"
Pretty Ballerina" is a song written by pianist
Michael Brown (born Michael Lookofsky) and was a number 15 hit for his band
The Left Banke on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart and reaching #4 in the Canadian
RPM Magazine charts. The original Left Banke version of the song, released December 1966, was sung by
Steve Martin Caro. The song has appeared in the films
Apocalypse Now,
Off Limits and
Things Behind the Sun and has been covered by such artists as
Alice Cooper,
John Mellencamp,
Jason Falkner,
Peter Kingsbery,
Eels, Irish Electro Band "Les Marionettes", Argentine rock star
Charly García,
Alan Merrill,
The Bluetones, and
The Dickies.