"Skin Deep" | ||||
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Single by Cher | ||||
from the album Cher | ||||
B-side | "Perfection" | |||
Released | July 1988 (US) [1] August 22, 1988 (UK) [2] | |||
Recorded | 1986–1987 | |||
Genre | Dance-rock | |||
Length | 4:16 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Jon Lind | |||
Cher singles chronology | ||||
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"Skin Deep" is a rock song originally written in 1986 for Japanese singer-songwriter CINDY by Mark Goldenberg and Jon Lind, then covered by American singer-actress Cher for her eighteenth studio album, Cher . It was released as the album's third and final single in mid-1988.
Allmusic's Jose F. Promis later described it as "a club hit with the almost forgotten Madonna-ish dance ditty "Skin Deep" (a radical departure from the album's other songs, yet a definite highlight)." [3]
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [4] | 79 |
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [5] | 41 |
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