"Truth Is"
Single by Fantasia
from the album Free Yourself
B-side
ReleasedDecember 7, 2004 (2004-12-07)
Recorded2003
Genre
Length3:55
LabelJ Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Soulshock & Karlin
Fantasia singles chronology
"I Believe"
(2004)		 "Truth Is"
(2004)		 "Baby Mama"
(2005)

"Truth Is" is the first single released by Fantasia from her debut album, Free Yourself.[2] The song peaked at number twenty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and had great success on the US R&B 100 chart, peaking at number two and setting a record for the longest stay at number one for a female artist on the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart, with fourteen consecutive weeks. In 2006, Truth Is, along with "Free Yourself", won an ASCAP R&B/Hip-Hop award.

The song's distinctive piano line is sampled from "Highways of My Life" by The Isley Brothers.

The song appears in the game Karaoke Revolution Party.

Release and promotion

Single was released on December 7, 2004, for digital download, CD and 12" vinyl. On 7" vinyl, its B-side was "Baby Mama" while on 12" vinyl and some CD versions "It's All Good" was its B-side. It was released in a digital remix EP format (Dance Vault Mixes) on March 29, 2005. It was promoted by a music video, which was released in 2004 and numerous live performances.

Commercial performance

Single peaked at number twenty-one on US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It also topped the Adult R&B Airplay chart for fourteen consecutive weeks, setting a record for the longest stay at number one for a female artist on that chart. It also peaked at number two on US Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In 2006, it won an ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award for Most Performed Song, along with "Free Yourself".

Track listings

"Dance Vault Mixes - "Truth Is" digital EP

  1. "Truth Is" (Nate Skaten Radio Edit) – 4:02
  2. "Truth Is" (Nate Skaten Instrumental) – 4:01
  3. "Truth Is" (Nate Skaten Acappella) – 3:48
  4. "Truth Is" (Nate Skaten Mixshow) – 4:58

US promo CD single

  1. "Truth Is" (Album Version) – 3:53
  2. "Truth Is" (Instrumental) – 3:53
  3. "Truth Is" (Call Out Hook) – 0:10

US 7" single

  1. "Truth Is" – 3:53
  2. "Baby Mama" – 4:15

Charts

Chart (2004–05) Peak
position
Netherlands (Urban Top 100)[3] 18
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 2
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[6] 31

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2006 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award Most Performed Song Won

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
United States December 7, 2004
[7]
March 29, 2005 Dance Vault Mixes EP – digital download [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Fantasia – Truth Is/Baby Mama". (n.d.) Yahoo! Shopping. Retrieved December 12, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Fantasia (4) – Free Yourself (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2004-11-23. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  3. ↑ "The Urban Chart Top 100 - Urban Top 100". urbantop100.nl. Archived from the original on June 22, 2005. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Fantasia Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Fantasia Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ↑ "Fantasia Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Fantasia – Truth is / It's All Good (2004, Vinyl)". Discogs.
  8. ↑ "Truth is (Dance Vault Mixes) - EP by Fantasia". iTunes. 29 March 2005.


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