Pretty Good Year Explained

Pretty Good Year
Cover:	PrettyGoodYear.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Tori Amos
Album:	Under the Pink
B-Side:	Honey
Studio:	The Fishhouse (New Mexico, US)
Length:	3:25
Label:	EastWest
Producer:	Tori Amos, Eric Rosse
Prev Title:	God
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Past the Mission
Next Year:	1994

"Pretty Good Year" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, taken from her second album, Under the Pink (1994). It was released as the second single from the album in the United Kingdom on March 7, 1994, and as the fourth single in Australia on November 7, 1994. It was not released in the United States. "Pretty Good Year" became Amos's second single to reach the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at number seven.

Track listings

UK 7-inch vinyl^[1]

A. "Pretty Good Year"

B. "Honey"

UK CD1^[2]

1. "Pretty Good Year" – 3:26
2. "Home on the Range" (with Cherokee addition) – 5:24
3. "Daisy Dead Petals" – 3:02

UK CD2 and Australian CD single^[3]

1. "Pretty Good Year" – 3:25
2. "Honey" – 3:47
3. "Black Swan" – 4:04

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the Under the Pink album booklet.^[4]

Studios

• Recorded at The Fishhouse (New Mexico, US)
• Strings recorded at Westlake Studios (Los Angeles)
• Mixed at Olympic Studios (London, England)
• Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine, US)

Personnel

• Tori Amos – writing, vocals, piano, production
• John Philip Shenale – string arrangement
• Scott Smalley – conducting
• Ezra Kliger – violin
• Nancy Roth – violin
• John Wittenberg – violin
• Francine Walsh – violin
• Michael Harrison – violin
• Chris Reutinger – violin
• Jimbo Ross – viola
• Cynthia Morrow – viola

• John Acevedo – viola
• Nancy Stein-Ross – cello
• Dane Little – cello
• Melissa Hasin – cello
• Dominic Genova – double bass
• George Porter Jr. – "hanging out"
• Carlo Nuccio – "hanging out"
• Eric Rosse – production, programming
• John Beverly Jones – recording
• Kevin Killen – mixing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[5]	85
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[6]	23

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
United Kingdom	March 7, 1994		EastWest	^[7]
Australia	November 7, 1994			^[8]

Notes and References

1. Pretty Good Year. Tori Amos. 1994. UK 7-inch vinyl sleeve. EastWest Records. A7263.
2. Pretty Good Year. Tori Amos. 1994. UK CD1 disc notes. EastWest Records. 7567-85676-2, A7263CDX.
3. Pretty Good Year. Tori Amos. 1994. UK CD2 & Australian CD single disc notes. EastWest Records. 7567-85677-2, A7263CD.
4. Under the Pink. Under the Pink. Tori Amos. 1994. US CD album booklet. Atlantic Records. 82567-2.
5. Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 08 Jan 1995. ARIA. Imgur. March 12, 2016. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
6. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 11. 13. 20. March 26, 1994. February 12, 2021.
7. Single Releases. Music Week. 21. March 5, 1994. June 24, 2021.
8. Web site: New Release Summary – Product Available from: 07/11/1994 > Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 247 – Week Ending 6th November 1994). ARIA. Imgur. April 9, 2016.