"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.

• In 1969, Connie Smith made the top 20 on the country chart with her version, peaking at #13.^[3]
• Crystal Gayle sang the song in her first television appearance. Video on YouTube and she released as the first single from her twenty sixth studio album You Don't Know Me: Classic Country in 2019. Her first single in 16 years.
• Jack Scott, 1950's rock 'n' roll legend, recorded the song for his 2015 release Way to Survive.
• Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn contributed a cover of the song to the 2003 tribute album Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot.

Conway Twitty also covered Ribbon of Darkness on his 1966 album Conway Twitty Sings.