| Ribbon of Darkness | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gordon Lightfoot |
| B-Side: | Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues |
| Released: | 1965 |
| Label: | United Artists |
| Prev Title: | I'm Not Sayin' |
| Prev Year: | 1965 |
| Next Title: | For Loving Me |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
| Ribbon of Darkness | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Marty Robbins |
| B-Side: | Little Robin |
| Released: | March 22, 1965 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:30 |
| Label: | Columbia 4-43258 |
| Prev Title: | Turn the Lights Down Low |
| Prev Year: | 1965 |
| Next Title: | Old Red |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
"Ribbon of Darkness" is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot that was released in 1965 as a single by Marty Robbins. The song was Robbins' eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart, where it spent one week at the top and a total of nineteen weeks on the chart.[1]
Lightfoot's own version was released as single in 1965[2] and included in his 1966 debut album Lightfoot! and again for his 1975 compilation album Gord's Gold. The latter recording features the song in a medley with "I'm Not Sayin'", as does the live recording from Lightfoot's 1969 Sunday Concert album.
Conway Twitty also covered Ribbon of Darkness on his 1966 album Conway Twitty Sings.