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Tru Songs

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Below is a list of Tru songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

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1 record label: Motown 1284 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #6, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Cochrane & Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]  
Lionel Richie Truly
1982 Motown
2 record label: Beltone 1006
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Eugene Pitt, Oscar Waltzer & Phil Belmonte
The Jive Five My True Story
1961 Beltone
3 record label: Tamla 54238
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #18
written by: Leonard Caston, Anita Poree and Frank Wilson
album: Eddie Kendricks / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks Keep On Truckin'
1973 Tamla
4 record label: Arista 9781
chart position: RandB #3, UK #3, US #2, US dance #3
written by: Bill Pettaway Jr., Sean Spencer, Kevin Lyles, Rodney Hollaman & Ky Adeyemo
album: All or Nothing
comments: [hip hop]
Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It's True
1988 Arista
5 record label: Brunswick 55391
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, US AC #2
written by: Eugene Record & William Sanders
album: Soulful Strut
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Young-Holt Unlimited Soulful Strut
1968 Brunswick
6 record label: Gordy 7108
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, US AC #34
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: The Undisputed Truth
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Undisputed Truth Smiling Faces Sometimes
1971 Gordy
7 record label: Buddah 515
chart position: RandB #23, US #4, UK #5, US AC #23, US dance #2
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: More, More, More
comments: [disco]
Andrea True Connection More, More, More
1976 Buddah
8 record label: Aftermath 497710
chart position: RandB #2, US #9, UK #3
written by: Static Major, DJ Quik and Rakim
album: Truthfully Speaking
Truth Hurts featuring Rakim Addictive
2002 Aftermath
9 record label: Tamla 54191
chart position: RandB #11, US #26, UK #6, US AC #31
written by: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Never Had a Dream Come True
1970 Tamla
10 record label: Gamble 214
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Cowboys to Girls / Intruders Super Hits
comments: [philly sound]
The Intruders Cowboys to Girls
1968 Gamble
11 record label: Sm:)e 9065
chart position: UK #1, US dance #14, RandB #90, US #113
written by: DMC (as Darryl McDaniels), DJ Run (as Joseph Simmons) and Jam Master Jay (as Jason Mizell)
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins It's Like That
1998 Sm:)e
12 record label: RCA 10022
chart position: RandB #20, US #2, UK #18, US AC #31, US dance #7
written by: Christopher Mark Jackson
album: Trustmaker
comments: [pop soul] [disco dance]
The Tymes You Little Trustmaker
1974 RCA
13 record label: United Artists 775
chart position: RandB #1, US #14, UK #23, US dance #1
written by: Randy Muller & Wade Williamston
album: Brass Construction
comments: [disco funk]
Brass Construction Movin'
1976 United Artists
14 record label: Argo 5385
chart position: RandB #4, US #30
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Ned Wever, Milton Ager & Jean Schwartz
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
Etta James Trust in Me
1961 Argo
15 record label: Vendetta 1433
chart position: US dance #3, RandB #56, US #23
written by: Robert Clivillas, David Cole & Freedom Williams
album: Nothing Matters Without Love
comments: [dance, boogie]
Seduction You're My One and Only (True Love)
1989 Vendetta
16 record label: Constellation 130
chart position: RandB #4, US #19
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Just Be True / The Duke of Soul
comments: [ballad]
Gene Chandler Just Be True
1964 Constellation
17 record label: Mercury 72135
chart position: RandB #7, US #22, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: R. Stevens and M. Singleton
album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues
Brook Benton My True Confession
1963 Mercury
18 record label: J Records 69251
chart position: RandB #2, US #21
written by: Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin, J. Que, Alex Cantrell, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Kelly Isley
album: Free Yourself
Fantasia Barrino Truth Is
2005 J Records
19 record label: Josie 1005
chart position: RandB #4, US #23
written by: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli & George Porter Jr.
