Pearl's Girl

"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.^[1] The song title comes from the name of a racing greyhound. ^[2]

Track listing (original release)

UK 12-inch

1. "Pearl's Girl (Carp Dreams...Koi) - 10:07
2. "Cherry Pie" - 8:22

UK triple 12-inch/double CD

1. "Pearl's Girl (Short)" - 3:50
2. "Oich Oich" - 8:33
3. "Cherry Pie" - 8:22
4. "Pearl's Girl (Carp Dreams...Koi)" - 10:07
5. "Mosaic" - 5:01
6. "Deep Arch" - 8:24

UK CD1

1. "Pearl's Girl (Short)" - 4:25
2. "Oich Oich" - 8:33
3. "Cherry Pie" - 8:22

UK CD2

1. "Pearl's Girl (Carp Dreams...Koi)" - 10:07
2. "Mosaic" - 5:01
3. "Deep Arch" - 8:24

Track listing (re-release)

UK 12-inch (promo)

1. "Pearl's Girl"
2. "Pearl's Girl (Tin There)"

UK 12-inch (promo?)

1. "Pearl's Girl" (14996 version)
2. "Rowla" (extended)

UK CD1

1. "Pearl's Girl" (short version) – 4:24
2. "Oich Oich" – 8:33
3. "Cherry Pie" – 8:21

UK CD2

1. "Pearl's Girl (Tin There)" – 8:11
2. "Puppies" – 3:53
3. "Born Slippy" – 8:57

US CD

1. "Pearl's Girl (Tin There) – 8:07
2. "Pearl's Girl" (14996 version) – 8:50
3. "Puppies" – 3:51
4. "Oich Oich" – 8:30
5. "Cherry Pie" – 8:18
6. "Pearl's Girl" (edit) – 4:22
7. "Pearl's Girl" (album version) – 9:35
8. "Mosaic" – 4:58
9. "Deep Arch" – 8:22

Appearances

• "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; The Saint: Music from the Motion Picture, Virgin Records, 1997.
• "Pearl's Girl" was the third track on the 1997 compilation album MTV's Amp.
• "Tin There" appears on the WipE'out" 2097 soundtrack.
• "Pearl's Girl" was featured on Q magazine's (UK) Essential Dance CD in 2001.

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.
• "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 among 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. The words were edited out. The drum sounds were played in a continuous loop until the end of each bulletin.
• In February 2010, "Pearl's Girl" was used in an Channel 4 advert for drama series The Good Wife.

References

External links

• Underworldlive.com