"Welcome to My Truth" is a song by American recording artist

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from her third studio album, ''

''. Written by Anastacia,

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, and

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and released as the album's third

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in Europe on November 8, 2004, the song chronicles Anastacia's strained relationship with her father, who left her at a young age, along with the singer's battle with

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. While "Welcome to My Truth" failed to match overall the success of its predecessors, "

Left Outside Alone "Left Outside Alone" is a song by American recording artist Anastacia from her third studio album, ''Anastacia''. Written primarily by Anastacia as well as Dallas Austin, and Glen Ballard detailing the singer's strained relationship with her estr ...

" and " Sick and Tired", it fared relatively well in certain European nations, such as Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Critical reception

Andy Gill of ''

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'' wrote that this song is connected to

's battle with cancer :"It's more likely to be the trigger behind the anthemic positivism of 'Welcome to My Truth.'"

Music video

Directed by

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, the

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was filmed in the

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, on July 17–18, 2004. In the music video, a young girl is seen watching her parents having a fight, while clips are shown of Anastacia in a garden singing that "she has hit about a million walls". The father – played by actor

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– reluctantly leaves the house and waves goodbye to the little girl. At the second verse, the little girl is shown playing with toys and watching TV with her brother and mother. When the chorus reprises, the girl is at school painting a portrait of ''

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'', for which she is given a medal. When she gets home, she sticks the number-one prize to the refrigerator so that her mother could see it and be proud of her. The mother, however, does not take notice of her prize and walks by it, which obviously disappoints the child; it also reveals the sadness of her mother, distracted by grief. Next, the child is shown painting a happy painting at nighttime. Anastacia is then seen hugging the girl in a garden, and as Anastacia's past and present collide we can see she is overcoming her pain. The painting the child creates represents that even though her life is not as perfect as she wants it to be, she can still be happy.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Welcome to My Truth" # "

" (

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mix show edit) UK CD2 # "Welcome to My Truth" # "The Saddest Part" # "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins global club edit) # "Welcome to My Truth" (live version) # "Welcome to My Truth" (video) European CD single # "Welcome to My Truth" – 4:03 # "The Saddest Part" – 4:10 European enhanced CD single # "Welcome to My Truth" – 4:03 # "The Saddest Part" – 4:10 # " Sick and Tired" (live from The Hospital) – 3:59 # "Welcome to My Truth" (Video) Australian CD single # "Welcome to My Truth" # "The Saddest Part" # "Sick and Tired" (live from The Hospital)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the European CD single liner notes and the ''

'' album booklet. Studios * Recorded at

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(Hollywood, California) * Mixed at South Beach Studios (

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, Florida) * Mastered at

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(New York City) Personnel * Anastacia – writing, vocals, executive production *

– writing, background vocals *

– writing, guitars, keyboards, production * Paul Bushnell – bass *

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– drums * Jeff Rothschild – recording * Thomas R. Yezzi – recording (vocals) * Mark Valentine – additional recording * Shari Sutcliffe – musician contracting *

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– mixing * Femio Hernandez – second mix engineer * Lisa Braudé – executive production *

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– mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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