"This Old Skin" is a song by

The Beautiful South The Beautiful South were an English pop rock group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Kingston upon Hull, Hull group the Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members stayin ...

which appeared on their 2004 covers album, ''

Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs ''Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs'' is the ninth and penultimate album by The Beautiful South, released in 2004. It is almost entirely a cover version, covers album, with one notable exception. The track "This Old Skin" was originally ...

'', and was the second single released from the album.(27 November 2004)
The Beautiful South: This Old Skin
''Music Week'' It was purportedly written by Bobby Cristiansand and Barry Klein of the band ''The Heppelbaums'', supposedly appearing on their album ''Hunt For The White Nightingale''.The Heppelbaums
thehepplebaums.com (website created by The Beautiful South), Retrieved August 19, 2011 In fact, it was written by

Paul Heaton Paul David Heaton (born 9 May 1962) is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer and main lyricist of the Housemartins, who had commercial success in the UK and other European countries between 1985 and 1988, releasing several singl ...

and

Dave Rotheray David Rotheray (born 9 February 1963) is an English rock and pop musician, best known for being the lead guitarist for The Beautiful South. Rotheray was born the last of five children. His parents were both intellectuals and had met through th ...

of the Beautiful South. When performed live, the song was accompanied by a pastiche of a 1970s music documentary, with The Beautiful South appearing as ''The Heppelbaums''. The song appeared on the UK charts for 2 weeks, entering at #63 on 18 December 2004 and peaked at #43 the following week.This Old Skins
OfficialCharts.com (Retrieved 19 August 2011) The Beautiful South single comprised two CDs with the following tracks:

CD1

# "This Old Skin" (3:55) # "Lipstick Traces" (3:18)

CD2

# "This Old Skin" (3:55) # "

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" is a song by English rock band the Smiths. Released as a single in May 1984, it reached No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's first top ten single. It was later included on the November 1984 com ...

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Livin' Thing "Livin' Thing" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and performed by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It appears on ELO's 1976 album ''A New World Record'' and was also released as a single. Patti Quatro sang uncredited vocals, particularly the "high ...

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2004 singles The Beautiful South songs Songs written by Paul Heaton Songs written by David Rotheray 2004 songs {{2000s-rock-single-stub