"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" is a 1966 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy label. Written by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr. , and produced by Whitfield, the song was a number three pop hit and a number one R&B hit in the United States.. The song's theme is inner beauty, and its value over physical appearance. David Ruffin sings lead on this song, relating the story of a man who's become frustrated with dating pretty women with "ugly" attitudes.
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- "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" is a 1966 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy label. Written by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr. , and produced by Whitfield, the song was a number three pop hit and a number one R&B hit in the United States.. The song's theme is inner beauty, and its value over physical appearance. David Ruffin sings lead on this song, relating the story of a man who's become frustrated with dating pretty women with "ugly" attitudes. He now praises his current girl, whom he does not find as physically beautiful, but feels that her personality more than makes up for it. "She may be fine on the outside/but so untrue on the inside", is a typical lyric from the song. Norman Whitfield recorded the song's instrumental track in 1964, two years before he got together with Eddie Holland to have lyrics written for the song. Several artists recorded "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" before the Temptations, including David Ruffin's older brother Jimmy Ruffin, and The Miracles, who included it on their 1966 "Away We A Go- Go" album. After Whitfield's previous production for the Temptations, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", hit number-one on the Billboard R&B singles chart, he prepared "Beauty is Only" as a showcase for Ruffin and the Temptations. "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" was an R&B number-one hit, the Temptations' fourth, and reached number-three on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart. The song never appeared on a regular Temptations studio LP, but was featured on the group's first Greatest Hits record.
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep is een hitsingle van de Amerikaanse soul groep The Temptations uit 1966. Het nummer werd geschreven door Norman Whitfield in samenwerking met Eddie Holland. Whitfield had de instrumentatie al twee jaar van tevoren, in 1964, ontworpen en opgenomen, maar moest twee jaar wachten tot hij iemand, Eddie Holland, vond om er een tekst bij te schrijven. De tekst van het nummer gaat over innerlijke schoonheid. De verteller, leadzanger David Ruffin, vertelt dat hij er genoeg van heeft om te daten met aantrekkelijke vrouwen die geen mooi karakter hebben. Daarom is hij nu samen met een vrouw die hij fysiek niet even aantrekkelijk als zijn eerdere vriendinnen vindt, maar die van binnen zo aantrekkelijk is dat dat alles goed maakt. Ondanks dat in de tekst zijn vrienden niet begrijpen waarom hij samen met haar is, zijn ze toch gelukkig samen. Voordat de hitversie van The Temptations uitgebracht werd, hadden andere Motown artiesten "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" ook al opgenomen. Één daarvan is Jimmy Ruffin, de broer van David. Na het succes van The Temptations hebben ook nog Smokey Robinson & The Miracles een albumversie van het nummer opgenomen. "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" is, samen met "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)", één van de weinige singles van The Temptations die niet op een normaal studioalbum verschenen. Het nummer kwam later dat jaar wel op het eerste "Greatest Hits" album van de groep. Het was tevens de eerste single van het Gordy label met het nieuwe design van de maatschappij erop. Sommige volgende singles zouden echter wel nog het oude design dragen, omdat de persers eerst alle lege labels op wilden maken.
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- "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" is a 1966 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy label. Written by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr. , and produced by Whitfield, the song was a number three pop hit and a number one R&B hit in the United States.. The song's theme is inner beauty, and its value over physical appearance. David Ruffin sings lead on this song, relating the story of a man who's become frustrated with dating pretty women with "ugly" attitudes.
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep is een hitsingle van de Amerikaanse soul groep The Temptations uit 1966. Het nummer werd geschreven door Norman Whitfield in samenwerking met Eddie Holland. Whitfield had de instrumentatie al twee jaar van tevoren, in 1964, ontworpen en opgenomen, maar moest twee jaar wachten tot hij iemand, Eddie Holland, vond om er een tekst bij te schrijven. De tekst van het nummer gaat over innerlijke schoonheid.
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