of "Black Velvet" in the 2005 film Selling Innocence. It is her character Angel DeSousa's swan song in a talent contest just before she is stalked and tragically murdered. Idols South Africa winner Anke Pietrangeli covered the song on her album Tribute to the Great Female Vocalists in 2009. "Black Velvet" has also been recorded by Valentina Gautier (as "Hey tu" Italian), Gee Gee & Soluna featuring Soluna Samay, Bert Heerink (as "Rocksterren" Dutch), Vicky Rosti (as "Yön helmaan" Finnish), Jackie Thomas, and Sandi Thom. "Black Velvet" was recorded by the group The Lost Fingers "Lost in the 80s" in 2008. It was also roughed up and recorded by Canadian Rock artist Kami and released on her single "Death Toll Rising" in January 2013. In 2015, Canadian heavy metal band Kobra and the Lotus recorded the song for their first EP, entitled Words of the Prophets. In 2021, X Factor winner Sam Bailey recorded the song as her rock debut. The song was released through independent record label Saga Entertainment on August 6, 2021. The song peaked at number one on the Amazon best sellers chart. In 2022, Infected Mushroom released a cover of the song featuring Ninet Tayeb. It was released through record label Monstercat and is to be featured on Infected Mushroom's IM25 album. Chart performance for Robin Lee version See also List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1990 List of European number-one airplay songs of the 1990s References 1989 songs 1989 singles 1990 singles Alannah Myles songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Black-and-white music videos Cashbox number-one singles Number-one singles in Norway Number-one singles in Sweden Number-one singles in Switzerland Robin Lee Bruce songs Songs about Elvis Presley Songs written by David Tyson Songs written by Christopher Ward (songwriter) Atlantic Records singles Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Rock ballads 1980s ballads Juno Award for Single of the Year singles Country ballads