The Beautiful People (Marilyn Manson Song)
"The Beautiful People" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released as the lead single to the 1996 album, Antichrist Superstar, released as a single in September 1996. An industrial metal hit written by Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez, and produced by Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie and Manson, its lyrics discuss what Manson refers to as "the culture of beauty",
The single peaked at number 26 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and remains known as one of Marilyn Manson's most famous and most successful original songs; in a 2004 review, Richard Banks of the BBC called the track "still the most impressive" in the band's catalogue, and it was ranked in 2006 at number 28 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.
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