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Beauty ContestNo Doubt

Released: April 11, 2000

Songwriter: Tony Kanal Gwen Stefani

Producer: Sean Beavan No Doubt

[Verse 1]
Damsel in distress is quite submissive
Look how somber my vanity is
Effeminate human creature
Superficial, seducing detour
I'm going to the mall for the cookie-cutter
The ugly duckling will always suffer
Contaminated standards, don't try to fight it
I better get back on my diet

[Chorus]
Obsessed with the beauty contest
Beauty contest
How'd my vanity get such a mess?
Beauty contest
I'm obsessed

[Verse 2]
Reduce myself, I've got the strict restrictions
Not sexy enough without the regulations
Molten point countdown my fading features
Born to blossom and bloom to perish

[Chorus]
Obsessed with the beauty contest
Beauty contest
I've got to get out of this mess
Beauty contest
I'm obsessed

[Verse 3]
And I've fallen, I can't help myself
I'm feeling envious of all the rest
You're bringing out the lemming in me
A victim of the cattle-call disease
Not easy to be me
I feel swollen

[Chorus]
Obsessed with the beauty contest
Beauty contest
How'd my vanity get such a mess?
Obsessed with the beauty contest
Obsessed with the beauty contest
Beauty contest
I've got to get out of this mess
Obsessed with the beauty contest
Obsessed with the beauty contest
Beauty contest
How'd my vanity get such a mess?
Caught up in the beauty contest [x5]

[Outro]
And I feel swollen
How'd my vanity get such a mess?
[Gwen's niece, Madeline] My vanity's a mess

No Doubt

No Doubt formed in Anaheim, California in 1986. They have created a decade-defining style and have arguably become one of the most recognized bands of their time. The band has consisted of vocalist and frontwoman Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young, as well as several former members—including Gwen’s older brother Eric Stefani.

They found mainstream success following the release of their third studio album Tragic Kingdom in late 1995. It eventually landed at the top of the Billboard charts in 1996, and has sold over 8 million copies as of 2012.

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