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"I'm So Beautiful"
Single by Divine
from the album The Story So Far
ReleasedOctober 1984
GenreHi-NRG, disco
Length7:51 (Album Version)

4:40 (Demo Version)

3:40 (7" Edit)
LabelProto Records
Songwriter(s)Matt Aitken, Mike Stock
Producer(s)Barry Evangeli, Pete Waterman
Divine singles chronology
"You Think You're a Man"
(1984)
"I'm So Beautiful"
(1984)
"T Shirts and Tight Blue Jeans"
(1984)
Music video
"I'm So Beautiful" on YouTube

"I'm So Beautiful" is a song by American performance artist Divine, released as a single in 1984. The song also appeared on the compilation album The Story So Far, released the same year.[1]

Chart performance

"I'm So Beautiful" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at No. 58 before climbing to and peaking at No. 52 in its second week. The song spent a total of two weeks on the chart.[2]

"I'm So Beautiful" fared better in Germany where it peaked at No. 38 and spent a total of 9 weeks on the German singles chart.[3]

Track listings

  • German Vinyl, 7-inch single[4]
  1. "I'm So Beautiful" - 3:40
  2. "Show Me Around" - 3:20
  • UK Vinyl, 12-inch single[5]
  1. "I'm So Beautiful (mix)" - 7:40
  2. "I'm So Beautiful (Divine mix)" - 6:21
  3. "Show Me Around" - 3:13

Music video

In the music video for "I'm So Beautiful", Divine is seen dancing and singing in a hall of mirrors. The video includes several black-and-white scenes of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as lawn ornaments.

Charts

Chart (1984–85) Peak
Position
Finnish Single Chart[6] 17
German Singles Chart[3] 38
New Zealand Singles Chart[7] 48
UK Singles Chart[2] 52

In Australia, "I'm So Beautiful" missed the Kent Music Report top 100 singles chart, but was listed as one of the singles receiving significant sales reports beyond the top 100 for 4 weeks in January and February 1985; with its highest ranking being first on this list.[8]

References

  1. ^ Discogs.
  2. ^ a b "Official Charts > Divine". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  3. ^ a b Divine - Singles Archived 2017-10-09 at the Wayback Machine Musicline.de. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
  4. ^ Divine - I'm So Beautiful German Single Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  5. ^ Divine - I'm So Beautiful UK Single Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  6. ^ "Artistit DIC - DOC" (in Finnish). Suomen listalevyt. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. ^ Divine - Discography New Zealand Charts Online. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  8. ^ "Kent Music Report No 549 - 14 January 1985 > National Top 100 Singles (61–100) > Singles receiving significant sales reports beyond the top 100". Imgur.com (original document published by Kent Music Report). Retrieved 2016-07-18.