Length 4:15 | ||
Released April 20, 2009February 15, 2010 (re-issue) Format 7" vinyl, digital download; 12" vinyl Label 4AD2009 (AD 2915)2010 (BAD 3X09) Writer(s) Milo Cordell, Robbie Furze |
"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".
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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.
Track listing
- "Velvet" – 4:15
- "An Introduction to Awareness" – 4:22
- "Velvet" – 4:15
- "Velvet" (Perversion) – 3:46
- "These Arms of Mine" (Otis Redding cover) – 2:37
2009 release
- "Velvet"
- Produced by The Big Pink.
- Lauren Jones – vocals.
- Akiko Matsuura – drums.
- Engineered by Jimmy Robertson.
- Mixed by Alan Moulder at Assault and Battery.
- Recorded at The Big Pink and at Miloco Garden, London.
- "An Introduction to Awareness"
- Produced and recorded by The Big Pink.
- Mixed by Al O'Connell.
- Recorded and mixed at The Big Pink.
2010 release
- "Velvet" (Perversion)
- Performed by Milo Cordell, Robbie Furze, Akiko Matsuura, and Daniel O'Sullivan.
- Produced, recorded, and mixed by The Big Pink.
- "These Arms of Mine"
- Written by Otis Redding.
- Produced, recorded, and mixed by The Big Pink.