True Original

{{Infobox song

| name = True Original

| cover = True_Original.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Dave Audé featuring Andy Bell

| album =

| released = January 1, 2016

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Electropop, dance-pop

| length = 3:11

| label = Audacious Music

| writer = Dave Aude

| producer = Dave Aude

| chronology = Dave Audé

| prev_title = You Have to Believe

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = Love Me Like You Mean It

| next_year = 2016

}}

"True Original" is a song by Dave Audé featuring Andy Bell released on January 1, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/true-original-feat.-andy-bell/id1065248637 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124014157/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/true-original-feat.-andy-bell/id1065248637 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2016 |title=True Original (feat. Andy Bell) by Dave Audé on Apple Music |publisher=iTunes |date=2016-01-01 |access-date=2016-09-07}}

The song reached number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart as of the issue dated March 12, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2016-03-12/dance-club-songs|title=Dance Club Songs |work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date= March 12, 2016|accessdate=March 1, 2016}} It is the second song by the pair to reach number one, the first being "Aftermath (Here We Go)" which reached the summit in August 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.andybell.com/tag/aftermath-here-we-go/ |title=aftermath (here we go) | Andy Bell (Erasure) |publisher=Andy Bell |date= |accessdate=2016-09-07}} Both Audé and Bell have made numerous appearances on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, with Audé reaching #1 thirteen times, and Bell four - his other two #1s were as the vocalist for the duo Erasure. Audé is now tied with Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull for most #1's among males on the US Dance Club chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6897351/star-wars-dance-chart-hit-dave-aude-hits-milestone |title='Star Wars' Is a Dance Chart Force, Dave Aude Hits Milestone |publisher=Billboard |date=2016-02-03 |accessdate=2016-09-07}}

Track listings

;Digital download

  1. "True Original" (feat. Andy Bell) - 3:11
  2. "True Original" (feat. Andy Bell) [Extended Mix] - 4:09
  3. "True Original" (feat. Andy Bell) [Denzal Park Club] - 5:35
  4. "True Original" (feat. Andy Bell) [Denzal Park Dub] - 4:39
  5. "True Original" (feat. Andy Bell) [Stonebridge Mix] - 5:00
  6. "True Original" (feat. Andy Bell) [Stonebridge Dub] - 4:15
  7. "True Original" (feat. Andy Bell) [Nacho Chapado & Ivan Gomez Club] - 6:39
  8. "True Original" (feat. Andy Bell) [Nacho Chapado & Ivan Gomez Dub] - 6:39

Chart

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="row"| US Dance Club Songs (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/dance-club-songs|title=Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2016|work=Billboard|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}

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See also

References