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It was included on the "Top Of The Pops 2003" compilation album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/top-of-the-pops-2003-universal-mw0002413374|title=Various Artists / Top of the Pops 2003 [Universal]|publisher=www.allmusic.com|accessdate= 13 March 2015}}</ref>
It was included on the "Top Of The Pops 2003" compilation album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/top-of-the-pops-2003-universal-mw0002413374|title=Various Artists / Top of the Pops 2003 [Universal]|publisher=www.allmusic.com|accessdate= 13 March 2015}}</ref>


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 (Olivia Newton-John album)|2]]'' (as track two).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darrenhayescentral.com/news/archive/arc8-2002.html|title=Olivia Newton John Duet - Album Pre-Order|publisher=www.darrenhayescentral.com|date=26 September 2002 |accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref> 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 women 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zm.nu/2002/11/08/El-affaire-Olivia-Newton-John-Vanessa-Amorosi/|title=El affaire Olivia Newton-John-Vanessa Amorosi|publisher=Zona Musical|date=8 November 2002|accessdate=13 March 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20150315060723/http://www.zm.nu/2002/11/08/El-affaire-Olivia-Newton-John-Vanessa-Amorosi/|archivedate=15 March 2015}}</ref>
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 (Olivia Newton-John album)|2]]'' (as track two).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darrenhayescentral.com/news/archive/arc8-2002.html|title=Olivia Newton John Duet - Album Pre-Order|publisher=www.darrenhayescentral.com|date=26 September 2002 |accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zm.nu/2002/11/08/El-affaire-Olivia-Newton-John-Vanessa-Amorosi/|title=El affaire Olivia Newton-John-Vanessa Amorosi|publisher=Zona Musical|date=8 November 2002|accessdate=13 March 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150315060723/http://www.zm.nu/2002/11/08/El-affaire-Olivia-Newton-John-Vanessa-Amorosi/|archivedate=15 March 2015}}</ref> 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)]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=True To Yourself by Olivia Newton-John & Vanessa Amorosi |url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/true-to-yourself/1666754968 |access-date=2023-03-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>


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==Lyrics==
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Latest revision as of 16:07, 6 November 2023

"True To Yourself"
Single by Vanessa Amorosi
from the album Change
Released24 February 2003 (2003-02-24)
Recorded2002
GenrePop, downtempo
Length3:41
LabelUniversal Music
Songwriter(s)Gary Barlow, Andy Murray, Sylvia Bennett Smith, Jane Vaughan
Producer(s)Andy Murray/Christian Ballard
Vanessa Amorosi singles chronology
"Spin (Everybody's Doin' It)"
(2002) 		"True To Yourself"
(2003) 		"Kiss Your Mama!"
(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 Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection (Vol. 1).[4]

Lyrics

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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

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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

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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

Charts

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Chart (2003) Peak
position
Germany (GfK)[6] 99

Release history

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Region Date Label Catalogue
Germany February 2003 Universal Music 019 855-2

References

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  1. ^ "Various Artists / Top of the Pops 2003 [Universal]". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Olivia Newton John Duet - Album Pre-Order". www.darrenhayescentral.com. 26 September 2002. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. ^ "El affaire Olivia Newton-John-Vanessa Amorosi". Zona Musical. 8 November 2002. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ^ True To Yourself by Olivia Newton-John & Vanessa Amorosi, retrieved 2023-03-24
  5. ^ "Vanessa Amorosi Appears on the Thomas Gottschalk Show". Getty Images. 22 February 2003. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Vanessa Amorosi – True to Yourself" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 8 November 2019.


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