{{Short description|1990 single by The Northern Pikes}} {{Infobox song | name = She Ain't Pretty | cover = Northern_Pikes_She_Aint_Pretty.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Northern Pikes | album = Snow in June | released = 1990 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Rock | length = 2:44 | label = Virgin Records | writer = | producer = | prev_title = Let's Pretend | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = Girl With a Problem | next_year = 1990 }}
"'''She Ain't Pretty'''" is a song by Canadian rock band The Northern Pikes,<ref>{{Citation |title=The Northern Pikes Song She Ain't Pretty |url=https://www.bitchute.com/video/PGvXU9aTiye2/ |language=en |access-date=2022-04-29}}</ref> released as the lead single from their 1990 album ''Snow in June''. It is the song for which The Northern Pikes are best known.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/2003/11/14/northern-pikes-score-new-record-deal/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091142/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2003/11/14/northern-pikes-score-new-record-deal/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | title=Northern Pikes Score New Record Deal | date=2003-11-14 | publisher=Chart | accessdate=2009-09-11 | first=Manuela | last=Spizzirri }}</ref>
The song, written by Bryan Potvin, describes the singer's infatuation with a physically attractive woman and his dismay at learning that she is a horrible person—a "model from Hell". The song was inspired by an episode of ''Rhoda'' in which a character says "I'm not really beautiful, I just look that way."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amplify.nmc.ca/origin-stories-bryan-potvin-on-the-northern-pikes-she-aint-pretty/|title=Origin Stories––Bryan Potvin on the Northern Pikes' "She Ain't Pretty"|last=Jagger|first=Juliette|date=5 February 2018|work=National Music Centre|accessdate=11 October 2018}}</ref>
In 1990, this song was the sixth-most played Cancon song in Canada.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9160&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9160.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9160|title=Top 25 Cancon Hit Tracks|magazine=RPM|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}</ref>
==Charts== ===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1990) !Position |- |align="left"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9139&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990|work=RPM|accessdate=November 26, 2017}}</ref> |align="center"|62 |}
==Critical reception== In 1991, the song was nominated for the Juno Award for Single of the Year. Its music video, which integrated claymation and early use of morphing, and which the National Post described as "fantastic",<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2007/10/20/top-10-overlooked-canadian-albums-of-all-time.aspx | title=Top 10 overlooked Canadian albums | date=2007-09-20 | publisher=National Post | first=Mark | last=Medley | accessdate=2008-03-09}}{{dead link|date=October 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> was also nominated for a Juno.
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