White Light/White Heat (song)

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"White Light/White Heat"
Single by the Velvet Underground
from the album White Light/White Heat
B-side"Here She Comes Now"
ReleasedNovember 1967 (1967-11)
RecordedSeptember 1967
StudioScepter Studios (New York City)
GenreProto-punk
Length2:47
LabelVerve
Songwriter(s)Lou Reed
Producer(s)Tom Wilson
The Velvet Underground singles chronology
"Sunday Morning" / "Femme Fatale"
(1966)
"White Light/White Heat" / "Here She Comes Now"
(1967)
"What Goes On" / "Jesus"
(1969)
Audio sample
15 seconds of intro
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"White Light/White Heat" is a song recorded by the American rock band the Velvet Underground. It was released as a single in late November 1967 with the B-side "Here She Comes Now". The following year it appeared as the title track on their second studio album of the same name.