album: The Meters
comments: [funk instrumental]
The Meters Cissy Strut
1969 Josie
20 record label: Def Jam 73869
chart position: RandB #9, US #50, UK #22, US dance #5
written by: Chuck D (as Carlton Ridenhour), Robertz, Gary G Wiz and Depper
album: Apocalypse 91…The Enemy Strikes Black
comments: [rap]
Public Enemy Can't Truss It
1991 Def Jam
21 record label: Imani
chart position: RandB #5, US #70
written by: Keyshia Cole and Frederick Taylor
album: A Different Me
comments: [album cut] [slow jam]
Keyshia Cole with Monica Trust
2009 Imani
22 record label: Atlantic 2068
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Lowman Pauling
album: Ray Charles in Person
Ray Charles Tell the Truth
1960 Atlantic
23 record label: P.I.R 2506
chart position: RandB #6, US #36, UK #32
written by: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Save the Children / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
The Intruders I'll Always Love My Mama (Part 1)
1973 P.I.R
24 record label: Tabu 73627
chart position: RandB #5, US #43, UK #18
album: All True Man
Alexander O'Neal All True Man
1991 Tabu
25 record label: AandM 1644
chart position: RandB #11, US #22
written by: Billy Preston & George Johnson
album: The Kids and Me
comments: [instrumental]
Billy Preston Struttin'
1974 A&M
26 record label: P.I.R. 7728 (UK)
chart position: UK #10
written by: Jack Robinson, James Bolden and Vivienne Savoie Robinson
album: The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [disco dance]
Frantique Strut Your Funky Stuff
1979 P.I.R.
27 record label: United Artists 921
chart position: RandB#8, US #51, UK #37, US dance #14
written by: Randy Muller
album: Brass Construction II
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
Brass Construction Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)
1976 United Artists
28 record label: Gamble 217
chart position: RandB #4, US #26
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Cowboys to Girls / Intruders Super Hits
comments: [philly sound]
The Intruders (Love Is Like a) Baseball Game
1968 Gamble
29 record label: Capitol 490
chart position: RandB #11, US #38, US dance #14
written by: Irmgard Klarmann & Felix Weber
album: Tracie Spencer
comments: [disco dance]
Tracie Spencer Symptoms of True Love
1988 Capitol
30 record label: Whitfield 8231
chart position: RandB #37, US #48, US dance #5
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Method to Madness
comments: [disco funk]
The Undisputed Truth You + Me = Love
1977 Whitfield
31 record label: Arista 9706
chart position: RandB #57, UK #55, US #35, US AC #20
written by: Michael Price (as Harvey Price) & Bobby Sandstrom
album: Indestructible
Four Tops Indestructible
1988 Arista
32 record label: Jive 1317
chart position: RandB #1, UK #57, US dance #5
written by: L. Holland, J. Skinner and R. Turner
album: Paradise
Ruby Turner It's Gonna Be Alright
1990 Jive
33 record label: Gamble 4004
chart position: RandB #8, US #45
written by: Don Hogan, Alan K. Musid
album: Intruders Super Hits
comments: [philly sound ballad]
The Intruders When We Get Married
1970 Gamble
34 record label: AandM 3020
chart position: RandB #4, US #78, US dance #13
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Jesse Johnson
album: Every Shade of Love
Jesse Johnson Love Struck
1988 A&M
35 record label: P.I.R. 2212 (UK)
