True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)

"True Colors"
Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album True Colors
B-side	"Heading for the Moon"
Released	August 28, 1986
Recorded	March 3, 1986
Genre	Synth-rock[1]
Length	3:46
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Tom Kelly Billy Steinberg
Producer(s)	Cyndi Lauper Lennie Petze
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" (1985) "True Colors" (1986) "Change of Heart" (1986)
Music video
"True Colors" on YouTube

"True Colors" is a 1986 song by Cyndi Lauper and is the title track to her second studio album True 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.

Track listings

• 7-inch single

1. "True Colors" – 3:45
2. "Heading for the Moon" – 3:17

• European 12-inch single

1. "True Colors" – 3:45
2. "Heading for the Moon" – 3:17
3. "Money Changes Everything" (Live) – 6:04

Phil Collins version

"True Colors"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album ...Hits
B-side	"Don't Lose My Number" "Take Me Home"
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
Phil Collins singles chronology
"The Same Moon" (1997) "True Colors" (1998) "You'll Be in My Heart" (1999)

In 1998, British singer Phil 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 singer Kasey Chambers in 2003.

Track listings

UK CD1 and cassette single^[2][3]

1. "True Colors" – 4:33
2. "I Missed Again" – 3:41
3. "In the Air Tonight" – 7:32

UK CD2^[4]

1. "True Colors" – 4:33
2. "Don't Lose My Number" – 4:47
3. "Take Me Home" – 5:51

European CD single^[5]

1. "True Colors" – 4:33
2. "In the Air Tonight" – 7:32

Australian CD single^[6]

1. "True Colors" – 4:33
2. "In the Air Tonight" – 7:32
3. "Don't Lose My Number" – 4:47
4. "I Missed Again" – 3:41

References

1. Breihan, Tom (January 11, 2021). "The Number Ones: Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors"". Stereogum. Retrieved October 10, 2022. Lauper took their demo...and turned it into a whisper-to-howl synth-rocker.
2. True Colors (UK CD1 liner notes). Phil Collins. Virgin Records, Face Value Records. 1998. VSCDT 1715, 7243 8 95383 2 8.
3. True Colors (UK cassette single sleeve). Phil Collins. Virgin Records, Face Value Records. 1998. VSC1715, 7243 8 95383 42.
4. True Colors (UK CD2 liner notes). Phil Collins. Virgin Records, Face Value Records. 1998. VSCDG 1715, 7243 8 95384 2 7.
5. True Colors (European CD single liner notes). Phil Collins. WEA, Face Value Records. 1998. 3984 24775-9.
6. True Colors (Australian CD single liner notes). Phil Collins. WEA, Face Value Records. 1998. 3984 24774-2.