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"True" is a song by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released in April 1983 as the title track and third single from their third studio album. It was written by the band's lead guitarist and principal songwriter Gary Kemp to express his feelings for Altered Images lead singer Clare Grogan .
True is the third studio album by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released on 4 March 1983 by Chrysalis Records.The band's songwriter/guitarist Gary Kemp realised after the release of their second album that the nightclub audience they initially wanted to attract had lost interest in them in part because of the band's transition from dance music to pop.
Spandau Ballet (/ ˈ s p æ n d aʊ ˈ b æ l eɪ / SPAN-dow BAL-ay) were an English new wave band formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Inspired by the capital's post-punk underground dance scene, they emerged at the start of the 1980s as the house band for the Blitz Kids, playing "European Dance Music" as "The Applause" for this new club culture's audience.
True: Released: 4 March 1983; Label: Chrysalis; 1 4 8 8 — 1 1 2 13 19 ... Spandau Ballet: Released: 4 September 2000; Label: Capitol; 7 158 — 44 38 40 — 10 40 30
The accompanying music video for the song premiered in August 1991 and was directed by American film director Mark Pellington. Spandau Ballet lead singer Tony Hadley appears toward the end of the video. [20]
The Best of Spandau Ballet is a greatest hits album by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released on 16 September 1991 by Chrysalis Records.It features most of the band's singles between 1980 and 1989 in chronological order of release.
In 1991, Hadley made a cameo appearance in the music video for the American hip hop act P.M. Dawn's song "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss", which sampled the Spandau Ballet song "True". Hadley worked as a radio presenter with Virgin Radio, taking over the Friday Night Virgin Party Classics show from Suggs (of the band Madness) in August 2007.
The Singles Collection is a greatest hits album by English pop band Spandau Ballet, released on 4 November 1985 by Chrysalis Records.The album peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) within six weeks of release.