Skin Deep (The Stranglers song)

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"Skin Deep"
Single by The Stranglers
from the album Aural Sculpture
B-side "Here and There"
Released24 September 1984 [1]
RecordedBrussels 1983–1984
Genre New wave
Length3:55 (7" single/album)
7:12 (12" version)
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Stranglers
The Stranglers singles chronology
"Paradise"
(1983)
"Skin Deep"
(1984)
"No Mercy"
(1984)

"Skin Deep" is a song by British band the Stranglers, released in September 1984 as the lead single from the album Aural Sculpture . [2]

Contents

The shimmering [3] and melodic single restored the band to the UK top 20 after its previous two single releases (from the album Feline ) had stalled at numbers 48 and 35. "Skin Deep" peaked at No. 11 in Australia and Ireland.

The music video consists of the band performing the song, interspersed with shots of a snake crawling over a person and the band removing face masks towards the end of the video, finishing with a shot of the aural sculpture featured on the parent album cover.

Track listings

7" singles

A. "Skin Deep" the – 3:55
B. "Here and There" – 4:21 [4]

12" single

A. "Skin Deep" (Extended Version) – 7:12
B1. "Here and There" – 4:21
B2. "Vladimir and the Beast (Part III)" – 3:55 [5]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1984/1985)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 11
Belgian Singles Chart [7] 17
Dutch Top 40 [8] 21
Irish Singles Chart [9] 11
New Zealand Singles Chart [10] 19
UK Singles Chart [11] 15

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [12] [13] 97

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