"True Love" | ||||
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Single by Pink featuring Lily Allen | ||||
from the album The Truth About Love | ||||
B-side | "Slut Like You" | |||
Released | June 28, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
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Length | 3:50 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Greg Kurstin | |||
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Lily Allen singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"True Love" on YouTube |
"True Love" is a song by American singer Pink featuring English singer Lily Allen from the former's sixth studio album, The Truth About Love (2012). It was written by the artists,and producer Greg Kurstin. [1] [2]
The song was released as the album's second promotional single,following "Are We All We Are",in early 2013. It was released exclusively to Hungarian and Dutch radio. On April 29,2013,it was announced that the song would be released as the fourth single. [3] [4] [5] It officially impacted Italian radio stations on June 28,2013. In the US,it impacted Hot/Modern/AC radio on July 15,2013,before impacting Top 40/Mainstream radio one week later on July 23,2013. The song was released in the UK on July 22,2013. [6] The song reached the top 10 in Australia,the Czech Republic,Lebanon,Slovakia,Slovenia,and South Africa.
In late February 2012,Pink tweeted that she was currently in the studio,working on an upcoming studio album. In early June,she released a video saying that her first single from the album was to be called "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)". It was released in July. Her new album was named The Truth About Love and was released in September. Since then,Pink has released two other singles from the album:"Try",and "Just Give Me a Reason". Pink says that the song is about her relationship with Carey Hart and she finds the song funny lyrically. [7]
The song received mostly positive reviews from critics and was compared to the album's title track due to both songs revealing the positive and negative aspects of love. In its review of The Truth About Love, Billboard called the song the album's "brightest moment" and added that it "deserves to be one of Pink's signature songs". [8] Amy Sciarretto of PopCrush also gave a positive review of the song,saying,"The upbeat,hell yeah,high-five love song features Pink calling her lover an “a–hole”and saying she wants to slap his whole face. Again,a dysfunctional relationship,which is sung about over a resonant rhythm,makes the misery of love sound like a delight in Pink’s capable hands,er,voice." [9] MSN Music also reacted positively to the song,calling it "feisty". [10]
The New York Times complimented the song,as well as the album's title track,for recognizing "some nonstorybook sides of romance",and further praised "True Love" for being "bouncy" and upbeat. [11] The Chicago Tribune gave a more critical review of the song,calling Allen's vocals "strangely subdued" and added that Allen was "tamping down Pink's strident,comical posturing". They also wrote that the collaboration "should've been a dream pairing,but falls flat". [12] PopMatters also gave the song a mixed review,complimenting the song,as well as the title track,for "daring to reveal the truth about love",but added that "True Love" especially "cutesily examines why we hate those we love" and contains "brave" and "honest" material that is far too cliché. [13]
According to Pink's official Facebook page,the music video for "True Love" was planned to premiere on July 1,2013. [14] The video was leaked online on June 30,on the website Direct Lyrics;however,a few hours later the video was released to her official VEVO account,a day earlier than planned.
The video directed by Sophie Muller (who also directed videos for "Trouble" and "I Don't Believe You") features Pink,her husband Carey Hart and her 2-year-old daughter Willow. It is the fourth music video that Hart appears alongside P!nk. The video is a melody of flashing and swirling colors. Pink stated that she had no time for a dramatic music video,(like her previous videos for "Just Give Me a Reason" and "Try",which show Pink's emotional and dramatic side) due to her being on her sold-out worldwide tour,backstage footage of which is featured in the video. Lily Allen was filmed separately,and during her short part in the song she is shown cutting vegetables and throwing them into a blender. [15]
Credits adapted from The Truth About Love album liner notes. [17]
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [55] | 4× Platinum | 280,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [56] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [57] | Platinum | 80,000* |
Italy (FIMI) [58] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [59] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [60] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [61] | Gold | 900,000† |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Country | Date | Format | Label |
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Italy [62] | June 28, 2013 | Contemporary hit radio | Sony Music |
United States [63] | July 15, 2013 | Hot AC radio | RCA Records |
United Kingdom [6] | July 22, 2013 | Contemporary hit radio | |
United States [64] | July 23, 2013 | ||
Germany [65] | August 30, 2013 | CD single | Sony Music |
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