She 's a Beauty - wikipedia She 's a Beauty `` She 's a Beauty '' Single by The Tubes from the album Outside Inside B - side `` When You 're Ready to Come '' Released April 1983 Format 7 '' single Genre Rock hard rock Length 3 : 55 Label Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Fee Waybill David Foster Steve Lukather Producer ( s ) David Foster The Tubes singles chronology `` The Monkey Time '' ( 1983 ) `` She 's a Beauty '' ( 1983 ) `` Tip of My Tongue '' ( 1983 ) `` The Monkey Time '' ( 1983 ) `` She 's a Beauty '' ( 1983 ) `` Tip of My Tongue '' ( 1983 ) `` She 's a Beauty '' is a song by American rock band The Tubes. Released in 1983 on The Tubes ' album Outside Inside from Capitol Records, the song became the band 's biggest hit. It went to number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart which charts the frequency of songs played on mainstream rock stations. `` She 's a Beauty '' is track one on side one of the Outside Inside LP, on which it runs 4 : 01 minutes long. It is side A on the single ; the B - side is a non-album track, `` When You 're Ready to Come ''. Contents 1 Composition 2 Music video 3 Inspiration 4 Charts 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 References 6 See also Composition The song is performed in the key of D major in common time with a tempo of 111 beats per minute. The group 's vocals span from A to D in the song. Music video The popularity of `` She 's a Beauty '' was largely driven by a narrative music video that became a staple of then - fledgling MTV. This video was directed by Kenny Ortega, also the choreographer of The Tubes ' stage shows. Ortega achieved greater success choreographing movies such as Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller 's Day Off, and as a director with High School Musical and its sequels. In the video, The Tubes ' lead singer Fee Waybill plays a carnival barker who extols the virtues of a sideshow attraction : Step right up and do n't be shy Because you will not believe your eyes She 's right here, behind the glass And you 're gon na like her ' Cause she 's got class. He takes money from a young boy who then rides a carnival car through hallucinogenic scenes of a mermaid, female trapeze artist, prehistoric women dressed in furs, and others. The recurring theme is that he is attracted but is unable to reach them. At the end of the video we see the boy exiting the ride aged to an old man, the message apparently being the financial and emotional cost of falling in love with but being unable to obtain his heart 's desire. The role of the young boy was the first acting job for 13 - year - old Alexis Arquette. Inspiration `` She 's a Beauty '' was co-written by Fee Waybill, producer David Foster and Steve Lukather. Waybill says the song was originally inspired when he passed a booth on a San Francisco street outside a peep show, the booth being marked with a sign reading `` Pay A Dollar, Talk to a Naked Girl '', and the frustrating conversation that ensued between him and the woman inside the booth. Thus the lines in the song, `` She 'll give you every penny 's worth / but it will cost you a dollar first. '' Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1983 ) Peak position New Zealand ( RIANZ ) 37 UK Singles Chart ( Official Charts Company ) 79 US Billboard Hot 100 10 US Mainstream Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1983 ) Position US Billboard Hot 100 58 References Jump up ^ `` Spot On Track - The Spotify Tracker ''. www.spotontrack.com. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 29. Jump up ^ Spooner, Bill. `` The Tubes `` She 's a Beauty '' Sheet Music in D Major - Download & Print ``. Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 29. Jump up ^ Music video for `` She 's a Beauty '' at YouTube. Jump up ^ Lee, Chris ( 1998 ). `` Interview with Alexis Arquette ''. indexmagazine.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2007. Retrieved 2007 - 04 - 05. Jump up ^ The Tubes perform `` She 's a Beauty '', YouTube, Wildhorse Saloon, Nashville, Tennessee, 13 June 2008. Fee Waybill gives a three - minute introduction into the origins of the song. Jump up ^ Hung, Steffen. `` australian-charts.com - The Tubes - She 's A Beauty ''. australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 29. Jump up ^ `` she 's - a-beauty full Official Chart History Official Charts Company ''. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Songs of 1983 - Billboard Year End Charts ''. Bob Borst 's Home of Pop Culture. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 29. See also List of number - one mainstream rock hits ( United States ) The Tubes Fee Waybill Rick Anderson Prairie Prince Roger Steen David Medd Gary Cambra Vince Welnick Bill Spooner Michael Cotten Re Styles Studio albums The Tubes Young and Rich Now Remote Control The Completion Backward Principle Outside Inside Love Bomb Genius of America Live albums What Do You Want from Live Wild in London Singles `` White Punks on Dope '' `` She 's a Beauty '' Compilations T.R.A.S.H. ( Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits ) The Best of The Tubes Hoods From Outer Space Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=She%27s_a_Beauty&oldid=817689170 '' Categories : 1983 singles The Tubes songs Billboard Mainstream Rock number - one singles 1983 songs Songs written by David Foster Songs written by Fee Waybill Songs written by Steve Lukather Capitol Records singles Song recordings produced by David Foster Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 29 December 2017, at 23 : 58. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings the song she's a beauty
Answer: The Tubes