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Truth Is (Fantasia Barrino song)

"Truth Is"
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Single by Fantasia
from the album Free Yourself
B-side "Baby Mama" (7")
"It's All Good" (CD/12")
Released December 7, 2004 (2004-12-07)
Format
Recorded 2003
Genre
Length 3:55
Label J Records
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Soulshock & Karlin
Fantasia singles chronology
"I Believe"
(2004)
"Truth Is"
(2004)
"Baby Mama"
(2005)

"Truth Is" is the first single released by Fantasia from her debut album, Free Yourself. The song peaked at number twenty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and had great success on the US R&B 100 chart, peaking at number two and setting a record for the longest stay at number one for a female artist on the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart, with fourteen consecutive weeks. In 2006, Truth Is, along with "Free Yourself", won an ASCAP R&B/Hip-Hop award.

The song's distinctive piano line is sampled from "Highways of My Life" by The Isley Brothers.

The song appears in the game Karaoke Revolution Party.

Single was released on December 7, 2004 for digital download, CD and 12" vinyl. On 7" vinyl, its B-side was "Baby Mama" while on 12" vinyl and some CD versions "It's All Good" was its B-side. It was released in a digital remix EP format (Dance Vault Mixes) on March 29, 2005. It was promoted by a music video, which was released in 2004 and numerous live performances.

Single peaked at number twenty-one on US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It also topped the Adult R&B Airplay chart for fourteen consecutive weeks, setting a record for the longest stay at number one for a female artist on that chart. It also peaked at number two on US Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In 2006, it won an ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award for Most Performed Song, along with "Free Yourself".

"Dance Vault Mixes - "Truth Is" digital EP

US promo CD single

US 7" single


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