That's the Truth (McFly song)
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| Single by McFly | ||||||||
| from the album Above the Noise | ||||||||
| Released | 7 March 2011 | |||||||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||||||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||||||
| Genre | R&B, pop rock | |||||||
| Length | 3:52 | |||||||
| Label | Island/Super, Universal | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Dallas Austin, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Dallas Austin, Jason Perry, Adam Noble, McFly | |||||||
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"That's the Truth" is the third single from McFly's fifth studio album, Above the Noise. The single was first confirmed by band members Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter in a web chat on the group's official website, SuperCity. Graham Norton premiered the song on British radio on 15 January 2011, on his drivetime slot on BBC Radio 2. The single was released on 7 March 2011.
McFly released the single on 7 March as a physical and downloadable track, however with Dougie Poynter entering rehab for depression and drug and alcohol abuse, the band conducted little promotion for the song. "That's the Truth" peaked at No. 35 in the UK.
Robert Copsey from Digital Spy awarded it 4 stars and said that: "Thankfully, there's no need for us to be knocking down the doors at Sats HQ, for the track itself offers a full and feasible explanation. "I haven't been messing around / I wouldn't ever go out / And do the things that you don't want me to do," the lads insist here, while producers Dallas Austin and Jason Perry push the buttons marked "anthemic", "pop-rock" and "boyband ballad". It's nothing we haven't heard before, but when the pieces are put together this well, it's all pretty impossible to resist – the track that is". The Entertainment-Focus review, said that: "Across the record the band takes in R&B/pop lite on That's The Truth". Jack Foley from Indie Rock thought that:"That’s The Truth is another of the album’s cheesier moments, when the pop tendencies once again take over in a Take That kind of way, but the chorus is suitably emphatic and satisfying". Glasswerk described the song as "a departure from the electronic sound and sublime synths featured on previous singles 'Shine A Light' and 'Party Girl'. A string orchestra accompanies the band's heartfelt lyrics about honesty and working through problems in relationships, whilst the anthemic chorus has already proved to be a huge fan's favourite at McFly's recent live shows."
On 14 January 2011, the band broadcast the recording of the video live throughout the day via their website, Super City. A trailer for the video was streamed on 21 January, before the full video was released on 25 January. Dougie is seen smashing up his room, crying in the corner and feeling generally upset. However, drips of water from the ceiling seem to heal Dougie, and when he wakes up the following morning, everything has gone back to normal. The video has peaked at No. 32 in the UK TV Airplay Chart. The music video is directed by Luke Bellis, and art directed by Will Field www.willfield.tv production design
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