True Love (Cole Porter song)

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"True Love"
True Love 1956 single cover.jpg
Single by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly
from the album High Society
B-side "Well, Did You Evah!"
ReleasedAugust 1956
RecordedFebruary 22, 1956
Genre Easy listening
Length3:07
Label Capitol Records
Songwriter(s) Cole Porter
Producer(s) Johnny Green
"True Love"
Single by Richard Chamberlain
from the album Richard Chamberlain Sings
B-side "I Will Love You"
Released1963
Recorded1963
Genre Soul
Length2:17
Label MGM
Songwriter(s) Cole Porter
Richard Chamberlain singles chronology
"All I Have to Do Is Dream/Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo"
(1963)
"True Love"
(1963)
"Blue Guitar"
(1963)
"True Love"
True love gh.jpg
Single by George Harrison
from the album Thirty Three & 1/3
B-side "Pure Smokey"
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1977
Length2:45
Label Dark Horse
Songwriter(s) Cole Porter
George Harrison singles chronology
"Crackerbox Palace"
(1977)
"True Love"
(1977)
"It's What You Value"
(1977)
"True Love"
EltonJohnKikiDeeTrueLove.jpg
Single by Elton John and Kiki Dee
from the album Duets
B-side "The Show Must Go On", "Runaway Train"
ReleasedNovember 8, 1993 (1993-11-08) [1]
Length3:33
Label Rocket
Songwriter(s) Cole Porter
Producer(s) Narada Michael Walden
Elton John singles chronology
"Simple Life"
(1993)
"True Love"
(1993)
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
(1994)
Kiki Dee singles chronology
"Angel Eyes"
(1987)
"True Love"
(1993)

"True Love" is a popular song written by American songwriter Cole Porter, published in 1956. The song was introduced by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the musical film High Society. [2] "True Love" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Kelly's contribution on the record is relatively minor, duetting with Crosby on only the final chorus. Nonetheless, the single is co-credited to her.

Contents

Background

The Crosby-Kelly version, accompanied by Johnny Green's MGM studio orchestra using a romantic arrangement by Conrad Salinger, was a hit single, peaking at number four in the United Kingdom, number three in Australia and number one in the Netherlands.

Recordings that charted

Other recordings

Other versions to achieve success include:

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [51]
Elton John and Kiki Dee version
Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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