I'm So Beautiful

{{Infobox song

| name = I'm So Beautiful

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Divine

| album = The Story So Far

| released = October 1984

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

  • Disco{{AllMusic |class=album|id=mw0000278057|title= Divine - The Best of Divine: Native Love (1991) Review|last= Erlewine|first= Stephen Thomas|access-date= March 23, 2025}}
  • hi-NRG

| length =

  • 7:51 (album version)
  • 4:40 (demo version)
  • 3:40 (7" edit)

| label = Proto Records

| writer = Matt Aitken, Mike Stock

| producer = Barry Evangeli, Pete Waterman

| prev_title = You Think You're a Man

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = T Shirts and Tight Blue Jeans

| next_year = 1984

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Kwh_yOzJ6AY|"I'm So Beautiful"}}}}

}}

"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.[https://www.discogs.com/Divine-The-Story-So-Far/master/80033 Discogs].

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.

"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.[http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/DIVINE/single Divine - Singles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009194718/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/DIVINE/single |date=2017-10-09 }} Musicline.de. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

Track listings

  • German Vinyl, 7-inch single[http://www.discogs.com/Divine-Im-So-Beautiful/release/1925116 Divine - I'm So Beautiful German Single] Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  1. "I'm So Beautiful" - 3:40
  2. "Show Me Around" - 3:20
  • UK Vinyl, 12-inch single[http://www.discogs.com/Divine-Im-So-Beautiful/release/327336 Divine - I'm So Beautiful UK Single] Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  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

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!align="left"|Chart (1984–85)

!align="left"|Peak
Position

Finnish Single Chart{{cite web |url= http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.com/2015/08/dic-doc.html |language= fi |title= Artistit DIC - DOC |publisher= Suomen listalevyt |access-date=20 August 2021}}

|align="center"| 17

align="left"|German Singles Chart

|align="center"|38

align="left"|New Zealand Singles Chart[https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Divine Divine - Discography] New Zealand Charts Online. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

|align="center"|48

align="left"|UK Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20984/divine/|title=Official Charts > Divine|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=2016-07-18}}

|align="center"|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.{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/wUpsEQ1.png|title=Kent Music Report No 549 - 14 January 1985 > National Top 100 Singles (61–100) > Singles receiving significant sales reports beyond the top 100|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by Kent Music Report)|access-date=2016-07-18}}

References