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"This Old Skin" is a song by The Beautiful South which appeared on their 2004 covers album, Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs, and was the second single released from the album.[1] It was purportedly written by Bobby Cristiansand and Barry Klein of the band The Heppelbaums, supposedly appearing on their album Hunt For The White Nightingale.[2] In fact, it was written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray of the Beautiful South. When performed live, the song was accompanied by a pastiche of a 1970s music documentary, with The Beautiful South appearing as The Heppelbaums.

The song appeared on the UK charts for 2 weeks, entering at #63 on 18 December 2004 and peaked at #43 the following week.[3]

The Beautiful South single comprised two CDs with the following tracks:

CD1

  1. "This Old Skin" (3:55)
  2. "Lipstick Traces" (3:18)

CD2

  1. "This Old Skin" (3:55)
  2. "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" (4:03)
  3. "Livin' Thing" (Video) (3:13)

References

  1. ^ (27 November 2004). The Beautiful South: This Old Skin, Music Week
  2. ^ The Heppelbaums, thehepplebaums.com (website created by The Beautiful South), Retrieved August 19, 2011
  3. ^ This Old Skins, OfficialCharts.com (Retrieved 19 August 2011)


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