Truth Is a Beautiful Thing (song)

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"Truth Is a Beautiful Thing"
Single by London Grammar
from the album Truth Is a Beautiful Thing
Released24 March 2017
Recorded2014/16
Genre Art pop
Length5:07
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
London Grammar singles chronology
"Big Picture"
(2017)
"Truth Is a Beautiful Thing"
(2017)
"Oh Woman Oh Man"
(2017)

"Truth Is a Beautiful Thing" is a song performed by English trio London Grammar. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 24 March 2017 as the third single from their second studio album Truth Is a Beautiful Thing (2017).

Contents

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Truth Is a Beautiful Thing"5:07

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [1] 40
Scotland (OCC) [2] 55

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 24 March 2017 Digital download

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