{{short description|1996 single by Underworld}} {{Infobox song | name = Pearl's Girl | cover = underworld_pearlsGirlUK.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] | album = [[Second Toughest in the Infants]] | released = {{start date|1996|5|6|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-05-04.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=35|date=4 May 1996|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | genre = [[Trance music|Progressive trance]], [[breakbeat]], [[Ambient music|ambient]] | length = 10:07 | label = [[Junior Boy's Own]] | writer = Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, [[Darren Emerson]] | producer = Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson | prev_title = [[Rowla]] | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = [[Born Slippy .NUXX]] | next_year = 1996 }}
"'''Pearl's Girl'''" is the title of several 1996 single releases and a song by [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]], from their album ''[[Second Toughest in the Infants]]''; where the song is titled "'''Pearls Girl'''". The single peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 22.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_U.HTM |title=Chart Log UK |accessdate=2008-06-21}}</ref> The song title comes from the name of a racing greyhound.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/IntUnderworld_4.htm | title=Interview with Karl Hyde of Underworld | author=Ron Slomowicz | publisher=About.com Guide | access-date=2010-09-01 | archive-date=2013-11-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101231423/http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/IntUnderworld_4.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>
"I spent a few nights in [[Hamburg]]," recalled [[Karl Hyde]], "and it actually came from a night on the [[Rioja (wine)|Rioja]]<ref>"Rioja" is pronounced "{{IPAc-en||r|iː|ˈ|ɒ|k|ə|}}" in UK, and "{{IPAc-en||r|i|ˈ|oʊ|h|ə|}}" in US. [http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/rioja English pronunciation of “Rioja”] CambridgeDictionary.Org</ref> down by the docks. I'm actually shouting, Rioja, Rioja… I'd come from this really great club on the [[Reeperbahn]], listening to lots of classic [[soul music|soul]], which is where the 'Reverend [[Al Green]]' bit comes from. I was sitting by the docks and they have these 'bride boats' there, which people get married on. They go down the river and out to sea. I was just sitting there, Rioja-ed out, watching these boats sail past me at three in the morning. There were bonfires and everything."<ref>''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'', May 2001</ref>
==Track listing (original release)==
===UK 12-inch=== # "Pearl's Girl (Carp Dreams...Koi)" – 10:07 # "Cherry Pie" – 8:22
===UK 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" – 8:24
===UK CD1=== # "Pearl's Girl (Short)" – 4:25 # "Oich Oich" – 8:33 # "Cherry Pie" – 8:22
===UK CD2=== # "Pearl's Girl (Carp Dreams...Koi)" – 10:07 # "Mosaic" – 5:01 # "Deep Arch" – 8:24
==Track listing (re-release)== {{Infobox song | name = Pearl's Girl | version = re-issue | cover = underworld_pearlsGirlReUK.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] | album = | released = {{start date|1996|10|28|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-10-26.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=29|date=26 October 1996|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Trance music|Progressive trance]], [[breakbeat hardcore]] | length = | label = [[Junior Boy's Own]] | writer = Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson | producer = Rick Smith, Karl Hyde, Darren Emerson | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}
===UK CD1=== # "Pearl's Girl" (short version) – 4:24 # "Oich Oich" – 8:33 # "Cherry Pie" – 8:21
===UK CD2=== # "Pearl's Girl (Tin There)" – 8:11 # "Puppies" – 3:53 # "Born Slippy" – 8:57
===US 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 # "Mosaic" – 4:58 # "Deep Arch" – 8:22
==Appearances== * The 9:37 version appears on the first CD [[The Saint (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the 1997 film ''[[The Saint (1997 film)|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 (album)|MTV's Amp]]''. * "Tin There" appears on the [[Wipeout 2097 The Soundtrack|''Wipeout 2097'' soundtrack]] as an original mix with reduced percussion and an ambient ending. * "Pearl's Girl" was featured on [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]]'s (UK) ''Essential Dance CD'' in 2001. * "Pearl's Girl" appears on the 2013 video game, ''[[Gran Turismo 6]]''. * "Pearl's Girl" can be heard as the intro to ''[[ZZ Top]]'''s ''[[Live From Texas]]''.
==Usage in media== * "Pearl's Girl" appears in the opening credits for the 1998 film ''Holy Man''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120701/soundtrack|title=Holy Man (1998) Soundtrack Credits|last=|first=|date=|website=IMDb|access-date=}}</ref> * "Pearl's Girl" is one of the tracks heard on the bad guys' car stereo when they are in pursuit of Simon Templar (Val Kilmer) and Dr Emma Russell (Elisabeth Shue) in ''[[The Saint (1997 film)|The Saint]]''. Director Phillip 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 (TV series)|The Good Wife]]''. * The song appears in the 2013 video game ''[[Gran Turismo 6]]''.
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