Pearl's Girl

"Pearl's Girl"
Single by Underworld
from the album Second Toughest in the Infants
Released	1996
Format	Vinyl (12"), CD
Genre	Progressive trance, Drum & Bass
Length	10:07
Label	Junior Boy's Own
Writer(s)	Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Producer(s)	Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Underworld singles chronology
"Rowla" (1996) "Pearl's Girl" (1996) "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.^[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)

"Pearl's Girl (re-issue)"
Single by Underworld
Released	1996
Format	Vinyl (12"), CD
Genre	Progressive trance, Drum & Bass
Label	Junior Boy's Own
Writer(s)	Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson
Producer(s)	Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson

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 Wipeout 2097 soundtrack as an original mix with reduced percussion and an ambient ending.
• "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 (Elisabeth 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 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 a Channel 4 advert for drama series The Good Wife.

References

External links

• Underworldlive.com