RuPaul, Supermodel (You Better Work) | Beaming with Pride

In the 16^th edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “Supermodel (You Better Work)” performed by RuPaul.

Prepare to beam with P-R-I-D-E! Beaming with Pride celebrates, embraces, and spotlights songs by LGBTQ musicians or allies.  Here, we provide background and insight into musicians, analyze, plus go gaga over the decadent bops served up.  When songs dictate deeper and more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is fully articulated.  All styles of music are welcome, whether the songs are classics or brand-new. So, without further ado, in the 16^th edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “Supermodel (You Better Work)” performed by RuPaul.

Three words: “You better work!” And work the multifaceted RuPaul (RuPaul Charles, b. 1960) does on “Supermodel (You Better Work)”!  “Supermodel (You Better Work)” is the opening track from the drag queen extraordinaire’s 1993 album, Supermodel of the World.  RuPaul wrote “Supermodel” with Jimmy Harry and Larry Tee. Eric Kupper produced it. Oh, and two more words: “Sashay, shantay!”

“Supermodel (You Better Work)” features an intro by actress, comedian, and dancer LaWanda Page (1920 – 2002), excerpted earlier. Post-intro, RuPaul performs the confident, irresistible, model-driven chorus:

“You better work (Cover girl)

Work it, girl (Give a twirl)

Do your thing on the runway

Work (Supermodel)

You better work it, girl (Of the world)

Wet your lips and make love to the camera.”

Woo! The chorus extends beyond that.  It’s called the post-chorus, and that’s where the work is put in! It’s giving “Work (Sashay, shantay)!” Woo! It’s not all choruses on “Supermodel (You Better Work).” RuPaul performs two verses, a bridge (with contributions from LaWanda Page), a refrain, and an outro.  “It don’t matter what you wear,” RuPaul asserts in the first verse, and adds, “They’re checkin’ out your savior-faire.” Oh, snap! And with “A million-dollar derrière,” mentioned in the second verse, “You had everybody’s eyes on you / Supermodel.” In the bridge, RuPaul namedrops 1990s supermodels by their first name: Linda Evangelista (b. 1965), Naomi Campbell (b. 1970), Christy Turlington (b. 1969), Cindy Crawford (b. 1966), Claudia Schiffer (b. 1970), and Niki Taylor (b. 1975).  It’s easy to be gagged by that list!  “Supermodel (You Better Work)” is a model-driven, LGBTQ+ dance/pop gem that speaks for itself.  Call it what it is, fierce as fuh!  It’s catchy, energetic, and epic to the nth degree! “Sashay, shantay!”

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RuPaul » Supermodel of the World » Tommy Boy Music, LLC » 1993

RuPaul, Supermodel (You Better Work): Beaming with Pride No. 16 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Tommy Boy Music, LLC; Cristyan Bohn, Ketut Subiyanto, Luis Morales Torres, SHVETS production, Uriel Mont from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay]

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