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Encyclopedia > Celebrity Skin (song)
"Celebrity Skin"
"Celebrity Skin" cover
Single by Hole
from the album Celebrity Skin
Released September 1998
Format CD-Single
Recorded 1997
Genre Rock music
Label Geffen
Hole singles chronology
"Gold Dust Woman"
(1996)
"Celebrity Skin"
(1998)
"Malibu"
(1998)

"Celebrity Skin" is a song by Hole from the Celebrity Skin album. The song was also used in the film American Pie, but it did not appear on the soundtrack. It is Hole's most commercially successful single, being the only one to reach #1 on the charts. Ashlee Simpson did a short cover of this song on her Autobiography Tour-2005. The song received two Grammy nominations: Best Rock Song, losing to "Uninvited" by Alanis Morissette and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, losing to "Pink" by Aerosmith. Image File history File links Holecelebskin. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Hole was an alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1989 and disbanded in 2002. ... This article is about an album. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Hole was an alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1989 and disbanded in 2002. ... Gold Dust Woman was recorded for the soundtrack of The Crow: City of Angels and is a cover of Fleetwood Macs song with the same title. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Hole was an alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1989 and disbanded in 2002. ... This article is about an album. ... American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and written by Adam Herz. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song has been awarded since 1992. ... Uninvited can refer to: Uninvited, the Alanis Morisette song; or Uninvited, the Nintendo Entertainment System game. ... Alanis Nadine Morissette (born in Ottawa, 1 June 1974) is a Canadian and naturalized[1] American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. ... The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal has been awarded since 1980. ... Pink is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith. ... This article is about the band Aerosmith. ...

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Video

The video features the band miming the song on a stage, Courtney with a pink electric guitar, as women wearing purple gowns fall slowly from the ceiling. They then begin to lift their skirts as they amble around the stage. There are many close-ups of Courtney which show her vivid green eyes and of Melissa Auf der Maur also.


Track listing

  1. "Celebrity Skin" (Corgan, Erlandson, Love) - 2:42
  2. "Best Sunday Dress" (Erlandson, Bjelland, Love) - 3:05
  3. "Dying" (Demo) (Corgan, Erlandson, Love) - 3:44

William Patrick Billy Corgan, Jr. ... Eric Erlandson (born January 9, 1963) was the lead guitarist for 90s rock/grunge band Hole. ... Courtney Love[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ... Kat Bjelland (Katherine Bjelland, born December 8, 1963) was the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Babes in Toyland. ...

Trivia

  • When Hole performed at The Big Day Out in Australia, Courtney Love was topless durring the entirty of this song.

Charts

Year Single Chart Peak Position
1998 "Celebrity Skin" Mainstream Rock Tracks #4
1998 "Celebrity Skin" Modern Rock Tracks #1
1998 "Celebrity Skin" Billboard Hot 100 #85
1998 "Celebrity Skin" UK #19
Preceded by
"Inside Out" by Eve 6
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
October 10, 1998
Succeeded by
"Slide" by Goo Goo Dolls
Preceded by
"Slide" by Goo Goo Dolls
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
November 7, 1998
Succeeded by
"Slide" by Goo Goo Dolls


 
 

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