Beautiful (Enrique Iglesias song)

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"Beautiful"
Enrique Iglesias - Beautiful.png
Promotional single by Enrique Iglesias featuring Kylie Minogue
from the album Sex and Love and Kiss Me Once
Released14 March 2014 (2014-03-14)
Genre Pop
Length3:25
Label Republic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mark Taylor
  • Alex Smith
Audio video
"Beautiful" on YouTube

"Beautiful" is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias from his tenth studio album, Sex and Love . It features Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue and was also on her Kiss Me Once album. [1] [2] "Beautiful" was written by Iglesias, Mark Taylor, Alex Smith, and Samuel Preston, and it was produced by Taylor and Smith. The song was released as promotional single in Australia and New Zealand on 14 March 2014.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Beautiful" – 3:25

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 47

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Australia [4] 14 March 2014 Digital download Republic
New Zealand [5]

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