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" Andy's Chest " had been recorded in 1969 for The Velvet Underground's " lost fourth album " ( see VU and Another View ) and demos of " Satellite of Love " had been produced for the band's 1970 album Loaded, but neither had been used.

For Transformer, the up-tempo pace of these songs was slowed down.

Although all songs on the album were credited to Reed, it has long been rumored that " Wagon Wheel " is actually a David Bowie composition.

Although there are no known performances of " Vicious " by the Velvet Underground, the song apparently dates from Reed's time in the band and its association with Andy Warhol.

According to Reed, Warhol told Reed he should write a song about someone vicious.

When Reed asked what he meant by that, Warhol replied, " Oh, you know, vicious, like I hit you with a flower.

" Also, the song " Goodnight Ladies " takes its title refrain from the last line of the second section (" A Game of Chess ") of T. S. Eliot's modernist poem, The Waste Land: " Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.