Skin Deep (The Stranglers song)

"Skin Deep"
Single by The Stranglers
from the album Aural Sculpture
B-side "Here and There"
Released 4 October 1984
Format Vinyl
Recorded Brussels 1983–1984
Genre New wave
Length 3:55 (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)

"Paradise"
(1983)		 "Skin Deep"
(1984)		 "No Mercy"
(1984)

Skin Deep is a song by British band The Stranglers, released in October 1984 as the lead single from the album Aural Sculpture.[1]

The shimmering[2] and melodic single restored the band to the UK Top 20 after its previous two single releases (from the album Feline) had stalled at #48 and #35. "Skin Deep" narrowly missed the Top 10 in Australia and Ireland, peaking at #11 in both countries.

Track listings

7" single

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

12" single

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

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1984/1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 11
Belgian Singles Chart[6] 17
Dutch Top 40[7] 21
Irish Singles Chart[8] 11
New Zealand Singles Chart[9] 19
UK Singles Chart[10] 15

Year-end charts

Chart (1985) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] 97

References

  1. ↑ "Official singles Chart results matching:skin deep". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Adams, Craig (2002). "Shades of Grey". Turquoise Days: The Weird World of Echo & the Bunnymen. New York: Soft Skull Press. p. 171. ISBN 1-887128-89-1.
  3. ↑ "Discogs.com - The Stranglers "Skin Deep" 7"". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Discogs.com - The Stranglers "Skin Deep" 12"". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ↑ "The Stranglers Golden brown". ultratop.be. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  7. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Dutchcharts.nl". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  8. ↑ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Ltd (1962-10-01). "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  9. ↑ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "ChartArchive - The Chart Archive". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  11. ↑ BigKev. "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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