Filthy/Gorgeous

"Filthy/Gorgeous"
Single by Scissor Sisters
from the album Scissor Sisters
B-side"Take Me Out"
ReleasedJanuary 3, 2005 (2005-01-03)
Studio
  • 5D (Brooklyn, New York)
  • The Shed (New York)
GenreHi-NRG
Length3:47
Label
Songwriters
ProducerScissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters singles chronology
"Mary"
(2004)		 "Filthy/Gorgeous"
(2005)		 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
(2006)
Music video
"Filthy/Gorgeous" on YouTube

"Filthy/Gorgeous" is a song by American pop-rock band Scissor Sisters. It is the seventh track on their self-titled debut album. Released as the album's fifth and final single in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2005, the song peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's first British top-five single. It also reached number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart and on the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart. In Australia, it peaked at number 29 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and in Ireland, it reached number 13.

Music video

Two versions of the music video, directed by John Cameron Mitchell, were made: a full-length, raunchier version featuring semi-explicit scenes in a sex club, and an edited version where those scenes are shown more briefly, out of context, and occasionally obscured. Some scenes are removed completely.

Track listings

UK CD single

  1. "Filthy/Gorgeous" – 3:48
  2. "Filthy/Gorgeous" (Paper Faces vocal mix edit) – 4:26
  3. "Mary" (Mylo mix) – 5:53
  4. "Filthy/Gorgeous" (gorgeous video)

UK 12-inch picture disc

A1. "Filthy/Gorgeous" – 3:48
A2. "Filthy/Gorgeous" (I Love You – See You Next Tuesday mix) – 5:28
B1. "Filthy/Gorgeous" (Paper Faces mix) – 8:53

UK DVD single

  1. "Filthy/Gorgeous" (filthy video)
  2. "Filthy/Gorgeous" – 3:47

Australasian CD single

  1. "Filthy/Gorgeous" – 3:48
  2. "Take Me Out" – 4:32
  3. "Filthy/Gorgeous" (Paper Faces vocal mix edit) – 4:26
  4. "Filthy/Gorgeous" (I Love You – See You Next Tuesday mix) – 5:28

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes and the Scissor Sisters album booklet.

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom January 3, 2005
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 Polydor
United States February 14, 2005 Contemporary hit radio Universal
Australia April 25, 2005 CD Polydor

This song appeared on the soundtrack to Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and also is the theme to the NBC show Kath & Kim. It was also used in the 2006 film It's a Boy Girl Thing and the 2014 film Dumb and Dumber To.

See also

References

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  3. 1 2 "Scissor Sisters Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
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  5. 1 2 Filthy/Gorgeous (UK CD single liner notes). Polydor Records. 2005. 986 979-9.
  6. ↑ Filthy/Gorgeous (UK 12-inch picture disc). Polydor Records. 2005. 986 980-1.
  7. ↑ Filthy/Gorgeous (UK DVD single liner notes). Polydor Records. 2005. 986 980-0.
  8. ↑ Filthy/Gorgeous (Australasian CD single liner notes). Polydor Records. 2005. 987 120-7.
  9. ↑ Scissor Sisters (US CD album booklet). Universal Records. 2004. B0002772-02.
  10. ↑ "Scissor Sisters – Filthy / Gorgeous". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Filthy/Gorgeous | IRMA". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
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  13. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 15/1/2005 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart on 15/1/2005 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Scissor Sisters Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Scissor Sisters Chart History (Dance Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  17. ↑ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2005" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  18. ↑ "2005 The Year in Music & Touring: Hot Dance Club Play Singles". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 52. December 24, 2005. p. YE-58.
  19. ↑ "British single certifications – Scissor Sisters – Filthy/Gorgeous". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 18, 2022. Select singles in the Formats field. Type Filthy/Gorgeous Scissor Sisters in the "Search:" field.
  20. ↑ "New Releases: Singles 03.01.05". Music Week. December 18, 2004. p. 23.
  21. ↑ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1593. February 11, 2005. p. 27. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  22. ↑ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 25th April 2005" (PDF). ARIA. April 25, 2005. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2005. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  23. ↑ "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Soundtrack Song List". IGN. February 7, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2021.[permanent dead link]
  24. ↑ "It's a Boy Girl Thing - Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  25. ↑ "Dumb and Dumber To - Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved April 24, 2021.