On This Day in Pink History… 17th September 2012, The Truth About Love was released
The Truth About Love is Pink’s sixth studio album, released on 17th September 2012 in the UK. The Truth About Love samples rock music influences and is generally themed about relationships, breakups and the different stages and cases of love, while tackling issues of feminism, sexual prowess and social exclusion. It features guest artists Eminem, Lily Allen and Nate Ruess of American band Fun.
The album was a huge success worldwide, reaching number one on the Billboard Chart, selling 281,000 copies in its first week becoming her first number one album in America. The album also debuted at number one in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, and Switzerland. As of July 2014, the album has sold 2 million copies in the US, and estimated 7 million copies worldwide, becoming her most successful album since 2001’s Missundaztood.
Six singles were released from the album:
- Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
- Try
- Just Give Me A Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)
- True Love
- Walk of Shame
- Are We All We Are
Track list / Writers / Producers
- Are We All We Are / Pink, Butch Walker, John Hill, Emile Haynie / Walker, Hill, Haynie
- Blow Me (One Last Kiss) / Pink, Greg Kurstin / Kurstin
- Try / Busbee, Ben West / Kurstin
- Just Give Me A Reason (feat Nate Ruess) / Pink, Jeff Bhasker, Nate Ruess / Bhasker
- True Love (feat Lily Allen) / Pink, Kurstin, Allen / Kurstin
- How Come You’re Not Here / Pink, Kurstin / Kurstin
- Slut Like You / Pink, Max Martin, Shellback / Max Martin, Shellback
- The Truth About Love / Pink, Billy Mann, David Schuler / Mann, Schuler
- Beam Me Up / Pink, Mann / Mann
- Walk of Shame / Pink, Kurstin / Kurstin
- Here Comes The Weekend (feat Eminem) / Pink, Khalil Abdul Rahman, Pranam Injeti, Liz Rodrigues, Marshall Mathers / DJ Khalil, Chin Injeti, The New Royales, John Brown
- Where Did The Beat Go? / Pink, Mann, Jon Keep, Steve Daly / Mann, Tracklacers
- The Great Escape / Pink, Dan Wilson / Wilson
- My Signature Move / Pink, Walker, Jake Sinclair / Walker
- Is This Thing On? / Pink, Walker, Sinclair / Walker
- Run / Pink, Walker, Sinclair / Walker
- Good Old Days / Pink, Mann, Schuler / Mann, Schuler
- Chaos & Piss / Pink, Francis White / Eg White
- Timebomb / Pink, Kurstin / Kurstin
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