The View (song)
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| Single by Lou Reed and Metallica | ||||
| from the album Lulu | ||||
| Released | September 27, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Studio | Metallica's HQ (San Rafael, California) | |||
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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| Lyricist | Lou Reed | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "The View" on YouTube | ||||
"The View" is a single by American singer Lou Reed and American heavy metal band Metallica. "The View" serves as the sole single for the album Lulu, released September 27, 2011.
This is the last single Reed was involved in as a result of his death in 2013.
"The View" was released for streaming online in late September 2011. Examining reaction to the track and a previously released 30-second preview of the same, The New Zealand Herald reported that there was much negative reaction by fans online, and that the song had about twice as many "dislikes" as "likes" on YouTube.[3] Not all reaction to the song was negative; Rolling Stone gave "The View" a 4 out of 5 star rating[4] while the same song was rated 4.5 out of 5 by Artist Direct[5] and positively by One Thirty BPM.[6]
Music video
The song's music video was directed by Darren Aronofsky and released on December 3, 2011,[7] with cinematography by Matthew Libatique and produced by Scott Franklin through Protozoa Pictures, his and Aronofsky's production company.[8] Originally it was planned that Aronofsky should helm a performance video for the album's second single "Iced Honey"[9] but "when everyone got together, it became obvious 'The View' was the way to go."[10]
