"This Old Skin" is a song by The Beautiful South which appeared on their 2004 covers album, Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs, and was the second single released from the album.<ref name="2nd">(27 November 2004). The Beautiful South: This Old Skin, Music Week</ref> 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.<ref name="hepp1">The Heppelbaums, thehepplebaums.com (website created by The Beautiful South), Retrieved August 19, 2011</ref> In fact, it was written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray 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.<ref name="charting">This Old Skins, OfficialCharts.com (Retrieved 19 August 2011)</ref>
The Beautiful South single comprised two CDs with the following tracks:
CD1Edit
- "This Old Skin" (3:55)
- "Lipstick Traces" (3:18)
CD2Edit
- "This Old Skin" (3:55)
- "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" (4:03)
- "Livin' Thing" (Video) (3:13)