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298:. For the track, the band sampled band member Lauren Roselli crying "Mother, make it stop!", channeling Linda Blair's role as Regan from the movie. For the 12" release of the single, "Tubular Bells" and "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" were mixed together as a fourteen-minute medley by 280:"Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" became one of the first songs ever to address the issue of the AIDS epidemic, featuring the lyrics of "strangers in the night exchanging glances, but sex is dangerous, I don't take my chances...safe sex, safe sex." 40: 315:
A promotional video was shot and released for "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls"; an alternate version of the video was also released using the medley edit of "Tubular Bells/Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls”.
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A slightly shorter edit of the 7" Mix/Single version. Found only on the 7" vinyl single (Sire Records 7–27858) and 7" promo vinyl single (Sire Records 7–27858).
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also begins with a shorter version of "Tubular Bells", which flows seamlessly into "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls", the second track on the album.
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A super extended remix combining the two as a medley. Found on the 12" vinyl single, CD promo single, and the 2009 reissue CD of
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Remix, additional production an keyboards by Scott Blackwell and Bob Brockmann for Broadbeard Productions.
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Remix, additional production an keyboards by Scott Blackwell and Bob Brockmann for Broadbeard Productions.
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Found on the 12" vinyl single, CD promo single, and the 2009 reissue CD of
417:"Tubular Bells/Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" (Regan's House Medley) - 14:24 401:"Tubular Bells/Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" (Regan's House Medley) - 14:24 257:. The song was the first single released prior to the band's second album 942:
1988 Club MTV interview and performance of "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls"
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Found on the 7" and 12" vinyl singles of "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls".
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Found only on the 7" vinyl promo single (Sire Records 7-27858-A).
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Ted Ottaviano – keyboards, tubular bells, backing vocals
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414:"Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" (Extended Mix) - 7:20 385:"Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" (Extended Mix) - 7:19 1215: 1189: 1171: 1066: 1048: 1009: 799:A shorter edit of the 7" Mix. 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Index

Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls (Book of Love song)

Single
Book of Love
Lullaby
B-side
Genre
Synth-pop
new wave
Label
Sire Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Flood
Book of Love
Modigliani (Lost in Your Eyes)
Lullaby
"Tubular Bells/Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls"
YouTube
single
synth-pop
Book of Love
Lullaby
Billboard Hot 100
Hot Dance Club Play
Mike Oldfield
The Exorcist
Scott Blackwell
Bob Brockmann
Lullaby

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