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My Pretty One

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"My Pretty One"
UK picture sleeve
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album Always Guaranteed
B-side"Love Ya"
Released8 June 1987 (1987-06-08)[1]
RecordedSeptember 1986
StudioRG Jones, London
GenrePop rock
Length3:57
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Alan Tarney
Producer(s)Alan Tarney
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"Slow Rivers"
(1986)
"My Pretty One"
(1987)
"Some People"
(1987)
Music video
"My Pretty One" on YouTube
Alternative cover
European and Australian picture sleeve

"My Pretty One" is a song recorded by English singer Cliff Richard and released in the UK in June 1987 as the lead single from his Always Guaranteed album. The song reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The song was written by Alan Tarney who had previously written some of Richard's most successful tracks since his 1976 renaissance, including "We Don't Talk Anymore", "Dreamin'", "A Little in Love" and "Wired for Sound". The song was originally recorded and released by Jamie Rae in 1985 as Pretty One.

Track listing

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UK 7" Single (EM 4)

  1. "My Pretty One"
  2. "Love Ya"

UK 12" Single (12EM 4)

  1. "My Pretty One" (Extended Version)
  2. "Love Ya"
  3. "Under the Gun"

Chart performance

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 56
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 20
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 36
Germany (GfK)[6] 31
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 92
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[9] 10
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 6

References

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  1. ^ "The Cliff Richard Song Databasewebsite: Discography - Singles". cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  2. ^ a b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970 – 1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Cliff Richard – My Pretty One" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Cliff Richard – My Pretty One" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Cliff Richard – My Pretty One" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – My Pretty One". Irish Singles Chart.
  8. ^ "Cliff Richard – My Pretty One" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  9. ^ "South Africa Charts 1965-1989 - Springbok Radio / Radio Orion". Retrieved 31 May 2018.