Stay Beautiful

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"Stay Beautiful"
Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album Generation Terrorists
Released	July 29, 1991
Format	CD, Vinyl record (7"/12")
Recorded	Mid 1991
Genre	Rock
Length	3:10
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	--
Chart positions
#40 (UK)
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
"You Love Us (Heavenly)" (1991)	"Stay Beautiful" (1991)	"Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat" (1991)

"Stay Beautiful" was released by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers on July 29 1991 and was the first single to be released from the debut album Generation Terrorists February 10, 1992.

All formats included "R.P. McMurphy" with CD and 12" adding "Soul Contamination". The title of "R.P. McMurphy" is based on the protagonist of Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (which was subsequently made into a film).

The single only just crept into the UK charts reaching number forty on August 10 1991. It was re-issued six years later but failed again to make the top 40, reaching number 52 on September 13, 1997.

The title track was previously entitled Generation Terrorists, which was later used as the title of the band's debut album. The title of 'Stay Beautiful' was used by Renault for a television advertisement for a car.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD/12"/7"

1. "Stay Beautiful"
2. "R.P. McMurphy"
3. "Soul Contamination"

Manic Street Preachers
Band members: James Dean Bradfield - Nicky Wire - Sean Moore
Former members: Flicker (Miles Woodward) - Richey James Edwards
Discography
Albums: Generation Terrorists - Gold Against the Soul - The Holy Bible - Everything Must Go - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours - Know Your Enemy - Lifeblood - Send Away The Tigers
EPs: New Art Riot - Life Becoming a Landslide - God Save the Manics
Compilations: Forever Delayed - Lipstick Traces
DVDs Leaving The 20th Century - Forever Delayed - Louder than War
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