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"The Beautiful People (from Burlesque)" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Antichrist Superstar, in September 1996. Classified as industrial metal, the song was written by frontman Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez, and was produced by Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie and Manson.
American singer Christina Aguilera for the accompanying soundtrack album to her film Burlesque (2010).
Lyrics[]
Burlesque
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
The girls are flipping their hair back (Hair back)
You see them looking so perfect (Perfect)
Like from another planet (Planet)
All of the beautiful people shining like diamonds
They got no problems (Hey)
They always smile for the cameras
Stealing the spotlight, living the high life
('Cause it's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they want
(It's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they flaunt
(It's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they love, yeah
(Hey, hey)
Uh, so you wanna be famous (Famous)
And undeniably sexy (Sexy)
You wanna be so outrageous (Outrageous)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
All of the beautiful people shining like diamonds
Ain't got no problems (Hey)
They always smile for the cameras
Stealing the spotlight, living the high life
('Cause it's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they want
(It's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they flaunt
(It's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they love
('Cause it's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they want
(It's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they flaunt
(It's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they love, yeah
You say I wanna be
I wanna be just like
One of the beautiful people
Ay, ay, ay, ay
The beautiful people, the beautiful people (Oh)
The beautiful people, the beautiful people (It's the beautiful people)
The beautiful people, the beautiful people (Yeah)
The beautiful people they love, hey, yeah
All of the beautiful people
Wanna be, don't you wanna be like
All of the beautiful people?
Wanna be, don't you wanna be like
(Oh) Hey, beautiful people they love
('Cause it's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they want
(It's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they flaunt
(It's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they love
('Cause it's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they want
(It's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they flaunt
(It's the) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful people they love, yeah
Super beautiful, yeah, they all just wanna be
So super beautiful (Oh), ain't really what it seems
Everybody wants, everybody wants a piece
So super beautiful, they all wanna be
The beautiful people, the beautiful people (Yeah, yeah)
The beautiful people, the beautiful people