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"Pretty Green Eyes" | |
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File:Force & Styles - Pretty Green Eyes.jpg | |
Single by Force & Styles feat. Junior | |
from the album All over the UK | |
B-side | "Apollo 13, pt. II (The Journey Home)" |
Released | 24 February 1997 |
Format | 12" vinyl |
Recorded | 1996 UK Dance Studios, Clacton-on-Sea |
Genre | Happy hardcore |
Length | 6:48 |
Label | UK Dance |
Writer(s) | Paul Hobbs, Darren Mew, Leroy Van Brown |
Producer | Force & Styles |
"Pretty Green Eyes" is a song originally written and recorded by Force & Styles featuring Junior. A remixed version appeared on their debut album All Over the UK (1996) and the song was released as a 12-inch single in 1997. The song achieved mainstream popularity in 2003 when it was covered by Ultrabeat and peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
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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 the same mainstream success as the Ultrabeat cover.
After the death of Junior on 31st December 2011 an online campaign to get the original hardcore version into the charts was started Lets get Junior - Pretty Green Eyes (Force & Styles) to #1
"Pretty Green Eyes" | ||||
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Single by Ultrabeat | ||||
from the album Ultrabeat: The Album | ||||
Released | 4 August 2003 | |||
Format | CD, 12" vinyl, Download | |||
Recorded | 2003 | |||
Genre | Electronic dance, house, vocal trance | |||
Length | 3:21 (radio edit) | |||
Label | All Around the World | |||
Writer(s) | Paul Hobbs, Darren Mew, Leroy Van Brown | |||
Producer | Ultrabeat | |||
Certification | Silver (BPI) | |||
Ultrabeat chronology | ||||
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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". The group used a recording studio in Liverpool, where Mike Di Scala was the engineer, and they first recorded the song there, with Mike singing. During the recording session, they did not have a pop filter for the microphone, so they had to use a sock instead.
The song was signed by All Around the World because of Di Scala's last single for the label under the Rezonance Q alias. "Someday", a cover of the Mariah Carey song, had achieved #29 in the charts and when Di Scala was discussing its success with All Around the World, he played them Ultrabeat's demo of "Pretty Green Eyes".
The song became more popular when it was released on promos and Clubland III and played more in nightclubs. The single was released in August 2003. It entered the UK Singles Chart at #2 and stayed in the charts for 15 weeks. This led 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.
CD Single 1
CD Single 2
Maxi CD Single
12" Single 1
12" Single 2
Download EP
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 | Peak Position |
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Dutch Singles Chart[1] | 28 |
Irish Singles Chart[2] | 7 |
UK Singles Chart[3] | 2 |
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Yanou (born Yann Peifer) is a German trance musician and producer. He is most famous for collaborating on DJ Sammy's hit "Heaven" with vocalist Do and for being a member of the popular German trance act Cascada alongside DJ Manian and Natalie Horler. Before Yanou worked with Cascada and DJ Sammy he produced and wrote tracks for "Beam & Yanou" in the late 1990s.
Pretty green eyes,
So full of sparkle and such light,
Let me remind,
You chose not to cry.
Its all right,
for your lover has come home,
by your side I'll always stay,
never have to be alone.
Younever have to be alone (x2)
Pretty green eyes,
so full of wonder and despair
its all right to cry
for i'll be there to wipe your tears
and in your arms
together we're in paradise,
and its so nice,
you'll never have to be alone
You never have to be alone (x4)
Pretty green eyes,
So full of sparkle and such light,
Let me remind,
You chose not to cry.
Its all right,
for your lover has come home,
by your side I'll always stay,
Younever have to be alone.
You never have to be alone (x2)
Pretty green eyes,
so full of wonder and despair
its all right to cry
for i'll be there to wipe your tears
and in your arms
together we're in paradise,
and its so nice,
you'll never have to be alone
never have to be, never have to be