True to Yourself
| "True To Yourself" | ||||
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| Single by Vanessa Amorosi | ||||
| from the album Change | ||||
| Released | 24 February 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Pop, downtempo | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Universal Music | |||
| Songwriters | Gary Barlow, Andy Murray, Sylvia Bennett Smith, Jane Vaughan | |||
| Producer | Andy Murray/Christian Ballard | |||
| Vanessa Amorosi singles chronology | ||||
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"True To Yourself" is a German only release taken from Australian recording artist Vanessa Amorosi's second studio album Change. The single was released on 24 February 2003 as the album's final single and peaked at No.99.
It was included on the "Top Of The Pops 2003" compilation album.[1]
In 2002, Amorosi re-recorded the song as a duet with Olivia Newton-John and it was to be included on Newton-John's album 2 (as track two).[2] However, the track was dropped at the last minute due to contractual disagreements between Amorosi's Transistor Music and Newton-John's Universal Music labels. Both declared to feel very sad about this situation and have been quick to say that there is no problem between them, but that it is simply a contractual matter.[3] In March 2023, Vanessa and Olivia's duet version of the song turned the light, as the song was finally released on Olivia's posthumous duets album Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection (Vol. 1).[4]
Lyrics
[edit | edit source]Lyrically, the song is about self-empowerment. The chorus includes the lyrics; "Sometimes you gotta look a little harder, Sometimes you gotta be, be smarter, Hold on just a little bit longer, Just be true to yourself"
Promotion
[edit | edit source]Amorosi performed "True to Yourself" on Top of the Pops and the hugely successful long-running show Wetten, dass..? which screens throughout Europe.[5]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]CD Maxi
| # | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "True to Yourself" | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Spin (Everybody's Doin' It)" | 3:04 |
| 3. | "Sometimes Happiness" | 4:55 |
Charts
[edit | edit source]| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Germany (GfK)[6] | 99 |
Release history
[edit | edit source]| Region | Date | Label | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | February 2003 | Universal Music | 019 855-2 |
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- ^ "Vanessa Amorosi – True to Yourself" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
