Hvem sang den originalversionen af true colors?
Cyndi Lauper
True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)
Billy Steinberg skrev oprindeligt "True Colors" om sin egen mor. Tom Kelly ændrede det første vers, og duoen sendte oprindeligt sangen til Anne Murray, som ikke ønskede at indspille den, og derefter til Cyndi Lauper. Deres demo var i form af en gospelballade med klaver som "Bridge over Troubled Water".  Steinberg fortalte Songfacts, at "Cyndi fuldstændig demonterede den slags traditionelle arrangement og kom med noget, der var betagende og grelt". Andre sange, som de skrev til Lauper, omfatter "I Drove All Night" og "Unconditional Love", hvoraf førstnævnte blev coveret af Celine Dion, mens sidstnævnte blev coveret af Susanna Hoffs.
Cyndi Lauper
True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)
Billy Steinberg originally wrote "True Colors" about his own mother. Tom Kelly altered the first verse and the duo originally submitted the song to Anne Murray, who passed on recording it, and then to Cyndi Lauper. Their demo was in the form of a piano-based gospel ballad like "Bridge over Troubled Water".  Steinberg told Songfacts that "Cyndi completely dismantled that sort of traditional arrangement and came up with something that was breathtaking and stark." Other songs they wrote for Lauper include "I Drove All Night" and "Unconditional Love", of which the former went on to be covered by Celine Dion, the latter by Susanna Hoffs.
True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)