Pretty Green Eyes

Infobox Single
Name = Pretty Green Eyes


Cover size =
Caption = Single cover for Pretty Green Eyes
Artist = Ultrabeat
Album = Ultrabeat - The Album
A-side =
B-side = Remixes
Released = Start date|2003|08|4 (UK)
Format = CD, 12" vinyl, Download
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Dance, House, Scouse house, Hard house, Vocal trance
Length = 3:21 (radio edit)
Label = AATW
Writer = Darren Mew,
Paul Hobbs (Force & Styles)
Leroy Van Brown (Junior)
Producer = Ultrabeat
Certification = Silver (BPI)
Chronology = Ultrabeat
Last single = N/A
This single = "Pretty Green Eyes"
(2003)
Next single = Feelin' Fine
(2003)
Misc =

"Pretty Green Eyes" is a song written by Paul Hobbs, Darren Mew and Leroy Van Brown, and it was first recorded by the three as Force & Styles featuring Junior in 1996 (and first released in 1997). In 2003, the dance group Ultrabeat recorded a cover of the song and it was released as their debut single, reaching #2 in the UK singles chart and becoming a huge dance hit record.

Force & Styles Version

The Force & Styles version was a happy hardcore song which features the vocals of Junior, an MC who had previously performed with Force & Styles when they DJ'd at various hardcore club nights. The song was produced by Force & Styles and recorded with Junior at their own 'UK Dance Studios', in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex in 1996.

It first appeared on hardcore compilation albums, and in 1997 it was released on 12" vinyl on Force & Styles's own record label UK Dance Records, with a b-side "Apollo 13 [pt II] (The Journey Home)". The vinyl was also re-released in 2001.

This hardcore version, although popular among hardcore listeners, never achieved any mainstream success like the Ultrabeat cover.

Ultrabeat Version

When Ultrabeat decided to record the song, the three producers were all fans of happy hardcore from 1997 onwards and they chose to record the old Force & Styles song, "Pretty Green Eyes". Mike, Chris and Ian used a recording studio in Liverpool, were Mike was the engineer, and they first recorded the song there, with Mike singing. During the recording session, they did not have a pop shield for the microphone, so they had to use a sock instead.

The song was signed by All Around The World because of Mike Di Scala's last single for the label under the Rezonance Q alias. "Someday", which was a cover of the Mariah Carey song, had achieved #29 in the charts and when Mike and AATW were discussing its success he played them Ultrabeat's demo of "Pretty Green Eyes".

It became more popular when it was released on promos and Clubland III and played more in nightclubs. The single was released in August 2003 and it entered at #2 and stayed in the charts for 15 weeks. This lead to Ultrabeat performing on Top of The Pops and a lock out signing in the HMV store in Liverpool. BBC Radio 1 and many other radio stations playlisted the song and it appeared on many compilation albums such as Now 56.

Track listing

CD Single 1
#Radio Edit
#CJ Stone Remix
#Extended Mix

CD Single 2
#CJ Stone Radio Edit
#N-Trance Remix
#Scott Brown Remix
#Pretty Green Eyes Video

Maxi CD Single
#Radio Edit
#CJ Stone Remix
#Extended Mix
#N-Trance Remix
#Friday Night Posse Remix
#Scott Brown Remix
#Rezonance Q Remix
#Kenny Hayes Remix

12" Single 1
#Extended Mix
#CJ Stone Remix
#Flip & Fill Remix

12" Single 2
#CJ Stone Remix
#Extended Mix
#N-Trance Short Mix

12" Promo
#Extended Mix
#CJ Stone Remix
#N-Trance Remix
#Friday Night Posse Remix
#Scott Brown Remix

Download
#Radio Edit – (3:21)
#CJ Stone Edit – (3:04)
#Extended Mix – (6:53)
#CJ Stone Remix – (7:52)
#Kenny Hayes Remix – (8:13)
#Friday Night Posse Remix – (6:45)
#N-Trance Remix – (6:46)
#Flip & Fill Remix – (5:48)
#Chill Out Mix – (3:22)
#Kenny Hayes Edit – (6:14)
#DJ Lhasa Remix – (4:58)
#DJ Lhasa Edit – (3:22)
#Flip & Fill Edit – (4:54)
#Rezonanace Q Remix – (7:05)
#Original Extended Mix – (7:39)
#Scott Brown Remix – (6:38)

Music Video

The video was filmed in London and features three young women who are dancers in a strip club. They are putting on their make-up and outfits then they dance in the strip club, then the video switches to a nightclub, and back between the two.

Ultrabeat also appear in the video. They are sitting down on chairs in the strip club and they are also DJ-ing at the nightclub. The video makes use of green lighting and green clothes, and switches between locations after zooming in on one of the girl's green eyes.

The original video for Pretty Green Eyes was actually a casino scene filmed at the Baby Blue Bar on the Albert Dock in Liverpool, but was not used as the actual music video. The scene depicts a gorgeous girl with green eyes gambling on the dice table. The dice dealer, Bill Pettrey, was the Deputy General Manager of Leo Casino, one of Liverpool's top night spots on the Queens Dock.

Chart Performance

External links

* [http://www.aatw.com AATW.com]
* [http://www.aatw.com/artist.php?id=128052 Ultrabeat artist page at AATW.com]
* [http://www.aatw.com/video.php?id=86591112 Pretty Green Eyes music video at AATW.com]
* [http://www.aatw.com/audio.php?page=2&id=85000083 Listen to 'Pretty Green Eyes' at AATW.com]