Ugly

Album: Taller In More Ways (2005)
Charted: 3
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Songfacts®:

  • This song talks about people being the same and how one should be judged by what they do. Also, it reminds us that our personality reflects our name, and if you call someone ugly then you're ugly too because you are being mean. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alan - Bell, CA
  • This was written and produced by Dallas Austin, who wrote a similarly themed track for TLC: "Unpretty."
  • The music video, directed by Toby Tremlett, was shot at a warehouse in New York City, where a group of people is preparing for an audition. While each girl sings her verse, the auditioners hold up signs with portions of the lyrics.

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  • AnonymousHeidi range, Keisha Buchanan and Jade Ewen sing their verses while shaking their boobs, bums and belly buttons to the women who laugh at them for no reason. they have beautiful curly hair because they look very handsome indeed and yet their boobs are every soft.
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