Beautiful
Christina Aguilera Lyrics
Don't look at me
Everyday is so wonderful
Then suddenly
It's hard to breathe
Now and then I get insecure
From all the pain
I'm so ashamed
I am beautiful
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful
In every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down, oh no
So don't you bring me down today
To all your friends, you're delirious
So consumed
In all your doom, mm
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The pieces gone
Left the puzzle undone
Ain't that the way it is
You are beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring you down, oh no
You are beautiful
In every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down, oh no
So don't you bring me down today
No matter what we do (no matter what we do)
No matter what we say (no matter what we say)
We're the song inside the tune, yeah
Full of beautiful mistakes
And everywhere we go (and everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine (the sun will always, always, shine)
And tomorrow we might wake
On the other side
'Cause we are beautiful
No matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us down, oh no
We are beautiful
In every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down, oh no
So don't you bring me down today
Oh, oh, yeah
Don't you bring me down today, yeah, ooh
Don't you bring me down, ooh
Today
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Linda Perry
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"Beautiful" is a song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for her fourth studio album, Stripped (2002). It was released as the album's second single in late 2002. A pop and R&B ballad, "Beautiful" was written and produced by Linda Perry. Lyrically, it discusses inner beauty, as well as self-esteem and insecurity issues. Aguilera commented that she put "her heart and her soul" into the track, which she felt represented the theme of Stripped. Read Full Bio"Beautiful" is a song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for her fourth studio album, Stripped (2002). It was released as the album's second single in late 2002. A pop and R&B ballad, "Beautiful" was written and produced by Linda Perry. Lyrically, it discusses inner beauty, as well as self-esteem and insecurity issues. Aguilera commented that she put "her heart and her soul" into the track, which she felt represented the theme of Stripped. The song was later re-recorded in an electronic style, titled "You Are What You Are (Beautiful)", for her first greatest hits album Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits (2008).
"Beautiful" received universal acclaim from music critics, who have ranked it among Aguilera's strongest material. It won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was also nominated for Song of the Year at the 2004 ceremony. "Beautiful" was also a commercial success, topping the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania, and the United Kingdom. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, where it was certified Gold for 500,000 units shipped. It was kept from the number one spot by "Bump, Bump, Bump" by B2K featuring P. Diddy.
"Beautiful" has been widely embraced as an anthem by the LGBT community for its message of self-empowerment and inner beauty. An accompanying music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund, and earned Aguilera a GLAAD Media Award for its positive portrayal of gay and transgender people. In 2011, UK LGBT rights organization Stonewall named "Beautiful" the most empowering song of the previous decade for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people. In 2009, Rolling Stone and VH1 listed it as one of the best songs of the 2000s. The song is regarded as one of Aguilera's signature songs and has been covered on numerous occasions and featured on several television shows.
"Beautiful" received universal acclaim from music critics, who have ranked it among Aguilera's strongest material. It won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was also nominated for Song of the Year at the 2004 ceremony. "Beautiful" was also a commercial success, topping the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania, and the United Kingdom. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, where it was certified Gold for 500,000 units shipped. It was kept from the number one spot by "Bump, Bump, Bump" by B2K featuring P. Diddy.
"Beautiful" has been widely embraced as an anthem by the LGBT community for its message of self-empowerment and inner beauty. An accompanying music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund, and earned Aguilera a GLAAD Media Award for its positive portrayal of gay and transgender people. In 2011, UK LGBT rights organization Stonewall named "Beautiful" the most empowering song of the previous decade for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people. In 2009, Rolling Stone and VH1 listed it as one of the best songs of the 2000s. The song is regarded as one of Aguilera's signature songs and has been covered on numerous occasions and featured on several television shows.
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caspermilquetoast411
"Don't look at me .."
First line of the song.
She completed her vocal in one take,
and they decided to keep this spoken
line as the first line to the song.
Before she started to sing it, she told
her friend, who had accompanied her
to the studio for moral support -
"Don't look at me .."
T T
Don't look at me
0:04
0:10
0:14
0:18
Everyday is so wonderful
Then suddenly
It's hard to breathe
Now and then I get insecure
From all 0:43 the pain
I'm so ashamed
0:50 I am beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring me down
1:12 Oh no
So don't you bring me 1:16 down today
1:24
1:31 To all your friends you're delirious
So consumed
In all your doom, 1:42 ooh
Trying hard to fill the 1:46 emptiness
The pieces 1:50 gone
Left the puzzle undone
1:55 Ain't that the way it is
You're beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
2:06 Oh no
You're beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring you down
2:19 Oh no
So don't you bring me down today
2:26 No matter what we do (no matter what we do)
2:30 No matter what we say (no matter what we say)
We're the song inside the tune
2:33 (yeah, oh yeah)
Full of beautiful mistakes
And everywhere we go
2:40 (and everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine
2:43 (the sun will always, always, shine)
And tomorrow we might awake
On the other side
2:50 We're beautiful
No matter what they say
Yes words won't bring us down
3:00 Oh no
We are beautiful
In every single way
3:08 Yes words can't bring us down
Oh no
So don't you bring me down today
3:21
3:26
Don't you bring me down today
3:33
3:37
3:39
Don't you bring me down, ooh
Today
Michael Angelo Amio
Released in 2002 but it tackled all the issues relevant TODAY: bullying, racism, LGBTQI, eating disorder, self-acceptance. This song is truly an anthem.
Sam Steel
@xxHaydenZz you're part of the problem
Attorney Ra Maj
This is why I absolutely LOVE this song!! These issues were being dealt with when she made this song. The shame is that this song is still relevant today.
Italo Cunha
@Harry Evans aaaaaaaaaa
David Rouse
Christina probably will never know how many Lives she's affected and or saved with this song...thank you from bottom of our Hearts n Souls...
Jillian
@Marcella CPK Most people who first heard this song heard it when Xtina sang it. They had no clue who Linda Perry was.
Adam Berndt
You mean Linda Perry. Christina just sang in...
Hugo Castillo Zúñiga
That's right ❤️
Hollis Robertson
I say hey whats going on
Елена Красильникова
Agree. Great song