Silk Electric is a 1982 album released by American entertainer Diana Ross on the RCA label. It reached #27 in the USA (#5 R&B), #33 in the UK and the top 20 in Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. The album cover was designed by Andy Warhol. The LP contained Ross' Top 10, Grammy-nominated single, "Muscles", which was produced and written by Michael Jackson. All other tracks were produced by Ross. (The song "I Am Me" is incorrectly listed as written by Cindy Birdsong instead of Janie Bradford on the "Diana Ross Greatest Hits - The RCA Years" compilation album) The album was certified Gold in the USA and Silver in the UK.

Ross toured in support of the album in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia.

In 1984, with a different arrangement, the song "In Your Arms", written by Linda Creed & Michael Masser, was covered by Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston as "Hold Me".