"It's All True" is the first single from singer Tracey Thorn

Tracey Thorn

Tracey Anne Thorn is an English pop singer and songwriter. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything but the Girl, which is currently on extended hiatus.-Personal life:...

's solo album, Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods is the second solo album from Everything but the Girl singer Tracey Thorn - her first since 1982's A Distant Shore - released on 5 March 2007 on Virgin Records. The album charted on the Billboard 200, peaking at #172 on 7 April 2007.The majority of the album's production was by...

, released in February 2007. The Martin Buttrich Vocal Mix of the single was premiered on November 24, 2006, on Everything But the Girl

Everything but the Girl

Everything but the Girl was a two-person English band, formed in Hull during 1981, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt . They are currently inactive although vocalist Tracey Thorn hinted that they may reform someday...

's, Ben Watt

Ben Watt

Benjamin Brian Thomas Watt is a British musician, DJ, and record producer, best known as one half of the duo, Everything but the Girl.-Family:...

's online radio show, Buzzin' Fly. The Album Mix was subsequently released on Tracey Thorn's official Myspace page in early December 2006. "It's All True" is one of seven songs produced by Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...

. The music was also co-written and produced by Klas-henrik "Sasse" Lindblad

Sasse (musician)

Sasse is the stage name used by Finnish electronic music producer Klas Lindblad. Based out of Berlin, Germany since 1999, Lindblad has also recorded under the monikers Freestyle Man, Cocamoto Exclusivo, Morris Brown, Sassomatic, Thirsty Monk and Winston Fletcher. He was also a member of...

 and Darshan Jesrani of Metro Area

Metro Area

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. One
of the digital releases EP has a cover version of the Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....

 song, Kings Cross, on it.

Music critic Paul Flynn, reviewing the Out of the Woods solo set , praised both the song and its place on the album ; " The spare and glittery electro grooves of single Its All True, borrowed with affection from shrink-wrapped old Sleeping Bag

Sleeping Bag Records

Sleeping Bag Records is a defunct New York City-based old school hip hop and dance music independent record label that operated from 1981 to 1992...

 12-inch singles, is a neat bridge into the warm, languid funk of her reinterpretation of Arthur Russell's Get Around to It."

The song

Thorn describes "It's All True" as "pure early 80s New York dance pop."

It hit number one on the "Cool Cuts" chart in the UK for the week of December 23, 2006http://www.ukmusic.com/forum/uk-music-charts/cool-cuts-chart-23rd-december-2006-a-43683.html and reached number 75 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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.

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

for "It's All True", directed by Si and Ad, was released in early February 2007. The video features a full-scale room of office workers dancing at their desks. Thorn is seen only from a distance. Thorn is quoted saying, "it features a heavily stylised monochromtaic dance routine, in which I feature almost invisibly... (which suits me just fine)." The video can be viewed on Thorn's official Myspace.

UK CD track list

CD1

1. "It's All True" (Radio Edit)
2. "It's All True" (Escort Remix)

CD2

1. "It's All True" (Album Version)
2. "It's All True" (Escort Extended Remix)
3. "It's All True" (Martin Buttrich Remix)
4. "It's All True" (DSE Dub)
5. "It's All True" (Music video)

Official versions

Digital download

1. It's All True (Escort Extended Remix) (5:15)
2. It's All True (Kris Menace Remix Full Vocal) (5:11)
3. Kings Cross 4:28

UK Promo CD 1

1. It's All True (Radio Edit) (3:33)
2. It's All True (Album Version) (4:13)
3. It's All True (Kris Menace Full Vocal Remix Edit) (3:13)
4. It's All True (Instrumental) (3:34)

UK Promo CD 2

1. It's All True (Original Full Length) (4:14)
2. It's All True (DSE Dub) (6:29)
3. It's All True (Kris Menace Remix) (6:37)
4. It's All True (Kris Menace Remix Full Vocal) (5:11)
5. It's All True (Martin Buttrich Remix) (9:13)
6. It's All True (Martin Buttrich Instrumental) (9:12)
7. It's All True (Martin Buttrich Dub) (9:27)
8. It's All True (Escort Extended Remix) (5:15)

UK Promo CD 3

1. It's All True (Original Full Length) (4:14)
2. It's All True (DSE Dub) (6:29)
3. It's All True (Kris Menace Remix) (6:37)
4. It's All True (Kris Menace Remix Full Vocal) (5:11)
5. It's All True (Martin Buttrich Remix) (9:13)
6. It's All True (Martin Buttrich Dub) (9:27)
7. It's All True (Escort Extended Remix) (5:15)

UK Promo 12" #1

1. A1 It's All True (DSE Dub) (6:44)
2. A2 It's All True (Kris Menace Remix) (6:37)
3. B It's All True (Martin Buttrich Dub) (9:23)

UK Promo 12" #2

1. A1 It's All True (Original Mix) (4:13)
2. A2 It's All True (Escort Extended Remix) (5:16)
3. B It's All True (Martin Buttrich Remix) (9:10)

UK 12"

1. A1 It's All True (DSE Dub)
2. A2 It's All True (Kris Menace Remix)
3. B1 It's All True (Martin Buttrich Dub)
4. B2 It's All True (Escort Extended Remix)