Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

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"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"
Single by The Temptations
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side	"You're Not an Ordinary Girl"
Released	August 4, 1966
Recorded	Hitsville USA (Studio A); April 14, 1964 and May 11, 1966
Genre	R&B
Length	2:23
Label	Gordy G 7055
Songwriter(s)	Norman Whitfield Edward Holland, Jr.
Producer(s)	Norman Whitfield
The Temptations singles chronology
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (1966) "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" (1966) "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (1966)

"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" is a 1966 song, written by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr., and produced by Whitfield. Norman Whitfield recorded the song's instrumental track. Two years later, Whitfield got together with Eddie Holland to have lyrics written for the song.

Several artists recorded "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" before the Temptations, including David Ruffin's older brother Jimmy Ruffin, and The Miracles, who were actually the first to record it in 1964, but their version was not released as a single. It was later included on their 1966 Away We a Go-Go album.^[1]