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
Genre Dance-rock
Length4:16
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jon Lind
Cher singles chronology
"We All Sleep Alone"
(1988)
"Skin Deep"
(1988)
"After All"
(1989)

"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)." [3]

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 [4] 79
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 41

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