chart position: UK #14
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: The Best Of Philadelphia
The Intruders (Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner
1974 P.I.R.
36 record label: Arista 9457
chart position: US dance #1
written by: Jay Gruska, Michael Omartian and Bruce Sudano
album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]
Jermaine Jackson Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)
1984 Arista
37 record label: Chrysalis 42720
chart position: RandB #76, UK #1, US #4, US AC #1, US rock #34
written by: Gary Kemp
album: True
Spandau Ballet True
1983 Chrysalis
38 record label: Gamble 205
chart position: RandB #9, US #48
written by: Joe Broussard, Ralph Williams
album: The Intruders Are Together / Intruders Super Hits
The Intruders Together
1967 Gamble
39 record label: Capitol 4078
chart position: RandB #9, US #94, US dance #4
written by: J.R. Bailey & Ken Williams
album: Love on Delivery
The Reflections Three Steps from True Love
1975 Capitol
40 record label: Josie 1018
chart position: RandB #11, US #50
written by: Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr. and Allen Toussaint
album: Struttin'
comments: [funk instrumental]
The Meters Chicken Strut
1970 Josie
41 record label: Atlantic 2040
chart position: RandB #5, US #63
written by: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
The Drifters (If You Cry) True Love, True Love
1959 Atlantic
42 record label: Atlantic 2558
chart position: RandB #11, US #42
written by: Reggie Young and Bobby Womack
album: The Midnight Mover
Wilson Pickett I Found a True Love
1968 Atlantic
43 record label: Big Life 146
chart position: UK #20
written by: Andrea Martin and Steve Dubin
Truce Eyes Don't Lie
1998 Big Life
44 record label: Gamble 2508
chart position: RandB #9, US #60
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Save the Children
The Intruders I Wanna Know Your Name
1973 Gamble
45 record label: 20th Century 544
chart position: RandB #6, US #45
written by: Louis R. Pegues
album: Mary Wells
Mary Wells Ain't It The Truth
1964 20th Century
46 record label: Gamble 221
chart position: RandB #12, US #54
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Intruders Super Hits
The Intruders Slow Drag
1968 Gamble
47 record label: Verve 10421
chart position: Cashbox RandB #28, US #26, AC #3
written by: Marcos Valle, Paulo Sergio Valle
comments: [latin jazz soul]
Walter Wanderley ft. Astrud Gilberto Summer Samba (So Nice)
1966 Verve
48 record label: FFRR 180
chart position: RandB #42, UK #24
written by: Andy Levy, Simon Bartholomew, Jan Kincaid, Lascelles Gordon, James Wellman and Linda Muriel
album: The Brand New Heavies
comments: [funk jazz]
The Brand New Heavies Dream Come True
1992 FFRR
49 record label: Capitol 15405
chart position: UK #24, US dance #50
comments: [disco funk]
Brass Construction Movin' (1988 Remix)
1988 Capitol
50 record label: Interscope 6399
chart position: UK #24
written by: Jay Z, Gary Kemp, Teddy Riley and Queen Pen
album: My Melody
Queen Pen It's True
1998 Interscope
51 record label: Virgin 14218
chart position: UK #16
written by: Carleen Anderson and Mark Nevin
album: True Spirit
Carleen Anderson True Spirit
1994 Virgin
52 record label: Buddah 564
chart position: US #27, UK #51, US dance #4
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: White Witch
comments: [disco]
Andrea True Connection N.Y., You Got Me Dancing
1977 Buddah
53 record label: Universal
chart position: RandB #59, US #24
written by: Nelly, Jung Tru, King Jacob, Jazze Pha and Zachary Wallace
album: The Longest Yard: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop]
Nelly ft. Jung Tru & King Jacob Errtime
2005 Universal
54 record label: United Artists 1120
chart position: RandB #18, US 104
written by: R. Muller
album: Brass Construction III
comments: [funk]
Brass Construction L-O-V-E-U
1978 United Artists
55 record label: Mercury 888 837
chart position: RandB #9
