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<p>"<strong>True Colors</strong>" is a number-one hit song written by American songwriters&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Steinberg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billy Steinberg</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelly_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tom Kelly</a>. It was both the title track and the first single released from American singer&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cyndi Lauper</a>'s&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Colors_(Cyndi_Lauper_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">second studio album of the same name</a>&nbsp;(1986).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Colors_(Cyndi_Lauper_song)#cite_note-songfacts-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a>&nbsp;Released in mid-1986, the song spent two weeks at number one on the US&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em>&nbsp;Hot 100</a>, being Lauper's second and last single to occupy the top of the chart. It received a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Award</a>&nbsp;nomination for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_Pop_Vocal_Performance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Best Female Pop Vocal Performance</a>.</p><p>Billy Steinberg originally wrote "True Colors" about his own mother. Tom Kelly altered the first verse, and the duo originally submitted the song to&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Murray" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anne Murray</a>, who passed on recording it, and then to Cyndi Lauper.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Colors_(Cyndi_Lauper_song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a>&nbsp;Their demo was in the form of a piano-based&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gospel</a>&nbsp;ballad like "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bridge over Troubled Water</a>." Steinberg told&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songfacts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songfacts</a>&nbsp;that "Cyndi completely dismantled that sort of traditional arrangement and came up with something that was breathtaking and stark."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Colors_(Cyndi_Lauper_song)#cite_note-songfacts-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a>&nbsp;They also wrote songs for Lauper, including "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Drove_All_Night" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Drove All Night</a>" and "Unconditional Love."</p>