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True Colors
Studio album by Cyndi Lauper
Released	September 1986
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	37:57
Label	Portrait Records RK-40313
Producer(s)	Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Cyndi Lauper chronology
She's So Unusual (1983)	True Colors (1986)	A Night to Remember (1989)

True Colors is the second album by 1980s icon and singer Cyndi Lauper, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

Contents 1 Album information 2 Track listing 3 Singles 4 Personnel 5 Production 6 Charts 7 Certifications

The title song, written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, secured Lauper's status as a successful record producer and performer. It has been covered by countless other artists including Phil Collins, Anna Tsuchiya and Kasey Chambers, and was used as the theme song for the Olympic Games, the 2003 Rugby World Cup and for Kodak cameras and film. This album went double Platinum in the USA.

While the album was quite successful not only in the U.S. but world wide it failed to match the success of Lauper's previous album, She's So Unusual. A few singles into the album Lauper's popularity dropped significantly the fourth and final commercial single, Boy Blue failed to make a big impact on the charts.

1. "Change of Heart" (Lauper, Essra Mohawk) – 4:22
2. "Maybe He'll Know" (Lauper, John Turi) – 4:25
3. "Boy Blue" (Jeff Bova, Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt) – 4:46
4. "True Colors" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:46
5. "Calm Inside the Storm" (Rick Derringer, Lauper) – 3:54
6. "What's Going On" (Renaldo Benson, Alfred Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 4:39
7. "Iko Iko" (Rosa Lee Hawkins, Barbara Anne Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, Sharon Jones, Marilyn Jones, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Jesse Thomas) – 2:08
8. "The Faraway Nearby" (Tom Gray, Lauper) – 3:00
9. "911" (Lauper, Lunt) – 3:16
10. "One Track Mind" (Bova, Jimmy Bralower, Lauper, Lennie Petze) – 3:41

• Unreleased tracks:
  • "Heading For The Moon" (Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt, A. Stead) appeared on the b-side of "True Colors".
  • "Heartbeats" appeared on the b-side of "Change Of Heart".

#	Title	Date
1.	"True Colors"	1986
2.	"Change of Heart"	1986
3.	"What's Going On"	1987
4.	"Boy Blue"	1987
5.	"Maybe He'll Know"	1987

• Cyndi Lauper - vocals, background vocals, emulator, beat box
• The Bangles - vocals, background vocals
• Adrian Belew - guitar
• Jeff Bova - keyboards
• Jimmy Bralower - percussion, drums, beat box
• Angela Clemmons-Patrick - background vocals
• Rick Derringer - guitar
• Anton Fig - drums
• Jon Goldberger - sound effects
• Ellie Greenwich - background vocals
• Pee Wee Herman - guest operator
• Robert Holmes - guitar
• Neil Jason - bass
• Billy Joel - vocals
• Aimee Mann - vocals
• John McCurry - guitar
• Lennie Petze - percussion, background vocals
• Nile Rodgers - guitar
• Peter Wood - synthesizer, keyboards

• Producers: Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze
• Executive producer: David Wolff
• Engineer: Brian McGee
• Assistant engineers: Jon Goldberger, Tim Kramer, Dave O'Donnell
• Mixing: Jason Corsaro, Brian McGee
• Mastering: George Marino
• Arrangers: Cyndi Lauper, Adrian Belew, Jeff Bova, Jimmy Bralower, Stephen Broughton Lunt, Lennie Petze, Peter Wood
• Art direction: Cyndi Lauper, Holland MacDonald
• Design: Holland MacDonald
• Photography: Annie Leibovitz

Chart (1986/1987)	Peak Position
Australia albums chart	1
Chile albums chart	5
Germany albums chart	20
Holland albums chart	33
Italy albums chart	18
Japanese albums chart	2
New Zealand albums chart	<10
Switzerland albums chart	8
UK albums chart	25
USA Billboard 200	4

Country	Certification
Australia	4x Platinum
Canada	2x Platinum
France	Platinum
Germany	Gold
Italy	Platinum
Japan	2x Platinum
UK	Gold
USA	2x Platinum