The Real Thing

The Real Thing or Real Thing may refer to:

Film and television

* ''The Real Thing'' (film) or ''Livers Ain't Cheap'', a 1996 American film
* ''The Real Thing'', a 1980 television documentary by James Burke
* ''The Real Thing'' (TV series), Australian music television show (1977-78)
* "The Real Thing" (''All Saints''), a television episode
* "The Real Thing" (''Lovejoy''), a television episode

Literature

* ''The Real Thing'' (play), a 1982 play by Tom Stoppard
* "The Real Thing" (story), an 1892 short story by Henry James
* ''The Real Thing'', a 1980 collection of humorous essays by Kurt Andersen
* "The Real Thing", a 2006 short story by Alison Goodman

Music

Performers

* The Real Thing (British band), a pop group
* The Real Thing (Norwegian band), a jazz quartet
* The Real Thing, an American jazz group fronted by Ray Santisi

Albums

* ''The Real Thing'' (Angela Winbush album), 1989
* ''The Real Thing'' (Bo Bice album) or the title song, 2005
* ''The Real Thing'' (Dizzy Gillespie album), 1970
* ''The Real Thing'' (Eric Alexander album) or the title song, 2015
* ''The Real Thing'' (Faith No More album) or the title song, 1989
* ''The Real Thing'' (Houston Person album), 1973
* ''The Real Thing'' (Louis Hayes album), 1978
* ''The Real Thing'' (Midnight Oil album) or the title cover of the Russell Morris song (see below), 2000
* ''The Real Thing'' (PureNRG album) or the title song, 2009
* ''The Real Thing'' (Russell Morris album), 2002
* ''The Real Thing'' (Taj Mahal album), 1971
* ''The Real Thing'' (Vanessa Williams album) or the title song (see below), 2009
* '' The Real Thing: In Performance (1964–1981)'', a video album by Marvin Gaye, 2006
* '' The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3'', an album by Jill Scott, or the title song, 2007
* ''Real Thing'' (The Higgins album) or the title song, 2008

Songs

* "The Real Thing" (2 Unlimited song), 1994
* "The Real Thing" (ABC song), 1989
* "The Real Thing" (Gwen Stefani song), 2005
* "The Real Thing" (Highway song), 2016
* "The Real Thing" (Jellybean song), 1987
* "The Real Thing" (Lisa Stansfield song), 1997
* "The Real Thing" (Russell Morris song), 1969
* "The Real Thing" (Tony Di Bart song), 1993
* "The Real Thing" (Vanessa Williams song), 2009
* "Real Thing" (Ruel song), 2019
* "The Real Thing", written by Ashford & Simpson with Jo Armstead; recorded by Betty Everett (1965) and Tina Britt (1965)
* "The Real Thing", by the Brothers Johnson from ''Winners'', 1981
* "The Real Thing", by Christina Aguilera (as Jade St. John) from the TV series ''Nashville'', 2015
* "The Real Thing", by Client Liaison, 2019
* "The Real Thing", by FEMM from ''Femm-Isation'', 2014
* "The Real Thing", by the Human League from '' Crash'', 1986
* "The Real Thing", by Kenny Loggins from ''Leap of Faith'', 1991
* "The Real Thing", by Kingston Wall from '' III – Tri-Logy'', 1994
* "The Real Thing", by Lords of Acid from '' Strange Days (Music from the Motion Picture)'', 1995
* "The Real Thing", by Phoenix from ''Bankrupt!'', 2013
* "The Real Thing", by Warren Haynes from '' Live at Bonnaroo'', 2004
* "Real Thing", by Alice in Chains from ''Facelift'', 1990
* "Real Thing", by Boys Like Girls from '' Love Drunk'', 2009
* "Real Thing", by KMFDM from '' Hau Ruck'', 2005
* "Real Thing", by Lights from ''Pep'', 2022
* "Real Thing", by Pearl Jam and Cypress Hill from the ''Judgement Night'' film soundtrack, 1993
* "Real Thing", by Stars from '' There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light'', 2017
* "Real Thing", by Sugababes from '' One Touch'', 2000
* "Real Thing", by Tory Lanez from '' Memories Don't Die'', 2018
* "Real Thing", by Zac Brown Band from '' Welcome Home'', 2017

Other uses

* ''The Real Thing'' (podcast), an Australian podcast (2016–2018)

See also

* "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", a song by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
* "Even Better Than the Real Thing", a song by U2
* " It's the Real Thing", a song by Angela Winbush
* "It's the Real Thing", a Coca-Cola slogan
* Real Things (disambiguation)

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