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Skin

Deborah Anne Dyer
Born 3 Aug 1967United Kingdom23 albums

British singer

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Biography

Deborah Anne Dyer (born 3 August 1967), known mononymously by the stage name Skin, is a British singer, musician and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist of Skunk Anansie, who are often grouped as part of the Britrock movement in the UK, and has gained attention for her powerful, wide-ranging soprano voice and striking look. In 2015, Skin joined the judging panel of the Italian version of the talent show The X Factor for one season, and in 2016 she was on the cover of the UK lesbian magazine Diva. After releasing new music and touring with Skunk Anansie, in 2018 Skin was featured as one of the cover stars of Classic Rock magazine's special "She Rocks" issue and was honoured with the Inspirational Artist Award at the Music Week Awards ahead of celebrating 25 years of Skunk Anansie. She also appeared on the cover of Kerrang! magazine in November 2018. Mavis Bayton, author of Frock Rock, stated that "women like Skin, Natacha Atlas, Yolanda Charles, and Debbie Smith are now acting as crucial role models for future generations of black women".

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People

Member of

Skunk Anansielead vocals · 1994–2001Skunk Anansielead vocals · 2009–nowVarious Artists for Children’s Promise

Songs written

  1. Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)writer1996 · 137 releases
  2. Weakwriter1995 · 112 releases
  3. Serial Thrillawriter1996 · 75 releases
  4. Brazen (Weep)writer1996 · 70 releases
  5. Twisted (Everyday Hurts)writer1996 · 55 releases
  6. Secretlywriter1999 · 53 releases
  7. I Can Dreamwriter1995 · 48 releases
  8. Charitywriter1995 · 47 releases
  9. Charlie Big Potatowriter1999 · 47 releases
  10. Selling Jesuswriter1995 · 42 releases
  11. All I Wantwriter1996 · 38 releases
  12. You’ll Follow Me Downwriter1999 · 38 releases
  13. Because of Youwriter2009 · 28 releases
  14. 100 Ways to Be a Good Girlwriter1995 · 27 releases
  15. Latelywriter1999 · 27 releases
  16. My Ugly Boywriter2010 · 25 releases
  17. I Hope You Get to Meet Your Herowriter2012 · 24 releases
  18. Nothing Matterscomposer, lyricist2012 · 24 releases
  19. Squandercomposer, lyricist2009 · 23 releases
  20. Yes It’s Fucking Politicalwriter1996 · 23 releases
  21. You Saved Mewriter2010 · 23 releases
  22. Infidelity (Only You)writer1996 · 22 releases
  23. Little Baby Swastikkkawriter1995 · 22 releases
  24. God Loves Only Youwriter2010 · 20 releases
  25. I Believed in Youwriter2012 · 20 releases
  26. Intellectualise My Blacknesswriter1995 · 20 releases
  27. Carmen Queasycomposer2000 · 18 releases
  28. The Skank Headswriter1999 · 18 releases
  29. Tracy's Flawwriter1999 · 18 releases
  30. I Will Break Youwriter2012 · 17 releases
  31. It Takes Blood & Guts to Be This Cool but I'm Still Just a Clichéwriter1995 · 17 releases
  32. Milk Is My Sugarwriter1996 · 17 releases
  33. Over the Lovewriter2010 · 16 releases
  34. Pickin’ on Mewriter1996 · 16 releases
  35. She’s My Heroinewriter1996 · 16 releases
  36. We Love Your Apathywriter1996 · 16 releases
  37. This Is Not a Gamewriter2012 · 15 releases
  38. Glorious Pop Songwriter1996 · 14 releases
  39. Licking Creamlyricist1999 · 14 releases
  40. Rise Upwriter1995 · 14 releases
  41. Spit You Outwriter2012 · 14 releases
  42. All in the Name of Pitywriter1995 · 13 releases
  43. And Here I Standwriter1995 · 13 releases
