I'll Be Your Mirror

"I'll Be Your Mirror" is a song by the Velvet Underground and Nico. It appeared on their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. It also surfaced as a single a year earlier with "All Tomorrow's Parties" in 1966.

"I'll Be Your Mirror"
Single by The Velvet Underground and Nico
from the album The Velvet Underground & Nico
ReleasedJuly 1966 (1966-07)
RecordedApril 1966
StudioScepter, New York City
GenrePop
Length2:16
LabelVerve
Songwriter(s)Lou Reed
Producer(s)Andy Warhol
The Velvet Underground and Nico singles chronology
"I'll Be Your Mirror" / "All Tomorrow's Parties"
(1966)
"Sunday Morning" / "Femme Fatale"
(1966)

Lou Reed wrote the song for Nico, who provides lead vocals. According to biographer Victor Bockris, inspiration for the song came about after Nico approached Reed after a show in 1965 saying, "Oh Lou, I'll be your mirror." The song was a favorite of Reed's and The Velvet Underground & Nico engineer, Norman Dolph.

Mark Deming of AllMusic described "I'll Be Your Mirror" as an "understated love song."

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