"Beautiful" is a song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for her fourth studio album, "Stripped" (2002). It was released as the album's second single in late 2002. A pop and R&B ballad, "Beautiful" was written and produced by Linda Perry. Lyrically, it discusses inner beauty, as well as self-esteem and insecurity issues. Aguilera commented that she put "her heart and her soul" into the track, which she felt represented the theme of "Stripped". The song was later re-recorded in an electronic style, titled "You Are What You Are (Beautiful)", for her first greatest hits album "" (2008).