Pretty Good Year

"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
 * A. "Pretty Good Year"
 * B. "Honey"

UK CD1
 * 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
 * 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.

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