During the '70s, San Francisco's The Tubes garnered quite a reputation for their performance art-styled rock which translated better through their manic stage shows than on record. A half dozen albums during the decade failed to earn the band more than a cult following and only a minor radio hit with the song "White Punks On Dope."

However, upon signing with Capitol records in 1981, The Tubes enlisted pop producer David Foster to give their sound a glossy sheen and that year's album, The Completion Backward Principle, became their biggest hit, even spawning their first US Top 40 hit with the ballad "I Don't Want To Wait Anymore." Two years later, Foster was again in tow - as well as several members of Toto - as The Tubes released Outside/Inside.

The infectious "She's A Beauty" made immediate inroads at radio when it was released as a single in April. The muscular, upbeat song was actually a slightly dark study of the objectification of women, but "She's A Beauty" had an undeniable hook (and a popular video). By May, the song had become The Tubes' second US Top 40 hit and began a steady climb up the charts, becoming the band's only Top Ten single when it peaked at #10 for a single week as Outside/Inside became The Tubes'most successful album.

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