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词条 True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)
释义

  1. Song information

  2. Tours

  3. Charts and certifications

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts  Certifications 

  4. Official versions

  5. Phil Collins version

     Charts 

  6. Kasey Chambers version

     Track listing  Charts 

  7. Other covers

  8. References

  9. External links

{{Infobox song
| name = True Colors
| cover = CyndiLTruecolor.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Cyndi Lauper
| album = True Colors
| B-side = Heading for the Moon
| released = August 28, 1986
| format = {{flatlist|
  • 7" vinyl
  • 12" vinyl}}

| recorded = March 3, 1986
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 3:46
| label = Epic
| writer = {{flatlist|
  • Tom Kelly
  • Billy Steinberg}}

| producer = {{flatlist|
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Lennie Petze}}

| prev_title = The Goonies 'R' Good Enough
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Change of Heart
| next_year = 1986
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|LPn0KFlbqX8|"True Colors"}}}}
}}

"True Colors" is a song written by American songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. It was both the title track and the first single released from American singer Cyndi Lauper's second album. It was the only original song on the album that Lauper did not help write.[1]

"True Colors" spent two weeks in the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, and was the last single from Lauper to occupy the top of the chart. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Song information

Billy Steinberg originally wrote "True Colors" about his own mother. Tom Kelly altered the first verse and the duo originally submitted the song to Anne Murray, who passed on recording it, and then to Cyndi Lauper.[2] Their demo was in the form of a piano-based gospel ballad like "Bridge over Troubled Water". Steinberg told Songfacts that "Cyndi completely dismantled that sort of traditional arrangement and came up with something that was breathtaking and stark."[1] Other songs they wrote for Lauper include "I Drove All Night" and "Unconditional Love", of which the former went on to be covered by Celine Dion, the latter by Susanna Hoffs.

It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, three in Australia and New Zealand, and 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

"True Colors" also became a standard in the gay community. In various interviews, Lauper elaborated that the song had resonated with her because of the recent death of her friend, Gregory Natal, from HIV/AIDS.[3] Years later, Lauper co-founded the True Colors Fund,[4] a non-profit dedicated to eradicating LGBT youth homelessness.

Tours

Lauper embarked on a True Colors Tour in 2007 with several other acts including Deborah Harry and Erasure. The tour was for the Human Rights Campaign to promote LGBT rights in the US and beyond. A second True Colors tour occurred in 2008.

Charts and certifications

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Weekly charts

Chart (1986-87)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5]3
Ö3 Austria Top 40[6]12
Canada RPM Top Singles[7]1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[8]1
French Singles Chart[9]49
German Singles Chart[10]18
German Airplay6
Ireland Singles Chart6
Italy Singles Chart[11]4
Japan Hot 10059
Netherlands Singles Chart[12]14
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[13]8
Norway Singles Chart[14]10
South Africa (Springbok)[15]14
Swedish Singles Chart4
Swiss Singles Chart[16]17
UK Singles Chart[17]12
US Billboard Hot 100[18]1
US Cash Box Top 1001
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[18]5
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Norway Singles Chart17
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Year-end charts

Chart (1986) Rank
Australia [19]19
Canada RPM Top Singles[20]19
US Billboard Hot 100[21]41
US Cash Box [22]29
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Certifications

CountryCertificationSales
Japan11,240
CanadaGold50,000[23]
United StatesPlatinum1,000,000[24]

Official versions

  1. Album Version

Phil Collins version

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| name = True Colors
| cover = True Colors Phil Collins.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Phil Collins
| album = ...Hits
| B-side = {{ubl|"Don't Lose My Number"|"Take Me Home"}}
| released = October 26, 1998
| format = CD
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|smooth jazz|R&B|blue-eyed soul}}
| length = 4:34
| label = Atlantic, Virgin, WEA
| writer = Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg
| producer = Babyface
| prev_title = The Same Moon
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = You'll Be in My Heart
| next_year = 1999
}}

In 1998, the song was covered by Phil Collins for his compilation album ...Hits. The version was a smooth-jazz-influenced version compared to the original. R&B singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds produced and provided backing vocals.

