Pretty Green Eyes

"Pretty Green Eyes"
Single by Ultrabeat
Released	4 August 2003 (2003-08-04)
Length	3:25
Label	All Around the World
Songwriter(s)	Paul Hobbs, Darren Mew, Leroy Van Brown Van Brown
Producer(s)	Ultrabeat
Ultrabeat singles chronology
"Pretty Green Eyes" (2003) "Feelin' Fine" (2003)

Ultrabeat's members had all been fans of happy hardcore since 1997 and when they decided to record a song, they chose to cover 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 Di Scala 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 a peak of No. 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".

"Pretty Green Eyes" became more popular when it was released on promos and Clubland III and played more in nightclubs. The song was released as a single on 4 August 2003.^[1] It entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 2 and stayed in the chart for 15 weeks.^[2] This led to Ultrabeat performing on Top of the Pops and a lock-out signing in the HMV store in Liverpool.

The video was filmed in London and features three young women who are dancers in a random nightclub. 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 DJing 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 Queen's Dock.

CD single 1

1. "Pretty Green Eyes" (radio edit) – 3:21
2. "Pretty Green Eyes" (CJ Stone remix) – 7:52
3. "Pretty Green Eyes" (extended mix) – 6:55

CD single 2

1. "Pretty Green Eyes" (CJ Stone edit) – 3:04
2. "Pretty Green Eyes" (N-Trance remix) – 6:46
3. "Pretty Green Eyes" (Scott Brown remix) – 6:38
4. "Pretty Green Eyes" (video)

12-inch single 1

1. "Pretty Green Eyes" (extended mix) – 6:55
2. "Pretty Green Eyes" (CJ Stone remix) – 7:52
3. "Pretty Green Eyes" (Flip & Fill remix) – 5:48

12-inch single 2

1. "Pretty Green Eyes" (CJ Stone remix) – 7:52
2. "Pretty Green Eyes" (extended mix) – 6:55
3. "Pretty Green Eyes" (N-Trance edit)

Ultrabeat

• Mike Di Scala – vocals, producer
• Ian Redman – producer
• Chris Henry – producer

Other personnel

• Ignition – design

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[16]	2× Platinum	1,200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

• Force & Styles featuring Junior – "Pretty Green Eyes" at Discogs (list of releases)
• Ultrabeat – "Pretty Green Eyes" at Discogs (list of releases)
• Ultrabeat – Pretty Green Eyes on YouTube