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about|the song|the band|Some Velvet Morning (band)Infobox Single | Name = Some Velvet Morning| Cover =| Cover size = 189| Border =| Caption =| Artist = Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood | Album = Movin' with Nancy (album)|Movin' With Nancy | A-side = Some Velvet Morning| B-side = Oh, Lonesome Me| Released = 1967| Format = Vinyl| Recorded = 1966| Genre = Psychedelic music|Psychedelic | Length = 3:39| Label = Reprise Records|Reprise | Writer = Lee Hazlewood | Producer = Bob Gaudio | Audio sample? = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll? p=amg& sql=33:j9fyxzysldae amg| Certification =| Last single =| This single =| Next single =| Misc =" Some Velvet Morning " is a psychedelic music|psychedelic pop song written by Lee Hazlewood and originally recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967. It first appeared on Sinatra's album '' Movin' with Nancy (album)|Movin' with Nancy '', the soundtrack to Movin' With Nancy|her 1967 television special of the same name. The song has been cover version|covered many times since, almost always as a duet . Interesting versions include ones by Primal Scream, and Irish Electro band "Les Marionettes". Although "Some Velvet Morning" is one of the more famous duets Hazlewood and Sinatra recorded together, it is considered a departure from their usual fare, as it is decidedly less influenced by country & western music. The single peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1968.cite book|last=DeRogatis|first=Jim|title=Turn on your mind: four decades of great psychedelic rock|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=U7cQmRsLgN8C& pg=PA385|date=2003-12-01|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-634-05548-5|page=385
As with many psychedelic songs, its overall meaning is somewhat obscure. The lyrics consist of the male part describing a mysterious, powerful woman named Phaedra (mythology)|Phaedra , who educated the speaker in the ways of love. The male part alternates with the female part, who identifies herself as Phaedra and speaks over ethereal, twinkling music about beautiful nature imagery and about the secrets held by an unknown collective "us".
The song was featured in the 1967 in television|1967 TV special " Movin' With Nancy ", starring Nancy Sinatra, released to home video in 2000.
2001 My Dying Bride on Peaceville X & Meisterwerk 2
2002 Primal Scream and Kate Moss on Evil Heat . A different version was released as a single in 2003 and included on Primal Scream 's compilation Dirty Hits
2002 The Webb Brothers Feat. Laura Katter on the Lee Hazlewood Tribute Album , Total Lee!
2002 Entombed (band)|Entombed on Sons Of Satan Praise The Lord
2004 Firewater (band)|Firewater on Songs We Should Have Written
2007 Lee Hazlewood & Phaedra Dawn Stewart (his granddaughter) on Cake or Death (Hazlewood album)|Cake or Death
2008 Polar_(artist)|Polar & Loane on 68 Covers and a bonus track on Polar_(artist)#Discography_.28Albums_only.29|French Songs (2009)
2008 Amanda Brown (musician)|Amanda Brown and Glenn Richards on RocKwiz , Saturday, December 13, 2008
2009 Anny Celsi and Nelson Bragg on Tangle-Free World
2010 Inga Liljestrom and Peter Fenton (Crow) on "Sprawling Fawns" and EP "Thistle" (Groovescooter Records)
Other notes
A translated cover version in Hebrew was recorded by Rami Fortis and was featured on his 1988 album Sipurim Mehakufsa (Tales from the Box) .
The male part of the song is in 4/4 time signature whereas the female part is in 3/4.
In November 2003 music critics working for the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph put the single at the top of a list of the 50 best ever recorded duets.
London indie rock group Some Velvet Morning (band) take their name from this song. Nancy Sinatra herself approves and supports the use of the name and likes their music. http://www.somevelvetmorning.co.uk/about.php, Nancy Sinatra knows of and approves of the band with the name Some Velvet Morning and likes their music.
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External links
http://www.movinwithnancy.fsnet.co.uk/lyrics.somevelvetmorning.htm Lyrics and discography
http://my-retrospace.blogspot.com/2008/08/why-i-care-about-some-velvet-morning.html 2008 article, "Why I Care About Some Velvet Morning"
Category:Nancy Sinatra songs Category:Primal Scream songs Category:Psychedelic songs Category:1967 singles Category:Vocal duets Category:Songs written by Lee Hazlewood Category:Songs produced by Bob Gaudio
