Velvet by A Ha

Velvet is a song by Savoy, a band fronted by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy from their first album, Mary Is Coming. Savoy's version was released as a single in the US, but got very little airplay. a-ha's version of Velvet replaced Savoy's guitars with sitars. Their version, the third single from Minor Earth | Major Sky , was released to radio stations in Germany (and in other European countries such as Sweden, Switzerland and Holland) in September 2000 and was released to German record stores on 6 November (one week later in other parts of Europe). .