Song · Alannah Myles
“Black Velvet” by Alannah Myles
From the album Alannah Myles (1989)
“Black Velvet” by Alannah Myles appears on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2001 and 2006. It was first released in 1989 on the album Alannah Myles. Its best result is #182 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,107 alternative song of all time.
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"Black Velvet" was the second single from Alannah Myles' self-titled debut album, released on Atlantic in July 1989, and it's the song that put the Canadian singer on the map. Fellow Canadians Christopher Ward and David Tyson wrote it, Tyson produced and Kevin Doyle mixed, and Myles sings it low and slow, all smoke and swagger over a bluesy rock slink.
It went all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Album Rock Tracks chart, reached number two in Britain, topped the charts in Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, and cracked the top 10 in 16 countries. The video, directed by Doug Freel, was partly filmed on her family's ranch. The awards followed: the 1990 Juno for Single of the Year and a Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1991, and by 2005 ASCAP was honoring it for more than four million radio plays.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 447 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 472 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 396 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 182 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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