I'll Be Your Mirror
| "I'll Be Your Mirror" | ||||
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Promotional picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by the Velvet Underground and Nico | ||||
| from the album The Velvet Underground & Nico | ||||
| A-side | "All Tomorrow's Parties" | |||
| Released | July 1966 | |||
| Recorded | April 1966 | |||
| Studio | Scepter, New York City | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:16 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lou Reed | |||
| Producer(s) | Andy Warhol | |||
| The Velvet Underground and Nico singles chronology | ||||
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"I'll Be Your Mirror" is a song by the Velvet Underground and Nico. It appeared on their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. It also surfaced as a single a year earlier with "All Tomorrow's Parties" in 1966.
Lou Reed wrote the song for Nico, who provides lead vocals. According to biographer Victor Bockris, inspiration for the song came about after Nico approached Reed after a show in 1965 saying, "Oh Lou, I'll be your mirror." The song was a favorite of Reed's and The Velvet Underground & Nico engineer, Norman Dolph.
Mark Deming of AllMusic described "I'll Be Your Mirror" as an "understated love song."