The Moonglows recorded "Blue Velvet" in 1956, but it was not released for several years. Use in film soundtracks Bobby Vinton's "Blue Velvet" is one of the thirteen songs featured in Kenneth Anger's groundbreaking experimental film Scorpio Rising (1963). Tony Bennett's version of the song is featured in The Last Picture Show and Raging Bull. Bobby Vinton's version is featured several times in David Lynch's 1986 film Blue Velvet. The film drew partial inspiration from the song's lyrics, where Isabella Rossellini, who plays Dorothy Vallens, a singer in the film, sings the song in-character. Lynch selected the song, because it conceptually matched the mood of the film. Specifically, in an interview he gave to the Village Voice, Lynch said of the song: "The mood that came with that song a mood, a time, and things that were of that time." Songwriter Bernie Wayne would state that at the film's premiere, he was told by Lynch that when he was a high school student in 1963, Vinton's "Blue Velvet" had been his favorite song. The film heavily incorporates portions of the song. Bobby Vinton's version is featured once, in the fourteenth episode of Kamen Rider Kuuga, as the Gurongi Me-Gyarido-Gi backs up a truck. References 1950 songs 1951 singles 1955 singles 1960 singles 1963 singles 2012 singles Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Number-one singles in New Zealand Atlantic Records singles Columbia Records singles Dot Records singles Epic Records singles Liberty Records singles The Clovers songs Tony Bennett songs Bobby Vinton songs Lana Del Rey songs Song recordings produced by Emile Haynie Music videos directed by Johan Renck Songs written by Bernie Wayne