"Truly, Truly" is a song by American

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band

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. It was released in May 1998 as the lead single from their fourth album, ''

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''. Written by

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and produced by Paul Fox, the single peaked at number 11 on the '' Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Composition and recording

According to

drummer Joey Peters, he and Grant-Lee Phillips began work on "Truly, Truly" in 1996 while touring with

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. As Phillips and Peters began demoing tracks for what would become the ''

'' album, bassist and producer Paul Kimble did not participate because, Peters recalled, "it was kind of obvious he was in a different space, musically and creatively". Kimble left the group the following year. Phillips explained in a 1998 '' Musician'' magazine article that "Truly, Truly" began with a bass part. "And then it was a matter of setting that to a metronome and then filling in the chords around it — finding you could set majors or minors to whatever melody is being played in the bass." The song's tone changes, Phillips said, have to do with running through different amplifiers, including a Marshall JCM900 and a

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. Phillips added, "The guitar part was played straight through, but we recorded all the amps on separate tracks, giving us up to four very distinct sounds to manipulate during the mix."

Release

"Truly, Truly" was sent to

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, and triple-A radio stations in May 1998. The song features on a promotional four-track

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(EP) titled ''Yours Truly'' which

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sent to commercial and college radio and press. The EP was also packaged with an issue of ''

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'' magazine. A three-track cassette tape featuring "Truly, Truly" was made available during a club tour prior to the album release.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from liner notesGrant Lee Buffalo - ''Jubilee'' (CD liner notes). Slash Records. and Discogs. Locations *Recorded at A&M Studios in Hollywood, California *Mixed at South Beach Studios in Miami Beach, Florida *Mastering at Precision Mastering in Los Angeles, California Personnel *Grant Lee Phillips – vocals, guitar *Joey Peters – drums, tambourine, shaker *Dan Rothchild – bass *Rami Jaffee – organ *Andrew Williams – additional vocals

Chart positions

References

{{Grant Lee Buffalo 1998 singles 1998 songs Slash Records singles Warner Records singles