| Truth About You | |
| Cover: | Truth About You.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mitchell Tenpenny |
| Album: | This Is the Heavy |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:23 |
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| Chronology: | Mitchell Tenpenny |
| Prev Title: | Broken Up |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Next Title: | At the End of a Bar |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
"Truth About You" is a song by American country music singer Mitchell Tenpenny. It was released on July 9, 2021 as the lead single from his second studio album This Is the Heavy. Tenpenny co-wrote the song with Matt Alderman and Thomas Archer, and produced it with Jordan Schmidt.[1]
Tenpenny first revealed the song on TikTok in July 2021. The song went on to gain over 2.5 million streams in the first three days.[2] He stated in a press release: "I have the best and most reactive fans. Their instantaneous feedback is invaluable to me as an artist. There is nothing more gratifying than making music for them."[3]
In a radio interview with Taste of Country Nights, Tenpenny stated that the song is about an "ex-[girlfriend]", "experiences his friends have gone through" and his "own bad behavior in relationships".[4]
The music video was released on September 1, 2021, and directed by Dustin Haney. It was filmed at Bobby’s Idle Hour bar and Warren Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.[5]
| Peak position | |
| Canada Digital Songs (Billboard)[6] | 37 |
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| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 99 |
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| Position | ||
| US Country Airplay (Billboard)[8] | 24 | |
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| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 35 | |
| US Radio Songs (Billboard)[10] | 62 |
| Date | Format | Label | ||
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| Various | July 9, 2021 | Columbia Nashville | [11] | |
| United States | August 16, 2021 | Country radio |