True (George Strait song)

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"True"
Single by George Strait
from the album One Step at a Time
B-side "Remember the Alamo"
ReleasedJune 22, 1998
RecordedSeptember 8, 1997 [1]
Genre Country
Length
  • 3:36 (album version)
  • 3:12 (single edit)
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Marv Green
Jeff Stevens
Producer(s) Tony Brown
George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"I Just Want to Dance with You"
(1998)
"True"
(1998)
"We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This"
(1998)

"True" is a song written by Marv Green and Jeff Stevens, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in June 1998 as the second single from his album One Step at a Time . The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

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Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the production has an "open, airy feel that underscores the honest emotion in the lyric." He goes on to say that Strait's phrasing "adds appeal and turns a sweet, ordinary song into something special." [2]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 69 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated May 2, 1998, from unsolicited airplay, while "I Just Want to Dance With You" was still climbing that chart. A month later, it was released as a single, and re-entered the chart at number 64 on the week of June 13, 1998. It charted for a total of 25 weeks on that chart, and peaked at number two on the chart dated August 29, 1998.

"True" also went to number one on the American Radio & Records country music charts. [3]

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [6] 23
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 11

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