True to Yourself explained

True To Yourself
Cover:True_To_Yourself_by_Vanessa_Amorosi.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Vanessa Amorosi
Album:Change
Recorded:2002
Genre:Pop, downtempo
Length:3:41
Label:Universal Music
Producer:Andy Murray/Christian Ballard
Prev Title:Spin (Everybody's Doin' It)
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:Kiss Your Mama!
Next Year:2007

"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 .

Lyrics

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

Amorosi performed "True to Yourself" on Top of the Pops and the hugely successful long-running show Wetten, dass..? which screens throughout Europe.[4]

Track listing

CD Maxi
"True To Yourself" Time
1. "True To Yourself" 03:41
2. "Spin (Everybody's Doin' It)" 03:04
3. "Sometimes Happiness " 04:55

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Various Artists / Top of the Pops 2003 [Universal]]. www.allmusic.com. 13 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Olivia Newton John Duet - Album Pre-Order. www.darrenhayescentral.com. 26 September 2002 . 12 March 2015.
  3. Web site: El affaire Olivia Newton-John-Vanessa Amorosi. Zona Musical. 8 November 2002. 13 March 2015. dead. https://archive.today/20150315060723/http://www.zm.nu/2002/11/08/El-affaire-Olivia-Newton-John-Vanessa-Amorosi/. 15 March 2015.
  4. Web site: Vanessa Amorosi Appears on the Thomas Gottschalk Show. Getty Images. 1 November 2013. 22 February 2003.