<P> "Sunday Morning" is a song by the Velvet Underground . It is the opening track on their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico . It was also released as a single in 1966 with "Femme Fatale". </P> <P> In late 1966, "Sunday Morning" was the final song to be recorded for The Velvet Underground & Nico . It was requested by Tom Wilson, who thought the album needed another song with lead vocals by Nico with the potential to be a successful single . The final master tape of side one of the album shows "Sunday Morning" only penciled in before "I'm Waiting for the Man". </P> <P> In November 1966, Wilson brought the band into Mayfair Recording Studios in Manhattan . The song was written with Nico's voice in mind by Lou Reed and John Cale on a Sunday morning . The band previously performed it live with Nico singing lead, but when it came time to record it, Lou Reed sang the lead vocal . Nico would instead sing backing vocals on the song . </P> <P> Aiming to create a hit for the album, "Sunday Morning" features noticeably more lush and professional production than the rest of the songs on the album . The song's prominent use of celesta was the idea of John Cale, who noticed the instrument in the studio and decided to use it for the song . He also played viola and piano via overdubs and Sterling Morrison, normally the secondary guitarist, played bass, despite his dislike of the instrument . </P>

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