True (Spandau Ballet song) (English Wikipedia)

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allmusic.com

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analogplanet.com

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aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz

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archive.org

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australian-charts.com

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austriancharts.at

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bac-lac.gc.ca

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bbc.co.uk

Kemp, Gary (24 June 2013). "Spandau Ballet (A-Side)". Mastertapes. Series 2. UK. BBC. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

bbc.com

"Spandau Ballet's True wins award". BBC News. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

billboard.com

"Spandau Ballet Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
"Spandau Ballet Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
"Spandau Ballet Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
"Spandau Ballet Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
"This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 1995, Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men Began a Record Run at No. 1". Billboard. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
"Lloyd Discusses 'You,' Collaborators, The 'Street'". Billboard. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
"Lloyd on Being 'Tru' to Himself: 'I'm Simply Picking Up Where I Left Off'". Billboard. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
"The 22 Most Overplayed Songs in Movies". Billboard. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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bmi.com

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books.google.com

Simper, Paul (2017). Pop Stars in My Pantry: A Memoir of Pop Mags and Clubbing in the 1980s. Unbound. p. 277. ISBN 9781783523887. Retrieved 28 February 2022. Indeed, I felt moved (pissed) enough to mark their reaching Number 1 by drawing a little 'True' dove on a toilet seat in the recently opened Camden Palace with the phrase 'This Much Is Poo' inscribed beneath it, with the help of their press officer Julia Marcus.
"Las canciones más populares en América Latina". La Opinión (Los Angeles) (in Spanish). 21 November 1983. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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bpi.co.uk

"BRIT Certified". BPI. Search "Spandau Ballet". "True" is then listed with its original release date.
"British single certifications – Spandau Ballet – True". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

cashboxmagazine.com

"Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending November 5, 1983". Cash Box. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
"The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1983 – Top 100 Pop Singles". Cash Box. 31 December 1983. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

charts.nz

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"New Zealand Charts > P.M. Dawn". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

cleveland.com

Kappes, John (30 May 2010). "Paul Anka's 'Rock Swings' reinvents pop songs from 1980s, '90s". The Plain Dealer (cleveland.com). Retrieved 20 November 2022.

dutchcharts.nl

"Spandau Ballet – Gold". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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flickr.com

Birch, Ian (30 September 1982). "The Brothers". Smash Hits. Vol. 4, no. 20. p. 49. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
Soave, Daniela (23 April 1983). "Spandau Ballet: "True"". Record Mirror. p. 19. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

foxnews.com

Dvorkin, Ashley (4 May 2015). "Story Behind the Song: Spandau Ballet's 1983 hit single 'True'". Fox News. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

heraldscotland.com

"Painting a bigger picture: David Band remembered". The Herald. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2022. We liked hiking. So our passion was to go to the mountains. I went to the Lake District with him a few times and we camped up there together. We were living through this great heightened period in the eighties of celebrity and success and yet David and I would like to bury ourselves away and become two small creatures climbing in the mountains, and I think that was very bonding.
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houstonpress.com

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ign.com

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imgur.com

i.imgur.com

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inbetweendrafts.com

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irishcharts.ie

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jazztimes.com

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latimes.com

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laweekly.com

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metro.co.uk

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musicaedischi.it

"M&D: musica e dischi > Set Adrift on Memory Bliss". musicaedischi.it. Retrieved 15 July 2022.Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, enter "P.M. Dawn". Click on "cerca".

musiccanada.com

"Canadian single certifications – Spandau Ballet – True". Music Canada. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

musicnotes.com

Kemp, Gary (2 August 2012). "True by Spandau Ballet – Digital Sheet Music". Musicnotes.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

nme.com

"50 worst pop lyrics of all time". NME. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

npr.org

"Spandau Ballet On Its Reunion And 'Looking Outrageous'". NPR. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

ocregister.com

Larsen, Peter (25 January 2015). "Spandau Ballet stays 'True' to its sound". Orange County Register. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

officialcharts.com

"Spandau Ballet | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
"Spandau Ballet | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 March 2022.Scroll down to the list of singles and click on the Albums tab.
"Spandau Ballet | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 March 2022.Scroll down to the list of singles and click on the circled plus sign for "Communication" in the Chart Facts column.
"Spandau Ballet | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 July 2022.Scroll down to the list of singles and click on the circled plus sign for "True" in the Chart Facts column.
"The Official Top 40 best-selling songs of 1983". Official Charts Company. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
"Official Charts Company > Set Adrift on Memory Bliss". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
"Spandau Ballet: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

offiziellecharts.de

"Offiziellecharts.de – Spandau Ballet – True" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
"Offizielle Deutsche Charts: PM Dawn > Set Adrift on Memory Bliss". GfK Entertainment (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

rock.co.za

"SA Charts 1965–1989 (As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion) – Acts S". The South African Rock Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

rocksbackpages.com

Cook, Richard (20 March 1982). "Last Dance Of The New Romance: Spandau Ballet's Diamond". New Musical Express. London: IPC. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
Kaye, Annene (May 1984). "Spandau Ballet: UP, UP, and Away". Creem. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
Page, Betty (5 March 1983). "True or Waltz? Spandau Ballet: True (Chrysalis CDL1403)". Record Mirror. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

screenrant.com

Armitage, Helen (11 April 2020). "Modern Family: Edward Norton's Bizarre Season 1 Cameo Explained". Screen Rant. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

seattlepi.com

blog.seattlepi.com

"The best and worst love songs of all time". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 14 February 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

soundtrack.net

Sheby, Matthew (2 December 2004). "50 First Dates Soundtrack (2004)". Soundtrack.Net. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
McVickar, Brian (31 August 2005). "Sky High Soundtrack (2005)". Soundtrack.Net. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

spandauballet.com

"True (Reformation/Chrysalis)". spandauballet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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spectator.co.uk

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stereogum.com

Breihan, Tom (12 January 2022). "The Number Ones: Kris Kross' "Jump". Stereogum. Retrieved 20 July 2024. ...but [P.M Dawn's] hit ["Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"] was also built on a sample of a new wave ballad [Spandau Ballet's "True"]...

swedishcharts.com

"Swedish Charts > PM Dawn – Set Adrift on Memory Bliss". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

swisscharts.com

"Spandau Ballet – True". Swiss Singles Chart.
"Schweizer Hitparade: PM Dawn – Set Adrift on Memory Bliss". Schweizer Hitparade (Hung Medien). Retrieved 15 July 2022.

tampabay.com

"Spandau Ballet's 'True'". St. Petersburg Times. 19 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

telegraph.co.uk

Bernstein, Jonathan (4 October 2014). "Spandau Ballet's True story: 1980s pop stars on how their hits were written". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

theguardian.com

Simpson, Dave; Kemp, Gary; Norman, Steve (14 May 2012). "How we made: Gary Kemp and Steve Norman on True". The Guardian. London.
Gittins, Ian (1 October 2014). "Spandau Ballet review – return of the shoulder-heaving soul boys". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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timstwitterlisteningparty.com

"Spandau Ballet - True. Listening Party Tweet Collection. #TimsTwitterListeningParty #ttlp202". timstwitterlisteningparty.com. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

top-france.fr

"Top-Hebdo – 12 novembre 1983". top-france.fr. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

top40.nl

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ultratop.be

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villagevoice.com

Bruno, Franklin (26 July 2005). "Legendary Teen Idol Has Grunge's Baby, Calls It Showbiz". The Village Voice. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

washingtoncitypaper.com

Kimble, Julian (24 April 2015). "Spandau Ballet at 9:30 Club". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

web.archive.org

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worldcat.org

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youtube.com

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