Celebrity Skin (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Celebrity Skin


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Hole
from Album = Celebrity Skin
A-side =
B-side = "Best Sunday Dress", "Dying"
Released = Start date|1998|9
Format = CD-Single
Recorded = Start date|1997
Genre = Grunge
Alternative rock
Length = 2:42
Label = Geffen
Writer = Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Billy Corgan
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "Gold Dust Woman"
(1996)
This single = "Celebrity Skin"
(1998)
Next single = "Malibu"
(1998)
Misc =

"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 Modern Rock Tracks chart. The lyrics contain references to Dante Gabriel Rossetti's poem "A Superscription", and Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," as well as the song sharing the name of an American pornographic magazine. 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.

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.

Directed by Nancy Bardawil, the video was shot in black and white and the footage colorized in post-production to achieve a hyper-realistic effect.

Track listing

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

Trivia

* When Hole performed at "The Big Day Out" in Australia, Courtney Love was topless during the majority of the song's performance.
* The song is featured in the video game "NHL Rock the Rink" in the game's intro.
* The song is a playable track in the video games "Rock Band" and "SingStar Rocks!".
* It can also be heard in the movie " American Pie".

Charts

the notes for guitar intro are: AA D#D# F#F#