Beautiful People are a

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group. Having been granted permission to sample any

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song they wished, they released "

If 60's Was 90's "If 60's Was 90's" is a song by Beautiful People. Recorded in 1991, the song was first released on their album ''If 60's Were 90's'' in 1992 but was not released as a single until 1994 after the success of "Rilly Groovy", charting at #74 on the UK ...

". Originally released in 1992 in just the United Kingdom, a similarly named album, ''

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'', was also issued. In 1993, they released "

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", which reached No. 3 in the United States ''

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chart; on the back of this, "If 60's Was 90's" was re-released and peaked at No. 74 on the

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, and No. 5 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. In 2012, Beautiful People had a No. 100 hit in the UK with a

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of " Turn Up the Music" by

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