Extreme

Songwriter: Pat Badger Nuno Bettencourt Gary Cherone

Producer: Bob St. John Nuno Bettencourt

So you want me to take it off
Just to see what's underneath my cloth
I'll show you I'm every inch a man
Measure all that you think you can

Because I'm more than what meets the eye
Flesh and blood is often a white lie
By the cover, you misjudge the book
I said, open your mind and take another
Open your mind and take another look

Naked, and I'm unashamed
Naked, with no one to blame
Naked, yeah you want the truth
Naked, here's my birthday suit

Naked
Yeah, I'm naked
I'm naked, naked
Yeah, I'm naked, naked, naked

I pretend to be not anyone
Except me and my imperfections
There ain't nothing I'd expect of you
That you wouldn't expect of me
Yeah, you wouldn't expect from me too

Naked, and I'm unashamed
Naked, with no one to blame
Naked, yeah you want the truth
Naked, here's my birthday suit

Naked
Yeah, I'm naked
Yeah, I'm naked, naked
Yeah, I'm naked, naked, naked

Will you excuse me for my ignorance
'Cause I can see only one difference
Those of you who seek to find
While all the others choose to walk and talk blind

(SOLO)

Naked
Yeah, I'm naked
Yeah, I'm naked, naked
Yeah, I'm naked, naked, naked

Extreme is an American rock band, currently headed by frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The band reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with original line-up Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Geary and Patrick Badger.

Among some of Extreme’s musical influences are Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. The band played at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. Geary left the group in 1994 to form an artist management company, and Cherone joined Van Halen in 1996. The band has described their music as “funky metal” in the early days, but it would evolve much more in the mid-1990s by blending classic rock influences with post-grunge and alternative rock.

They have released five studio albums, two EPs (in Japan) and two compilation albums since their formation. The band was one of the most successful rock acts of the early 1990s, selling over 10 million albums worldwide. Extreme achieved their greatest success with their 1990 album Pornograffitti, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold in May 1991 and double platinum in October 1992. That album featured the acoustic ballad single “More Than Words”, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

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