  44. My Love Will Fallwriter2010 · 12 releases
  45. We Don’t Need Who You Think You Arewriter1999 · 12 releases
  46. And This Is Nothing That I Thought I Hadwriter1999 · 11 releases
  47. Cheap Honestywriter1999 · 11 releases
  48. Good Things Don’t Always Come to Youwriter1999 · 11 releases
  49. I’m Not Afraidwriter1999 · 11 releases
  50. On My Hotel T.V.writer1999 · 11 releases
  51. Tear the Place Upwriter2009 · 11 releases
  52. Diving Downwriter2012 · 10 releases
  53. Our Summer Kills the Sunwriter2012 · 10 releases
  54. Sad Sad Sadwriter2012 · 10 releases
  55. Satisfied?writer2012 · 10 releases
  56. Sticky Fingers in Your Honeywriter2012 · 10 releases
  57. Drowningwriter2012 · 9 releases
  58. Faithfulnesswriter2003 · 9 releases
  59. It Doesn’t Matterwriter2010 · 9 releases
  60. Talk Too Muchwriter2010 · 9 releases
  61. Trashedwriter2003 · 9 releases
  62. Feeling the Itchwriter2010 · 8 releases
  63. I Will Stay but You Should Leavewriter2010 · 8 releases
  64. Just Let the Sunwriter2006 · 8 releases
  65. Lostwriter2003 · 8 releases
  66. Purplewriter2006 · 8 releases
  67. The Sweetest Thingwriter2010 · 8 releases
  68. You Can’t Always Do What You Likewriter2010 · 8 releases
  69. Feedwriter1995 · 7 releases
  70. Love Someone Elsewriter2016 · 7 releases
  71. Death to the Loverswriter2016 · 6 releases
  72. Remainswriter2014 · 6 releases
  73. She’s Onwriter2006 · 6 releases
  74. The Trouble With Mewriter2003 · 6 releases
  75. Without Youwriter2016 · 6 releases
  76. You Can’t Find Peacecomposer, lyricist2000 · 6 releases
  77. Burnt Like Youwriter2003 · 5 releases
  78. Don’t Let Me Downwriter2003 · 5 releases
  79. Meatwriter2000 · 5 releases
  80. Never Be the Samewriter2012 · 5 releases
  81. Nothing Butwriter2006 · 5 releases
  82. These Walls Are Made Of Waterlyricist2015 · 5 releases
  83. Alone in My Roomwriter2006 · 4 releases
  84. As Long as That’s Truewriter2003 · 4 releases
  85. Black Skin Sexualitywriter1995 · 4 releases
  86. Don’t Need a Reasonwriter2006 · 4 releases
  87. Falling for Youwriter2006 · 4 releases
  88. Fooling Yourselfwriter2006 · 4 releases
  89. I’ll Trywriter2003 · 4 releases
  90. King Psychotic Sizewriter1999 · 4 releases
  91. Listen to Yourselfwriter2003 · 4 releases
  92. Movin’writer2006 · 4 releases
  93. Punk by Numberswriter1996 · 4 releases
  94. Sanewriter1999 · 4 releases
  95. Take Me Onwriter2006 · 4 releases
  96. The Decadence of Your Starvationwriter1999 · 4 releases
  97. You’ve Made Your Bedwriter2003 · 4 releases
  98. ’til Morningwriter2003 · 4 releases
  99. 80’s Mellow Dronewriter1999 · 3 releases
  100. Breathingwriter1999 · 3 releases
  101. Feelwriter1999 · 3 releases
  102. Jack Knife Ginalwriter1999 · 3 releases
  103. Lost and Foundwriter2025 · 3 releases
  104. Meltdownwriter2025 · 3 releases
  105. My Greatest Momentwriter2025 · 3 releases
  106. Painkillerswriter1999 · 3 releases
  107. Piggywriter2022 · 3 releases
  108. Skunk Songwriter1995 · 3 releases
  109. That Sinking Feelingwriter2015 · 3 releases
  110. This Pill's Too Painfulwriter1999 · 3 releases
  111. Through Ragewriter1995 · 3 releases
  112. You Want It Allwriter1995 · 3 releases
  113. Aesthetic Anarchistwriter1995 · 2 releases
  114. Beauty Is Your Cursewriter2016 · 2 releases
  115. Black Skinhead Coconut Dogfightwriter1996 · 2 releases
  116. Bulletswriter2016 · 2 releases
  117. Can’t Take You Anywherewriter2022 · 2 releases
  118. Don’t Talk to Me I'm Dancin'lyricist2015 · 2 releases
  119. Every Bitch but Mewriter1996 · 2 releases
  120. Fragilewriter1996 · 2 releases

