Velvet (The Big Pink song)
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| Single by The Big Pink | ||||
| Released | April 20, 2009 February 15, 2010 (re-issue) |
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| Format | 7" vinyl, digital download; 12" vinyl | |||
| Recorded | The Big Pink and Miloco Garden, London | |||
| Length | 4:15 | |||
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4AD 2009 (AD 2915) 2010 (BAD 3X09) |
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| Songwriter(s) | Milo Cordell, Robbie Furze | |||
| Producer(s) | The Big Pink | |||
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Cover art for the 2010 12" vinyl re-issue
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"Velvet" is the second single by The Big Pink, and their first single with the 4AD label. "Velvet" was released as a digital download and on 7-inch vinyl on April 20, 2009, and was later included on their debut album A Brief History of Love in September 2009. "Velvet" was re-issued as a single on February 15, 2010. The song was self-produced by the band, and mixed by producer Alan Moulder. The 7-inch single features the exclusive B-side "An Introduction to Awareness", while the 12-inch single features a cover version of Otis Redding's 1964 song "These Arms of Mine".
Pitchfork Media described "Velvet" as "undeniably immense, but it's a tribute to the Big Pink's skill and maturity that it still manages to sound intimate," and awarded the track a 7 out of 10 rating. In August 2009, "Velvet" was included on Pitchfork's Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s list, voted in at number 500. On Pitchfork's end-of-the-year Top 100 Tracks of 2009 list, "Velvet" was voted at #42.
A 7-minute remix of "Velvet" by Gang Gang Dance followed the original single release in May 2009 as an online-streaming single. Remixes by Mount Kimbie and Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid (producers for Fever Ray) were also commissioned.
The song was commonly covered by Swedish artist Lykke Li during her 2011 Wounded Rhymes Tour.
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