The track peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart[25] and at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart.[26]

In 2004, a live rehearsal version was released on Collins' A Compilation... Old and New album.

  • Phil Collins – drums, vocals
  • Michael Thompson – guitar
  • Cornelius Mims – bass
  • Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano & Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Babyface – keyboards, drum programming, backing vocals
  • Sheila E. – percussion
  • Eric Rigler – Uilleann pipes

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Dutch Singles Chart[27]73
German Singles Chart35
UK Singles Chart[26]26
US Billboard Hot 100 Singles[28]66
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[25]2

Kasey Chambers version

{{Infobox song
| name = True Colours
| cover = True_Colours_by_Kasey_Chambers.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kasey Chambers
| album =
| released = April 2003
| format = CD
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|country pop}}
| length =
| label = EMI Music
| writer = Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg
| producer = Nash Chambers
| prev_title = If I Were You
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Hollywood
| next_year = 2004
}}

In 2003, Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers' cover of "True Colors" became the theme song for the 2003 Rugby World Cup.[29] The song peaked at number four, was certified gold and went on to be the 76th best-selling single in Australia that year[30]

Track listing

  1. "True Colours"
  2. "If I Could" (Live)
  3. "Lonely"

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart (ARIA) [31]4

Other covers

The song has been covered by many artists.

In 2001, True Colors was recorded by Sarina Paris and included in her self-titled debut album. Released on May 22, 2001, the album was composed of songs co-written by Paris, with the exception of this cover. The album reached #167 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

In 2009, Jenna Ushkowitz performed it in the television program Glee, and it was released as a single "True Colors (Glee Cast Version)". The version was included in the compilation album The Music, Volume 2 released on December 4, 2009. The single charted on Billboard Hot 100, and reached number 15 in Ireland, number 35 in the United Kingdom,[32] number 38 in Canada,[33][34] and number 47 in Australia.

In 2012, Artists Against Bullying (often styled as "Artists Against"), an agglomeration of seven Canadian musicians re-recorded the song. It was released during Bullying Awareness Week.[35] The project was inspired by the increase in teen bullying and cyberbullying, especially the Amanda Todd case,[36] with proceeds being donated to Kids Help Phone - a Canadian counseling service for children and youth.[36] The artists involved in the recording were Lights, Pierre Bouvier (from Simple Plan), Jacob Hoggard from Hedley, Fefe Dobson, Kardinal Offishall, Alyssa Reid and Walk Off the Earth. The song entered the Canadian Singles Top 100 chart at number 10[37] the week it was released.

In 2014, Shane Filan of Westlife released it as a promotional single for his debut album You and Me.

In 2016, Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick performed a cover of the song for the animated film Trolls and its accompanying soundtrack.