Songs recorded

  1. Nothing Matters (Noisia remix)4 versions
  2. Alone in My Room3 versions
  3. Crazy (Wild World)3 versions
  4. La canzone che scrivo per te3 versions
  5. Nothing But3 versions
  6. Purple (VeltenMeyer remix)3 versions
  7. Trashed3 versions
  8. Faithfulness (Adrian Bushby Mix)2 versions
  9. Faithfulness (Tiësto remix)2 versions
  10. If This Ain’t Love2 versions
  11. Just Let the Sun2 versions
  12. Next Big Thing2 versions
  13. Nothing Matters2 versions
  14. Nothing Matters (CaPa remix)2 versions
  15. Nothing Matters (Tensnake remix)2 versions
  16. Organic Love2 versions
  17. Purple2 versions
  18. You Can’t Find Peace2 versions
  19. Alone In My Room (F*** Me I'm Famous Remix)
  20. As Long as That’s True
  21. Bruce Parry Presents Amazon/Tribe: Songs for Survival
  22. Burnt Like You
  23. Carmen Queasy
  24. Carmen Queasy (Digital Dubz Digi Dub)
  25. Così sbagliato
  26. Crazy (Cryogenix Remix)
  27. Crazy (Extended Club Mix)
  28. Crazy (Radio Edit)
  29. Crazy (Wild World) (Extended Club Mix)
  30. Don't Talk to Me I'm Dancin' (Jamie Jones Remix)
  31. Don't Talk to Me I'm Dancin' (Jerome Sydenham Remix)
  32. Don’t Let Me Down
  33. Don’t Need a Reason
  34. Don’t Talk to Me I'm Dancin'
  35. Essere umano
  36. Faithfullness (Tiësto Remix)
  37. Faithfullness (Tiësto vocal remix)
  38. Faithfulness
  39. Faithfulness (Scumfrog mix)
  40. Faithfulness (Tiësto instrumental)
  41. Faithfulness (radio mix)
  42. Fake Chemical State - EPK
  43. Falling for You
  44. Fooling Yourself
  45. Getting Away With It
  46. Good Times
  47. Hedonism (acoustic live)
  48. If This Ain't Love (Sympho Nympho Erick Morillo, Harry Romero & Jose Nunez club mix)
  49. If This Ain't Love (original club mix)
  50. It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (Arthur Baker and Rennie Pilgrem’s Rawkin’ Roll mix)
  51. It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (Deadly Avengers Take the Mick remix)
  52. It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (Mickey Finn & L’Double · The Innovative Flex remix)
  53. It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (Phats & Small Mutant Disco mix)
  54. It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (Ruff Driverz Innercity Sumo mix)
  55. It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (Shaft’s radio mix)
  56. It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (full length version)
  57. It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (single version)
  58. It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (video)
  59. I’ll Try
  60. Just Let the Sun (acoustic live)
  61. Licking Cream
  62. Listen to Yourself
  63. Lost
  64. Mayhem
  65. Meat
  66. Movin’
  67. Never Be the Same
  68. Never Be the Same (Rollz remix)
  69. Not an Addict (2017)
  70. Nothing But (radio version)
  71. Nothing Matters (Sultan + Shepard extended remix)
  72. Nothing Matters (Sultan + Shepard remix)
  73. Nothing Matters (Violet Oversoul remix)
  74. Nothing Matters (original club mix)
  75. Nothing Matters (radio edit)
  76. On and On
  77. Only Vultures
  78. Organic Love (Fur Coat Remix)
  79. Organic Love (Mood remix)
  80. Organic Love (Scuba Remix)
  81. Petrol Station Flowers
  82. Purple (acoustic live)
  83. Renaissance
  84. Revolution Bones
  85. Rocksta
  86. She’s On
  87. Simmer Down
  88. Someone Like You
  89. Someone Like You (C2 remix)
  90. Someone Like You (Carl Craig Remix)
  91. Still Standing
  92. Take Me On
  93. Tear Down These Houses
  94. The Trouble With Me
  95. These Walls Are Made of Water (Pan‐Pot remix)
  96. These Walls Are Made of Water (Paul Ritch Remix)
  97. Wild World (Instrumental Mix)
  98. Wild World (Radio Edit)
  99. You Can't Find Peace (video)
  100. You Can’t Find Peace (Ali Baba remix)
  101. You Can’t Find Peace (Terranova Disco dub)
  102. You Can’t Find Peace (Terranova remix)
  103. You Can’t Find Peace (film version)
  104. You Can’t Find Peace (single version)
  105. You Like This
  106. You like This (Hector Remix)
  107. You like This (Paco Osuna Remix)
  108. You like This feat. Luz Wang (Mj Hall Remix)
  109. You’ve Made Your Bed
  110. ’til Morning

