- Pearl's Girl
Infobox Single
Name = Pearl's Girl
Artist = Underworld
from Album =Second Toughest in the Infants
B-side =
Released =1996
Format =Vinyl record (12"),CD
Length =
Label =Junior Boys Own
Writer = Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Producer = Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Reviews =
Last single = "Rowla "
(1996)
This single = "Pearl's Girl"
(1996)
Next single = "Born Slippy .NUXX "
(1996)"Pearl's Girl" is the title of several
1996 single releases and a song by Underworld, from their album "Second Toughest in the Infants ". The single peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #22. [cite web |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_U.HTM |title=Chart Log UK |accessdate=2008-06-21]Track listing (original release)
UK 12-inch
# "Pearl's Girl (Carp Dreams...Koi) - 10:07
# "Cherry Pie" - 8:22UK triple 12-inch/double CD
# "Pearl's Girl (Short)" - 3:50
# "Oich Oich" - 8:33
# "Cherry Pie" - 8:22
# "Pearl's Girl (Carp Dreams...Koi)" - 10:07
# "Mosaic" - 5:01
# "Deep Arch" - 8:24UK CD
# "Pearl's Girl (Short)" - 4:25
# "Oich Oich" - 8:33
# "Cherry Pie" - 8:22UK CD
# "Pearl's Girl (Carp Dreams...Koi)" - 10:07
# "Mosaic" - 5:01
# "Deep Arch" - 8:24Track listing (re-release)
Infobox Single
Name = "Pearl's Girl (re-issue)"
Artist = Underworld
B-side =
Released =1996
Format =Vinyl record (12"),CD
Length =
Label =Junior Boys Own
Writer = Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Producer = Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Reviews =
Last single =
This single = Pearl's Girl (re-issue)
(1996)
Next single =UK 12-inch (promo)
# "Pearl's Girl"
# "Pearl's Girl (Tin There)"UK 12-inch (promo?)
# "Pearl's Girl (14996 Version)"
# "Rowla (extended)"UK CD
# "Pearl's Girl (Tin There)" - 8:11
# "Puppies" - 3:53
# "Born Slippy" - 8:57US CD
# "Pearl's Girl (Tin There)" - 8:07
# "Pearl's Girl (14996 Version)" - 8:50
# "Puppies" - 3:51
# "Oich Oich" - 8:30
# "Cherry Pie" - 8:18
# "Pearl's Girl (Edit)" - 4:22
# "Pearl's Girl (Album Version)" - 9:35
# "Mosiac" - 4:58
# "Deep Arch" - 8:22Appearances
* "Pearl's Girl" appears on "
Second Toughest in the Infants ".
* The 9:37 version appears on the first CD soundtrack to the 1997 movie "The Saint " - "Music from the motion Picture soundtrack The Saint", Virgin Records, 1997.
* Tin There appears on the US Wipeout XL soundtrack.
*"Pearl's Girl" was featured onQ Magazine 's (UK) Essential Dance CD in2001 .Use in Film, TV and Radio Soundtracks
* "Pearl's Girl" is one of the tracks heard on the bad guys' car stereo when they are in pursuit of Simon Templer (Val Kilmer) and Dr Emma Russell (Elizabeth Shue) in The Saint. Director Philip Noyce mixed Graeme Revell's original score with source music heard on radios throughout various points in the film to produce a rich tapestry of sound.
* "Pearl's Girl" was used as the theme music for the Channel 4 drama series "Psychos". It was set in a mental ward and featured the late Nicholas Clay amongst the cast.
* In 1998 "Pearl's Girl" was used as the backing track to Radio 1's Newsbeat giving a cutting edge feel to the fast-moving news programme. Obviously the words were edited out. The drum sounds were played in a continuous loop until the end of each bulletin.References
External links
* [http://www.dirty.org/underworld/disco-uw-single.php Underworld discography pages at dirty.org]
* [http://www.underworldlive.com Underworldlive.com]
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