Sweet Jane
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| "Sweet Jane" | ||
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| Song by The Velvet Underground | ||
| From the album Loaded | ||
| Album released | September 1970 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Song Length | 4:09 | |
| Record label | Warner Brothers | |
| Producer | unknown | |
| Loaded Album Listing | ||
| Who Loves the Sun (Track 1) | Sweet Jane (Track 2) | Rock and Roll (Track 3) |
"Sweet Jane" is a song by the Velvet Underground, originally appearing on their 1970 album Loaded. The song was originally penned by then Velvets frontman Lou Reed, who continued to incorporate the song into his own live performances years later as a solo artist. The song is a fan favorite of Reed and frequently appears on classic rock radio stations. When Loaded was originally released in 1970, Warner Brothers removed an entire verse from the song, presumably to shorten it for radio airplay, which greatly upset Reed. It also appears on the albums Live at Max's Kansas City, 1969: The Velvet Underground Live, Peel Slowly and See, and Rock 'n' Roll Animal.
In 1972, glam rock band Mott the Hoople made a cover version, the opening song on their David Bowie-produced comeback album All the Young Dudes. It was also released as a single in Canada, Holland, Portugal, Spain and the United States, though not the UK, their home.
In 1988, the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies covered the song on The Trinity Session album, which was later released as a CD single, and used on the Trent Reznor compiled Natural Born Killers soundtrack. The Cowboy Junkies's version is based on a slower early version included in 1969: The Velvet Underground Live.
Famous jam band, Phish, fronted by Trey Anastasio, covered the song on their album, Live 16.
In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Sweet Jane" at number 18 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it #335 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
On 18 January 2007, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation aired an episode titled "Sweet Jane", which also used the song to open the story and the cover by the Cowboy Junkies to close it.
Sweet Jane is also a 1998 movie, with Samantha Mathis as Jane and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tony.
