I'm So Beautiful

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"I'm So Beautiful"
Single by Divine
from the album The Story So Far
ReleasedOctober 1984
Genre Hi-NRG, disco
Length7:51 (Album Version)

4:40 (Demo Version)

3:40 (7" Edit)
Label Proto Records
Songwriter(s) Matt Aitken, Mike Stock
Producer(s) Barry Evangeli , Pete Waterman
Divine singles chronology
"You Think You're A Man"
(1984)
"I'm So Beautiful"
(1984)
"T Shirts and Tight Blue Jeans"
(1984)
Music video
"I'm So Beautiful" on YouTube

"I'm So Beautiful" is a single by American performance artist Divine, released in 1984. The song also appeared on the compilation album The Story So Far , released the same year. [1]

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Chart performance

"I'm So Beautiful" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #58 before climbing to and peaking at #52 in its second week. The song spent a total of two weeks on the chart. [2]

"I'm So Beautiful" fared better in Germany where it peaked at #38 and spent a total of 9 weeks on the German Singles Chart. [3]

Track listings

  1. "I'm So Beautiful" - 3:40
  2. "Show Me Around" - 3:20
  1. "I'm So Beautiful (Mix)" - 7:40
  2. "I'm So Beautiful (Divine Mix)" - 6:21
  3. "Show Me Around" - 3:13

Music video

In the music video for "I'm So Beautiful," Divine is seen dancing and singing in a hall of mirrors. The video includes several black-and-white scenes of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as lawn ornaments.

Charts

Chart (1984–85)Peak
Position
Finnish Single Chart [6] 17
German Singles Chart [3] 38
New Zealand Singles Chart [7] 48
UK Singles Chart [2] 52

In Australia, "I'm So Beautiful" missed the Kent Music Report top 100 singles chart, but was listed as one of the singles receiving significant sales reports beyond the top 100 for 4 weeks in January and February 1985; with its highest ranking being first on this list. [8]

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