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
Songwriters
Producer 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 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.