| Truly | |
| Cover: | Truly_(song).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lionel Richie |
| Album: | Lionel Richie |
| B-Side: | Just Put Some Love in Your Heart |
| Released: | September 1982 |
| Recorded: | 1982 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 3:26 |
| Label: | Motown |
| Producer: | Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael |
| Prev Title: | Endless Love |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | You Are |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
"Truly" is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. Resuming where he left off with D-flat major tunes "Sail On" and particularly "Still" when he was lead for the Commodores, Richie wrote the song and co-produced it with James Anthony Carmichael.
Released as the first single from his self-titled debut album in 1982, "Truly" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on 9 October 1982 and climbed to No. 1 on 27 November – 4 December 1982.[1] It also spent four weeks at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart,[2] and logged nine weeks at No. 2 on the R&B chart, behind Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing". In addition, "Truly" made the top 10 in United Kingdom, where the song peaked at No. 6.[3] The song won a Grammy Award for Richie in the category Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Billboard called it a "moving ballad with all the drama and poignance of 'Still', 'Three Times a Lady' and 'Endless Love'."[4]
In the music video for "Truly", Lionel Richie performs the song live on a piano.[5]
| Chart (1982–1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 7 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] | 16 |
| South Africa (Springbok)[8] | 9 |
| Chart (1983) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] | 35 | |
| US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[10] | 47 |
| Truly | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Steven Houghton |
| Album: | Steven Houghton |
| Released: | 6 March 1998 |
| Recorded: | 1997 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 3:20 |
| Label: | Bertelsmann Music Group |
| Producer: | Steven Houghton |
| Prev Title: | Wind Beneath My Wings |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
British singer and actor Steven Houghton released a cover version of "Truly" in March 1998 which reached the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart. The song was played in the series 10 finale of London's Burning, in which Houghton starred in.[11]
