"Black Velvet" is a rock and roll song written by Canadian musicians David Tyson and Christopher Ward. First recorded by Canadian singer Alannah Myles in 1989, it became a Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 in March of 1990 and reached number one in Canada and number two in the UK Singles Chart. In 2008 the song was covered by Delta Goodrem at a Max Sessions performance and was added as a live track on her 2008 single You Will Only Break My Heart