"Truth" is the second single released from

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band

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. It was released in the

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on 17 May 2010 as a

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and the

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was released the next day. The single samples

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's "Better Things" from the ''

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'' EP that was released in 2008.

Critical reception

Fraser McAlpine of ''

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'' Chart Blog gave the song a positive review stating:

"Is anybody there?" shouts a worried Chiddy, while something slowish - namely Passion Pit's 'Better Things' - plays far too fast in the background, "I mean I hope somebody out there can hear this right here. Just listen..." It's a curiously insecure way to start an upbeat pop song, donchathink? It's more the sort of thing you'd expect from a guerilla radio station, broadcasting from the middle of the end of the world, or a last transmission from an abandoned spaceship, set to music, because it's in a sci-fi musical. A hip hop sci-fi musical, no less. And it raises an interesting philosophical question: if a rapper busts rhymes in the forest and there's no-one there to hear him, can he still boast?.

Track listing

;Digital Download #"Truth" – 2:55

Chart performance

"Truth" debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 23 May 2010 at number 50, despite the success of previous single "

Opposite of Adults "Opposite of Adults" is a song by American hip hop duo Chiddy Bang. It was released in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2010. The song contains samples of " Kids" by MGMT. It was released in the United States on April 20, 2010. It was released ...

", as well as entering the

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at number 18. The single's time in the singles chart was short lived as it dropped out of the Top 100 on its second week, and fell to number 33 on the R&B chart.

Release history

References

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