Beautiful was first released on the Viral Black album in 2017. A reworked studio version was released on the album Equals in 2018. This main post covers the Viral black version, see Other Studio Versions below for the Equals version. The Equals version was also released on a promo only CD single. A single version was released on that same promo CD single only
2017 Viral Black recording
Running length 3:02
Written by Mike Peters
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, E-bow and Electro Harmonix Mel9
Steve “Smiley” Barnard – Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
James Stevenson – Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jules Jones Peters – Piano, Backing Vocals
George Williams – Keyboards, Bass Guitar
Recorded at Bethel Chapel Studios, Dyseth, Wales, Parr Street Studio A, Liverpool, England
Produced and mixed by George Williams
Engineered by Tony Draper and Mark Warden
Mastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studio, London
Alternative studio recordings – Equals studio version
2018 Equals recording
Running time 3:00
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Harmonica, Baritone, Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Steve “Smiley” Barnard – Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
James Stevenson – Acoustic, Electric, Slide Guitar, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jules Jones Peters – Piano, Backing Vocals
George Williams – Keyboards, Bass Guitar
Recorded at Bethel Chapel studios, Dyseth Wales, Parr Street studios A and C, Liverpool, England, The Doghouse studios, Henley on Thames, England and Monnow Valley, South Wales
Produced and mixed by George Williams.
Engineered by Mark Warden (Bethel Chapel and The Doghouse), Tony Draper (Parr Street) and Matt Glasbey (Monnow Valley)
Album appearances and discography of studio recordings
All the following are Worldwide releases except where stated
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Viral Black version: 2017 – Viral Black (catalogue number 21C089 (CD), 21C089LP (vinyl))
Equals version: 2018 – Equals (catalogue number 21C100 (red vinyl and black vinyl), 21C101 (CD))
Single appearance and discography
Single version. Running time: 2:43
Equals album version and single version released on a four track promo only CD single in 2018.
2018 Equals recording edit version
Officially released live recordings – Audio
10 October 2018 – Mike Peters solo live version recorded for National Album Day 2018 at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, England. Released on Mike Peters in session 2018 CD (catalogue number 21C106). Running time 3:27.
Sessions, TV Appearances, Podcast and online Multi-media
Viral Black in session acoustic version (2017) released on Viral black in session cd (catalogue number 21C092). Running time 2:16.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
EVerything’s breaking down
Breaking down and being changed
Everything’s shrouded
Going down beneath the waist
[Chorus]
And I know that everything is beautiful tonight
Everything is beautiful on the inside
Oh woah, oh woah
Everything is beautiful
Beautiful
[Verse 2]
Everything I had is gone
It’s the same but different
All that I had, I lost
I don’t care where it comes from now
[Chorus]
And I know that everything is beautiful tonight
Everything is beautiful on the outside
Oh woah, oh woah
Everything is beautiful
[Bridge]
I’ve been there before
I’ve been there before
Everything said
Said makes no sense
Everything real
Real is not real
[Chorus]
And I know that everything is beautiful tonight
Everything is beautiful on the inside, on the outside
Everything is beautiful tonight
Everything is beautiful on the inside, on the outside
Oh woah, oh woah, oh woah
Everything is beautiful
Audio & Visual Sources
(Page updated 26/01/2022)