Run Run Run (Velvet Underground song)

Run Run Run (Velvet Underground song)

Song infobox
Name = Run Run Run


Artist = The Velvet Underground
Album = The Velvet Underground and Nico
track_no = 5
Released = March 1967
Recorded = April 1966, Scepter Studios, New York City
Genre = Rock and roll
Length = 4:22
Writer = Lou Reed
Composer = Lou Reed
Label = Verve Records
Producer = Andy Warhol
Tracks =
#"Sunday Morning"
#"I'm Waiting for the Man"
#"Femme Fatale"
#"Venus In Furs"
#"Run Run Run"
#"All Tomorrow's Parties"
#"Heroin"
#"There She Goes Again"
#"I'll Be Your Mirror"
#"The Black Angel's Death Song"
#"European Son"

"Run Run Run" is a song by The Velvet Underground originally released on the band's 1967 debut album, "The Velvet Underground and Nico".

The song was written on the back of an envelope by Lou Reed while he and the band were on their way to a gig at the Café Bizarre.cite book |last=Harvard |first=Joe |title="The Velvet Underground and Nico" |origyear=2004 |series=33⅓ |year=2007 |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |location=New York, NY |isbn=0-8264-1550-4 |pages=105] The song details a number of characters living in New York City, including Teenage Mary, Margarita Passion, Seasick Sarah, and Beardless Harry; all of whom are detailed using or seeking drugs. In addition to mentioning New York scenery such as Union Square and 47th Street, the song makes use of drug terms paired with religious imagery.The song is also well known because of Lou Reed's guitar solo, because of its "total lack of convention".

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