References

1. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3101 | work = Interview with Billy Steinberg about "True Colors" | title = True Colors by Cyndi Lauper | publisher = Songfacts | accessdate = April 9, 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/cyndi-lauper,63973/|title=Cyndi Lauper|date=26 October 2011|publisher=}}
3. ^{{cite news |last=Burnett |first=Richard |title=The true colours of Cyndi Lauper |url=http://curtainsup.tv/the-true-colours-of-cyndi-lauper/ |accessdate=April 21, 2014 |newspaper=CurtainsUP |date=April 4, 2014 }}
4. ^{{cite web |title=Mission Statement |publisher=True Colors Fund |url=https://truecolorsfund.org/about/ |accessdate=August 7, 2015 }}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|page=173|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between 1983 and June 19, 1988.
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi%20Lauper&titel=True%20Colors&cat=s|title=Cyndi Lauper - True Colors|first=Steffen|last=Hung|publisher=}}
7. ^RPM 100 Singles, November 8, 1986.
8. ^[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.8790&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.8790.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.8790 RPM Adult Contemporary], November 8, 1986.
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi%20Lauper&titel=True%20Colors&cat=s|title= Cyndi Lauper - True Colors|first=Steffen|last=Hung|publisher=lescharts.com}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://germancharts.de/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi%20Lauper&titel=True%20Colors&cat=s|title=Cyndi Lauper - True Colors|first=Steffen|last=Hung|publisher=germancharts.com}}
11. ^{{cite web | author=Hitparadeitalia | title=Chart | publisher=Hitparadeitalia Charts |year=1986 | url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/al.htm | accessdate=February 5, 2012}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi%20Lauper&titel=True%20Colors&cat=s|title=Cyndi Lauper - True Colors|first=Steffen|last=Hung|publisher=}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi%20Lauper&titel=True%20Colors&cat=s|title=charts.org.nz - Cyndi Lauper - True Colors|first=Steffen|last=Hung|publisher=}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi%20Lauper&titel=True%20Colors&cat=s|title=Cyndi Lauper - True Colors|first=Steffen|last=Hung|publisher=norwegiancharts.com}}
15. ^{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(L).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/song/Cyndi-Lauper/True-Colors-1499|title=Cyndi Lauper - True Colors - hitparade.ch|first=Steffen|last=Hung|publisher=}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21311/cyndi-lauper/|title=CYNDI LAUPER - full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company}}
18. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299876/cyndi-lauper/chart|title=Cyndi Lauper - Chart history|work= Billboard|publisher=}}
19. ^{{cite web|title=Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |publisher=Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |accessdate=December 27, 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archivedate=October 6, 2014 |df= }}
20. ^{{cite web|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|title=RPM Weekly - Top Singles of 1986|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0760&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0760.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0760|accessdate=26 December 2016|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20151123160132/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0760&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.0760.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0760|archivedate=November 23, 2015|language=en|date=December 26, 2017}}
21. ^Billboard Top 100 Hits of 1986.
22. ^Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1986.
23. ^Canadian Certification {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115121201/http://www.musiccanada.com/GoldPlatinum.aspx |date=November 15, 2011 }}
24. ^US Certification {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626174049/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php |date=June 26, 2007 }}
25. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/332348/phil-collins/chart?f=341|title=Phil Collins - Chart history|work= Billboard|publisher=}}
26. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15815/phil-collins/|title=Phil Collins - full Official Chart History|publisher= Official Charts Company}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Phil%20Collins&titel=True%20Colors&cat=s|title=Phil Collins - True Colors|first=Steffen|last=Hung|publisher=}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/1999-04-17/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 : Apr 17, 1999 - Billboard Chart Archive|publisher=}}
29. ^{{cite web|title=Various – True Colours: Official Album Of Rugby World Cup 2003|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-True-Colours-Official-Album-Of-Rugby-World-Cup-2003/release/6208137|website=Discogs|accessdate=10 December 2015}}
30. ^{{cite web|title=ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2003|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2003.htm|website=ARIA Charts|accessdate=December 10, 2015}}
31. ^{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kasey+Chambers&titel=True+Colours&cat=s|title=Kasey Chambers - True Colors|first=Steffen|last=Hung|publisher=australian charts}}
32. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=12473 |title=Chart Stats – Glee Cast |work=Chart Stats |accessdate=February 25, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120722140947/http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=12473 |archivedate=July 22, 2012 |df= }}
33. ^{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=glee|chart=Billboard Canadian Hot 100}}|title=Glee Cast Album & Song Chart History|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|accessdate=February 25, 2010}}
34. ^{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/performer/glee_cast|title=Glee Cast|work=acharts.us|accessdate=February 25, 2010}}
35. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chymfm.com/2012/11/12/canadian-music-stars-are-artists-against-bullying/|title=November 12, 2012 Archives|publisher=|via=www.chymfm.com|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716214356/http://www.chymfm.com/2012/11/12/canadian-music-stars-are-artists-against-bullying/|archivedate=July 16, 2015|df=}}
36. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/artists-against-remake-true-colors|title=Artists Against remake True Colors|first1=News Desk More from News Desk Published on: November|last1=12|first2=2012 | Last Updated: November|last2=12|first3=2012 5:48 Pm|last3=Est|date=12 November 2012|publisher=}}
37. ^{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/74648|title=True Colors by Artists Against Bullying - Music Charts|publisher=}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20061026061615/http://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/115.html True Colors] Second Hand Songs
  • {{MetroLyrics song|cyndi-lauper|true-colors}}
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