Albums

It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll
It’s Only Rock ’n’ RollKeith Richards, Kid Rock, Mary J. Blige, Kelly Jones of Stereophonics, Jon Bon Jovi, Kéllé Bryan, Jay Kay of Jamiroquai, Ozzy Osbourne, Womack & Womack, Lionel Richie, Bonnie Raitt, Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries, James Brown, The Spice Girls, Mick Jagger, Robin Williams, Jackson Browne, Iggy Pop, Chrissie Hynde, Skin of Skunk Anansie, Annie Lennox, Mark Owen, Natalie Imbruglia, Huey, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Dina Carroll, Gavin Rossdale of Bush, B.B. King, Joe Cocker, The Corrs, Steve Cradock & Simon Fowler of Ocean Colour Scene, Ronan Keating, Ray Barretto, Herbie Hancock, Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt of Status Quo, S Club 7, Eric Idle · 1999
Licking Cream
Licking CreamSevendust featuring Skin · 1999
Carmen Queasy
Carmen QueasyMaxim featuring Skin · 2000
La canzone che scrivo per te
La canzone che scrivo per teMarlene Kuntz + Skin · 2000
You Can't Find Peace
You Can't Find PeacePale 3 feat. Skin · 2000
Faithfulness
FaithfulnessSkin · 2003
Fleshwounds
FleshwoundsSkin · 2003
Lost / Getting Away With It
Lost / Getting Away With ItSkin · 2003
Trashed
TrashedSkin · 2003
Alone In My Room
Alone In My RoomSkin · 2005
Fake Chemical State
Fake Chemical StateSkin · 2006
Just Let the Sun
Just Let the SunSkin · 2006
Nothing But
Nothing ButSkin · 2006
Purple
PurpleSkin · 2006
Tear Down These Houses
Tear Down These HousesSkin · 2007
Crazy (Wild World)
Crazy (Wild World)Daddy’s Groove feat. Skin · 2012
If This Ain't Love
If This Ain't LoveErick Morillo & Eddie Thoneick feat. Skin · 2012
Nothing Matters
Nothing MattersMark Knight featuring Skin · 2012
Breed EP
Breed EPNicole Moudaber & Skin · 2015
Breed the RMXS
Breed the RMXSNicole Moudaber & Skin · 2016
Not an Addict 2017
Not an Addict 2017K’s Choice feat. Skin · 2017
Nothing Matters (Sultan + Shepard remix)
Nothing Matters (Sultan + Shepard remix)Mark Knight & Skin · 2021
Next Big Thing
Next Big ThingDu Blonde feat. Skin · 2024

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