written by: DeDe Leitta, Larry Dodson and R.J. Rice
album: Contagious
The Bar-Kays Certified True
1987 Mercury
56 record label: Gamble 235
chart position: RandB #14, US #47
written by: Lloyd Smith and Jay Wiggins
album: Cowboys to Girls / Intruders Super Hits
The Intruders Sad Girl
1969 Gamble
57 record label: Gordy 1781
chart position: RandB #14, UK #84
written by: Otis Williams, Ron Tyson and Victor Carstarphen
album: Truly for You
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations My Love Is True (Truly for You)
1985 Gordy
58 record label: Gamble 201
chart position: RandB #14, US #78
written by: Gamble, Huff
album: Together / Intruders Super Hits
The Intruders (We'll Be) United
1966 Gamble
59 record label: Island 572 446-2
chart position: UK #31
written by: Kevin Deane and Les Whitaker
album: Hinda
Hinda Hicks Truly
1998 Island
60 record label: Specialty 633
chart position: RandB #15, US #68
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Dorothy LaBostrie (as Dorothy La Bostrie), Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard True, Fine Mama
1958 Specialty
61 record label: Big Beat 10034
chart position: US Dance #7
album: Someone to Love Me
comments: [garage house]
Jomanda The True Meaning of Love
1992 Big Beat
62 record label: Chrysalis 58081
chart position: RandB #50, UK #34, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Guru, N'Dea Davenport
album: Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1
Guru featuring N'Dea Davenport Trust Me
1993 Chrysalis
63 record label: Mercury 872 102
chart position: RandB #11
written by: Alvin Moody, Kenni Hairston and Trevor Gale
album: Animal
The Bar-Kays Struck by You
1989 Mercury
64 record label: Buddah 467
chart position: UK #34, US dance #9, Cashbox R&B #85, US #56
written by: Bobby Woods & Roger Cook
album: White Witch
comments: [disco]
Andrea True Connection What's Your Name, What's Your Number
1978 Buddah
65 record label: Elektra 11435
chart position: RandB #23, US dance #11
written by: Hannon Lane and Ron Smith
album: Love Injection
Trussel Love Injection
1980 Elektra
66 record label: United Artists 617
chart position: R7B #24, US dance #3
written by: Muller
album: Brass Construction
Brass Construction Changin'
1976 United Artists
67 record label: Capitol 5219
chart position: RandB #28, UK #47, US dance #17
written by: Randy Muller
album: Conversations
comments: [funk]
Brass Construction Walkin' the Line
1983 Capitol
68 record label: Gamble 4019
chart position: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders (Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner
1972 Gamble
69 record label: Gamble 4009
chart position: RandB #16, US #88
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders I'm Girl Scoutin'
1971 Gamble
70 record label: Golden Fleece 3255
chart position: RandB #72, US #101, US Dance #13
written by: Melvin Steals and Mervin Steals
album: The Trammps
The Trammps Trusting Heart
1974 Golden Fleece
71 record label: United Artists 615 (UK)
chart position: UK #39
written by: Larry Payton
album: Brass Construction 5
Brass Construction Music Makes Me Feel Like Dancing
1980 United Artists
72 record label: Buddah 538
chart position: RandB #51, US #80, US dance #13
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: More, More, More
comments: [disco]
Andrea True Connection Party Line
1976 Buddah
73 record label: RFC 7002
chart position: RandB #50, US Dance #13
written by: Luciano Ninzatti, Stefano Pulga and Mel Turner
album: First True Love Affair
comments: [disco dance]
Jimmy Ross First True Love Affair
1981 RFC
74 record label: Jive 01241
chart position: RandB #97, US Dance #14
written by: Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Moc Fu, Poc Fu and Chip Fu
album: F.U.
comments: [hip hop]
Fu-Schnickens True Fuschnick
1992 Jive
75 record label: Profile 7019
chart position: RandB #15
written by: DMC (as Darryl McDaniels), DJ Run and Jam Master Jay
album: Run D.M.C.
