It's All True (song)

"It's All True"
Single by Tracey Thorn
from the album Out of the Woods
Released February 2007 (worldwide)
17 April 2007 (US Digital)
Format CD single
Digital single
Genre Electropop, dance-pop
Length 4:13 (Album Version)
3:33 (Radio Edit)
Label Virgin Records
Writer(s) Tracey Thorn
Darshan Jesrani
Klas-Henrik Lindblad
Ewan Pearson
Producer(s) Darshan Jesrani
Klas-Henrik Lindblad
Ewan Pearson
Tracey Thorn singles chronology
"Plain Sailing"
(1982)
"It's All True"
(2007)
"Raise the Roof"
(2007)

"It's All True" is the first single from singer Tracey Thorn's solo album, Out of the Woods, released in February 2007. The Martin Buttrich Vocal Mix of the single was premiered on 24 November 2006, on Everything But the Girl's, Ben Watt's online radio show, Buzzin' Fly. The Album Mix was subsequently released on Tracey Thorn's official Myspace page in early December 2006. "It's All True" is one of seven songs produced by Ewan Pearson. The music was also co-written and produced by Klas-henrik "Sasse" Lindblad and Darshan Jesrani of Metro Area. One of the digital releases EP has a cover version of the Pet Shop Boys song, "Kings Cross", on it.

Music critic Paul Flynn, reviewing the Out of the Woods solo set, praised both the song and its place on the album ; "The spare and glittery electro grooves of single Its All True, borrowed with affection from shrink-wrapped old Sleeping Bag 12-inch singles, is a neat bridge into the warm, languid funk of her reinterpretation of Arthur Russell's Get Around to It." [1]

The song

Thorn describes "It's All True" as "pure early 80s New York dance pop."

It hit number one on the "Cool Cuts" chart in the UK for the week of 23 December 2006 and reached number 75 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

The music video for "It's All True", directed by Si and Ad, was released in early February 2007. The video features a full-scale room of office workers dancing at their desks. Thorn is seen only from a distance. Thorn is quoted saying, "it features a heavily stylised monochromatic dance routine, in which I feature almost invisibly... (which suits me just fine)." The video can be viewed on Thorn's official Myspace.

UK CD track list

CD1
  1. "It's All True" (Radio Edit)
  2. "It's All True" (Escort Remix)
CD2
  1. "It's All True" (Album Version)
  2. "It's All True" (Escort Extended Remix)
  3. "It's All True" (Martin Buttrich Remix)
  4. "It's All True" (DSE Dub)
  5. "It's All True" (Music video)

Official versions

Digital download
  1. It's All True (Escort Extended Remix) (5:15)
  2. It's All True (Kris Menace Remix Full Vocal) (5:11)
  3. Kings Cross 4:28
UK Promo CD 1
  1. It's All True (Radio Edit) (3:33)
  2. It's All True (Album Version) (4:13)
  3. It's All True (Kris Menace Full Vocal Remix Edit) (3:13)
  4. It's All True (Instrumental) (3:34)
UK Promo CD 2
  1. It's All True (Original Full Length) (4:14)
  2. It's All True (DSE Dub) (6:29)
  3. It's All True (Kris Menace Remix) (6:37)
  4. It's All True (Kris Menace Remix Full Vocal) (5:11)
  5. It's All True (Martin Buttrich Remix) (9:13)
  6. It's All True (Martin Buttrich Instrumental) (9:12)
  7. It's All True (Martin Buttrich Dub) (9:27)
  8. It's All True (Escort Extended Remix) (5:15)
UK Promo CD 3
  1. It's All True (Original Full Length) (4:14)
  2. It's All True (DSE Dub) (6:29)
  3. It's All True (Kris Menace Remix) (6:37)
  4. It's All True (Kris Menace Remix Full Vocal) (5:11)
  5. It's All True (Martin Buttrich Remix) (9:13)
  6. It's All True (Martin Buttrich Dub) (9:27)
  7. It's All True (Escort Extended Remix) (5:15)
UK Promo 12" #1
  1. A1 It's All True (DSE Dub) (6:44)
  2. A2 It's All True (Kris Menace Remix) (6:37)
  3. B It's All True (Martin Buttrich Dub) (9:23)
UK Promo 12" #2
  1. A1 It's All True (Original Mix) (4:13)
  2. A2 It's All True (Escort Extended Remix) (5:16)
  3. B It's All True (Martin Buttrich Remix) (9:10)
UK 12"
  1. A1 It's All True (DSE Dub)
  2. A2 It's All True (Kris Menace Remix)
  3. B1 It's All True (Martin Buttrich Dub)
  4. B2 It's All True (Escort Extended Remix)

References

  1. Observer Music Monthly, February 2007, p.51, 4/5 star review

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