The Gift (The Velvet Underground song)

"The Gift"
Song by the Velvet Underground
from the album White Light/White Heat
ReleasedJanuary 30, 1968 (1968-01-30)
RecordedSeptember 1967
StudioScepter Studios, New York City
Genre
Length8:19
LabelVerve
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Lou Reed
Producer(s)Tom Wilson

"The Gift" is the second track that appears on White Light/White Heat, the 1968 second album by the Velvet Underground. The song is over eight minutes long and, in the stereo version, mixed in such a way that a short story can be heard in the left speaker, while a rock instrumental is heard on the right.

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