was recorded, the collaboration between Nico and The Velvet Underground had come to an end. On both the recorded demo and the studio version, lead vocalist Reed sings the lyrics.

[edit] Lyrics

As the song is lyrically ambiguous, many people have speculated as to its meanings. The authors of the Velvet Underground biography Up-Tight called it a "seven-line thesis on the possibility that a girl might come"^[1]. The lyrics to the song's original demo, which contain two extra verses, are even more mystifying.

[edit] Recordings

Although known to have been played live, no other recorded versions than the demo and the White Light/White Heat studio version are known to exist.

[edit] 1967 demo personnel

Lou Reed - vocal, rhythm guitar
Sterling Morrison - lead guitar
John Cale - viola

[edit] 1967 studio personnel

Lou Reed - vocal, rhythm guitar
John Cale - viola, bass guitar, piano
Sterling Morrison - lead guitar
Maureen Tucker - percussion

[edit] Cover versions

Rock band Nirvana released a cover version of the song in 1991 as part of a split single with The Melvins (who, in turn, covered "Venus in Furs", another song by The Velvet Underground).

French artist Colleen works a sample of the song's opening notes into the full track, "Your Heart on Your Sleeve," from her first album, Everyone Alive Wants Answers.