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“Velvet Pants” by Propellerheads
From the album Decksandrumsandrockandroll (1998)
“Velvet Pants” by Propellerheads appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1997. It was first released in 1998 on the album Decksandrumsandrockandroll. Its best result is #28 on the John Peel's 'Pretty' Festive Thirty-One of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #383 alternative song of 1997.
"Velvet Pants" comes from Decksandrumsandrockandroll, the one and only studio album by English electronic duo Propellerheads, which Wall of Sound put out in Britain in January 1998. Alex Gifford composed it, and the duo produced it themselves.
The album around it did the pair proud: it reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, earned a Mercury Music Prize nomination in 1998 and had sold 200,000 copies by 1999. DreamWorks issued it in America with a different track listing, and its neighbour "Take California" went on to soundtrack Apple's first iPod commercial in 2001.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 28 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's 'Pretty' Festive Thirty-One of 1997 | 31 |
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