Skin Deep (Cher song)

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"Skin Deep"
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Single by Cher
from the album Cher
B-side "Perfection"
ReleasedJuly 1988 (US) [1]
August 22, 1988 (UK) [2]
Recorded1986–1987
Studio
Genre Dance-rock
Length4:16
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jon Lind
Cher singles chronology
"We All Sleep Alone"
(1988)
"Skin Deep"
(1988)
"Main Man"
(1988)

"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.

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Background

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)." [5]

Track listing

  1. "Skin Deep" (Edit/Remix) – 3:54
  2. "Perfection" – 4:28
  1. "Skin Deep" (Extended Dance Mix) – 7:48
  2. "Skin Deep" (Dub) – 5:40
  3. "Skin Deep" (Bonus Beats) – 3:40
  4. "Perfection" – 4:28
  1. "Skin Deep" (Extended Dance Mix) – 7:48
  2. "Skin Deep" (Dub) – 5:40
  3. "Perfection" – 4:28

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 79
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 41
US Cash Box Top 100 [8] 78

References

  1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 137. ISBN   978-0-86241-541-9.
  2. "Cher singles".
  3. "Cher [1987] – Cher | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  4. "Cher [1987] – Cher | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  5. Review by Allmusic Retrieved October 15, 2013
  6. "Cher Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  7. "Cher Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  8. "Cash Box Top 100 13/08/88" (PDF). Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 12 July, 2025.{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)