Velvet Elvis

Cultural references

Songs

• "Velvet Elvis" by STIR
• "Velvet Elvis" by Dry Cell
• "Velvet Elvis" by Ralston Bowles
• "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles
• "Velvet Elvis" by Alex Winston
• "Velvet Elvis" by "Weird Al" Yankovic, a whimsical ode to such a painting, in a pastiche of the musical style of The Police
• "Velvet Elvis" by Adrenalin O.D.
• "Elvis" by Sister Hazel
• "Elvis On Velvet" by the Stray Cats, about the intense commercialization of Elvis following his death, suggesting that "The King" would find such items disrespectful
• "Velvet Elvis" by Kacey Musgraves
• "Velvet Elvis" by Pink Lincolns
• "Velvet Elvis" by Cary Hudson

  Video games

• An entire level of the video game Psychonauts, known as Black Velvetopia, is dedicated to such velvet paintings.
• In the PC game Fallout, a velvet Elvis portrait can be found in the crashed UFO encounter, on an alien skeleton. This refers to the rumors and jokes that Elvis is still alive and living with aliens.
• A Velvet Elvis can also be found in the PC game Fountain of Dreams in the Desoto's compound. It is the only type of painting that cannot be sold to Big Daddy for money.

  Other

• Hampshire College students had a tradition regarding a Velvet Elvis which was to be stolen by successive students, who would display it in a common area in their homes from where it could be stolen again.
• Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith is a book written by Rob Bell of Mars Hill Bible Church, inspired by a velvet Elvis painting in his garage. While in college as the lead singer of _ton bundle, he wrote a song called "Velvet Elvis", inspired by the same painting.