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"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

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

Trivia

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• 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 game Rock Band.
• It can also be heard in the movie American Pie.

Charts

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