"Black Velveteen" is the sixth and last single to be released from the 5 album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz.

Lenny Kravitz on the inspiration for "Black Velveteen" in an interview from 2000: "Black Velveteen" is about technology and we're getting so pulled in by computers and technology and our kids have their face in the computers all day.

We have our face in computers all day and the human relationship is being diminished by this so I figured, well ok, we're so into computers, and we're so into technology and now we're also beginning to play God and get into cloning and all kinds of things.

"[2]Musically, the song, apart from having an electro-rock influence, features notable sound effects that can be associated with everyday machines, such as the vacuum cleaner and drill.

Note: This release also contains the uncensored version of the music video for the song.