| True Colors | ||||
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| Studio album by Cyndi Lauper | ||||
| Released | September 27, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | November 22, 1985– May 31, 1986 at The Power Station, The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)[1] |
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| Genre | New Wave, pop, adult contemporary[2] | |||
| Length | 37:57 | |||
| Label | Portrait RK-40313 Epic |
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| Producer | Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze | |||
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True Colors is the second album by American pop singer Cyndi Lauper, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music). The album produced several hits as "True Colors", "Change of Heart", and "What's Going On", reached the top twenty of the Hot 100, with first two singles of them becoming Top 5 hits.
Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album earned Lauper several awards and accolades, including two nominateds Grammy Awards at the 29th Grammy Awards. True Colors peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart, staying on the charts for 14 weeks.
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In the United States, True Colors has been certified double platinum by the RIAA[3] and peaked at number four on the Billboard chart. It topped the Australian chart for four weeks and, in Japan, outsold She's So Unusual, although that was not the case in most countries.
The album produced the singles "True Colors" (#1 Billboard Hot 100), "Change of Heart" (#3), "What's Going On" (#12), and "Boy Blue" (#71). Each single had a music video although the video for "Boy Blue" was just a live performance from her Zenith concert in Paris.
True Colors was re-issued in a Japanese exclusive limited edition box set 11-track digitally remastered CD album.
The title song, written by Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly and Lauper, has been covered by many other artists including Phil Collins, Natasha St. Pier, Anna Tsuchiya, Tanya Chua, Olivia Ong and Kasey Chambers, and was used as the theme song for the 1988 Olympic Games, the 2003 Rugby World Cup and for Kodak cameras and film. In 2010, the song was also featured in the soundtrack of Sex and the City 2, and the hit television series Glee.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Publisher | Length |
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| 1. | "Change of Heart" (with The Bangles) | Cyndi Lauper, Essra Mohawk | Stone & Muffin Music Corp., Rella Music | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Maybe He'll Know" (with Billy Joel) | Lauper, John Turi | Rella Music, Turi Music | 4:25 |
| 3. | "Boy Blue" | Jeff Bova, Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt | Rella Music, Perfect Punch Music, Liquid Crystal Music | 4:46 |
| 4. | "True Colors" | Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg, Lauper | Denise Barry Music, Billy Steinberg Music, Rella Music | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Calm Inside the Storm" | Rick Derringer, Lauper | Scratch & Shift Music; Rella Musiccratch & Shift Music; Rella Music | 3:54 |
| 6. | "What's Going On" | Renaldo Benson, Alfred Cleveland, Marvin Gaye | Jobete Music Corp., Stone Agate Music Division | 4:39 |
| 7. | "Iko Iko" | Rosa Lee Hawkins, Barbara Anne Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, Sharon Jones, Marilyn Jones, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Jesse Thomas | Arc Music Corp., Melder Publishing Company, Trio Music Co., Warner-Tamerlane Publishing | 2:08 |
| 8. | "The Faraway Nearby" (with Aimee Mann) | Tom Gray, Lauper | Rella Music, Gray Matter Publishing | 3:00 |
| 9. | "911" | Lauper, Lunt | Rella Music, Perfect Punch Music | 3:16 |
| 10. | "One Track Mind" | Bova, Jimmy Bralower, Lauper, Lennie Petze | Rella Music, Fancy Footwork Music, Liquid Crystal Music, Red Sox Music | 3:41 |
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Total length:
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37:57 | |||
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| 11. | "True Colors" (live at Summer Sonic 07) | 4:26 | |||||||
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 1987 | "True Colors" | Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated |
| "911" | Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance | Nominated | |
| "True Colors" | MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video | Nominated | |
| "What's Going On" | MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography | Nominated |
Chart positions
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Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[16] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
| France (SNEP)[17] | Gold | 100,000* |
| Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[18] | Gold | 10,000* |
| Japan (Oricon Charts) | 404,000[8] | |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[19] | Silver | 60,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[3] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
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*sales figures based on certification alone |
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| Preceded by 1986 Just for Kicks by Various artists |
Australian Kent Music Report number-one album September 29 – October 26, 1986 |
Succeeded by Graceland by Paul Simon |
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