Andy's Chest

About Andy's Chest

Lou Reed wrote this song for Andy Warhol to cheer him up after he was shot by Valerie Solanis. It’s mainly just a silly song to make him laugh but also tell Andy that he still cared about him, because they did have a sort of falling out. The song describes some of the weirdos that hung around the Factory. The title literally refers to the scar on Andy’s chest following the incident, but I also took it to mean like another kind of chest, a treasure trove of sorts, a trove of weird characters. .

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About this song

Credited to

Lou Reed

Album

Transformer · Track 2 of 11

Released

December 1, 1972

Duration

3:20

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From the album: Transformer