I Heard Her Call My Name

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"I Heard Her Call My Name"

Song 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	4:38
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"

"I Heard Her Call My Name" is a song by American avant-garde rock band The Velvet Underground. It is the fifth track from the band's second album, White Light/White Heat. It is a particularly loud, brash and aggressive song that features a pair of guitar solos performed by Lou Reed. The heavy levels of guitar distortion as well as the furious (albeit out of tune) playing is often attributed to have influenced punk music and heavy metal. Lou Reed's vocals are especially unintelligible and enthusiastic, with a strong sense of tongue in cheek humor, sometimes giving the song the feeling of an inside joke. He further accents his lyrics by singing them in a voice that sounds like he's gone insane, often adding exclamations of "eehee!" or "baby" when he sees fit. This song is a unique document of a style The Velvet Underground dabbled with, but soon abandoned for a more commercial sound upon the exit of John Cale.

In their biography 'Uptight', the band claimed they were unhappy with the recording of "I Heard Her Call My Name", saying that the recording was a poor attempt to capture the energy of live versions of the song.