| "True Colors" | ||||
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| Single byCyndi Lauper | ||||
| from the albumTrue Colors | ||||
| B-side | "Heading for the Moon" | |||
| Released | August 28, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | March 3, 1986 | |||
| Genre | Synth-rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:46 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Cyndi Lauper singles chronology | ||||
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| "True Colors" onYouTube | ||||
"True Colors" is a 1986 song byCyndi Lauper and is the title track to her second studio albumTrue Colors. It went to number 1 in the United States, Canada and Chile, number 2 in Israel, number 3 in Australia, number 4 in Belgium, number 6 in Ireland, number 7 in the Netherlands and Zimbabwe, number 8 in New Zealand and number 10 in Norway. It was nominated for a Grammy Award.
| "True Colors" | ||||
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| Single byPhil Collins | ||||
| from the album...Hits | ||||
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| Released | October 26, 1998 (1998-10-26) | |||
| Length | 4:34 | |||
| Label | Virgin, Face Value,Atlantic,WEA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom Kelly,Billy Steinberg | |||
| Producer(s) | Babyface | |||
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In 1998, British singerPhil Collins covered it for his greatest hits album...Hits. It went to number 2 in Poland, number 6 in Belgium, number 7 in Hungary and number 26 in the United Kingdom and was covered by Australian singerKasey Chambers in 2003.
UK CD1 and cassette single[2][3]
UK CD2[4]
European CD single[5]
Australian CD single[6]
Lauper took their demo...and turned it into a whisper-to-howl synth-rocker.
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