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C. It's Like That
1983 Profile
76 record label: Gordy 7124
chart position: RandB #46, US #46
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Law of the Land
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Undisputed Truth Mama I Got a Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)
1973 Gordy
77 record label: Gamble 4016
chart position: RandB #20, US #92
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)
1971 Gamble
78 record label: Profile 315
chart position: RandB #24, UK #48
written by: DJ Run, DMC and Jam Master Jay
album: Back from Hell
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C. What's It All About
1990 Profile
79 record label: Motown 1093
chart position: RandB #16, US #111
written by: Ivy Jo Hunter and William
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Spinners Truly Yours
1966 Motown
80 record label: CBS 2
chart position: RandB #65, UK #48
written by: Pauline Henry, James Locke and Michael Peden
album: The Chimes
The Chimes True Love
1990 CBS
81 record label: Whitfield 8306
chart position: RandB #68, US #48, US dance #40
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Method to Madness
The Undisputed Truth Let's Go Down to the Disco
1977 Whitfield
82 record label: Fame 1478
chart position: RandB #20, US #109
written by: Toni Wine and Irwin Levine
album: Stand By Your Man
comments: charted as Mr. and Mrs. Untrue / Too Hurt to Cry in US RandB charts
Candi Staton Mr. and Mrs. Untrue
1971 Fame
83 record label: Capitol 4991
chart position: RandB #22, US #73
written by: Nancy Wilson
album: Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues
Nancy Wilson Tell Me The Truth
1963 Capitol
84 record label: Parkway 960
chart position: RandB #17, US #57
written by: Eddie Holman and S. Soloman
Eddie Holman This Can't Be True
1963 Parkway
85 record label: Big Life 126 (UK)
chart position: UK #51
written by: Michelle Escoffery, Janine Linton, Diane Joseph and Ian Green
album: Nothin' But The Truce
Truce Celebration Of Life
1996 Big Life
86 record label: MCA 23600
chart position: RandB #78, UK #53
written by: Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman
album: Colonel Abrams
Colonel Abrams The Truth
1985 MCA
87 record label: Gamble 231
chart position: RandB #22
written by: Bob Morgan, Arthur West, Leon Errol Swanson & Perry Green
The Intruders Lollipop (I Like You)
1969 Gamble
88 record label: Walt Disney/Hollywood/Motown 0332800
chart position: UK #51
written by: David Zippel and Matthew Wilder
album: 98 Degrees and Rising
98 Degrees featuring Stevie Wonder True to Your Heart
1998 Walt Disney/Hollyw
89 record label: Big Life 118
chart position: UK #54
written by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Nothin\' But the Truce
Truce The Finest
1995 Big Life
90 record label: Capitol 5382
chart position: RandB #53, UK #56
written by: Randy Muller
album: Renegades
Brass Construction Partyline
1984 Capitol
91 record label: Gamble 223
chart position: RandB #23, US #104
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders Give Her a Transplant
1969 Gamble
92 record label: Gamble 4007
chart position: RandB #22, US #85
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: When We Get Married
comments: [philly sound ballad]
The Intruders This Is My Love Song
1970 Gamble
93 record label: Gordy 7117
chart position: R&B #24, US #63
written by: Whitfield, Strong
album: Law Of The Land
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Undisputed Truth Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
1972 Gordy
94 record label: Blue (Island) 4
chart position: UK #55
written by: Peshay, Kym Mazelle and Lasse Jensen
Kym Mazelle with Peshay Truly
2000 Blue (Island)
95 record label: RCA Victor 0591
chart position: RandB #24, US #49
written by: Charles Hearndon and Harvey Fuqua
album: Instrumental Directions
The Nite-Liters Afro-Strut
1972 RCA Victor
96 record label: Atlantic 3012
chart position: RandB #20, US #57
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Inner Spectrum
Ace Spectrum Don't Send Nobody Else
1974 Atlantic
97 record label: RCA 740188
chart position: RandB #23, US #119
written by: Mattie Simpkins and Kenneth Williams
album: Baby Dynamite!
Carolyn Franklin It's True I'm Gonna Miss You
1969 RCA
98 record label: Gordy 7134
chart position: RandB #19, US #63
written by: N. Whitfield
album: Down to Earth
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Undisputed Truth Help Yourself
1974 Gordy
99 record label: Capitol 377
chart position: RandB #76, UK #62, US dance #28
written by: Randy Muller
album: Conquest
Brass Construction Give And Take
1985 Capitol
100 record label: Gamble 4001
chart position: RandB #25, US #119
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: When We Get Married
comments: [philly sound ballad]
The Intruders Tender (Was the Love We Knew)
1970 Gamble


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