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| Single by Alannah Myles | ||||
| from the album Alannah Myles | ||||
| B-side | "If You Want To" | |||
| Released | July 1989 (Canada) December 1989 (U.S)[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||
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| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| Producer(s) | David Tyson | |||
| Alannah Myles singles chronology | ||||
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| "Black Velvet" on YouTube | ||||
"Black Velvet" is a song written by Canadian songwriters Christopher Ward and David Tyson, and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles. It was released as one of four singles from Myles' 1989 eponymous album from Atlantic Records. It became a number-one hit for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1990 and reached number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart, as well as number ten in her native Canada and number two on the UK Singles Chart. The power ballad[6] also reached number one in Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland and was a major success in several other countries. It contains blues verses with a rock chorus.
Myles won the 1991 Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the song and the 1990 Juno Award for Single of the Year. Since its release, the song has received substantial airplay, receiving a "Millionaire Award" from ASCAP in 2005 for more than four million radio plays.[7]
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