True Colors
~ Recording by Cyndi Lauper
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | 32·8P-150 |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:46 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | 28·3P-760 |
| 1.14 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | Hits 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CD HITS 5 |
| 2.1 | True Colors | ?:?? | Cyndi Lauper | Hits 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | HITS 5 |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors (made in Japan) | Cyndi Lauper | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | RK 40313 |
| 1.1 | True Colors | 3:45 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Single | Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | 650026 7 | |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | RK-40313 |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | CDPRT 26948 |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | PRT 462493 2 |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | PRT 462493 1 |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | CDPRT 26948 |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | RK 40313 |
| 2.4 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | She's So Unusual / True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 466834 2 |
| 2.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Knuffelrock 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 467572 2 |
| 2.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Kuschelrock 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 467475 2 |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album |
| Epic/Sony (logo of the Japanese company Epic/Sony Inc. (Aug 1978–Mar 1988)) | ESCA 5478 |
| 2.6 | True Colors | 3:50 | Cyndi Lauper | MTV Replay (Music From Past MTV Video Music Awards Winners) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | A2 23344 |
| 2.5 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Radio City Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 472712-2 |
| 2.10 | True Colours | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | The Power of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Quality Television | QTVCD 015 |
| 1.13 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | That Loving Feeling, Volume VI | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD64 |
| 1.11 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Greatest Hits of the ’80’s, Volume 3: The Definitive Singles Collection 1980–1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 018590.6 |
| 2.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Kuschelrock 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 467475 2 |
| 1.17 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | Ladies of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321 13101 2 |
| 1.5 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | The 80's Collection: 1986 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 544/05 |
| 1.1 | True Colors | 3:50 | Cyndi Lauper | The Emotion Collection: Kiss and Tell | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time‐Life Books B.V. | TL 571/20 |
| 2.12 | True Colors | 3:46 | Cyndi Lauper | The Rock Collection: Rock Fantasy | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL527/26 |
| 2.5 | True Colors | 3:46 | Cyndi Lauper | Very Best of the 80's, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 983392 2 |
| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Twelve Deadly Cyns... and Then Some | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | KuschelRock 4 (Gold-Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 467475 9 |
| 2.4 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | She’s So Unusual / True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 466834 9 |
| 9.8 | True Colors | 3:46 | Cyndi Lauper | The Golden Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Golden Collection | MMCD 8001, MMCD 8002, MMCD 8003, MMCD 8004, MMCD 8005, MMCD 8006, MMCD 8007, MMCD 8008, MMCD 8009, MMCD 8010, MMCD 8011, MMCD 8012, MMCD 8013, MMCD 8014, MMCD 8015, MMCD 8016, MMCD 8017, MMCD 8018, MMCD 8019, MMCD 8020 |
| 1.5 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | The No. 1 Hits 1986 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 79 614 4 |
| 1.16 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Total Relaxed | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 8458172 |
| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Twelve Deadly Cyns... and Then Some | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | Twelve Deadly Cyns… and Then Some | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CDEPC 3905 K |
| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | Twelve Deadly Cyns… and Then Some | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 477363 4 |
| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | Twelve Deadly Cyns… and Then Some | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 477363 2, EPC 477363 2 |
| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Twelve Deadly Cyns… and Then Some | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 477363 2 |
| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Then Some | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Knuffelrock 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 467572 9 |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:50 | Cyndi Lauper | Lady in Red: A Collection of Great Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | LY-Q542 |
| 1.2 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Schmuse-Hits, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 9846812 |
| 3.1 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | So in Love, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.7 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | Sounds of the Eighties: The Rolling Stone Collection 1986–1987 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life Music | A-26301, R988-28 |
| 2.5 | True Colors | 3:45 | Cyndi Lauper | The Best of All Woman | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment, Quality Television | BOWOCD001 |
| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Then Some | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 66100 |
| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Twelve Deadly Cyns… and Then Some | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 66100 |
| 2.11 | True Colors | 3:46 | Cyndi Lauper | Back to the 80’s: De Hits uit de Jaren ’80, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 486718-2 |
| 1.9 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | Careless Whisper, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Kuschelrock 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 467475 2 |
| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | The Very Best of Pop Music 1986-87 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Egmont Music Club | EMC8687010 |
| 2.15 | True Colours | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | The Power of Love: 1986–1987 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL629/4 |
| 2.18 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | The All Time Greatest Love Songs of the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s & 90’s, Volume III | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music TV | SONYTV56CD |
| 1.9 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Woman | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.), Sony Music TV | 565439-2 |
| 1.13 | True Colors | 3:46 | Cyndi Lauper | Boulevard des slows, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.11 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Her Best Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 491533.2 |
| 1.11 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | Herzschmerz: The Real Sad Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 555 552-2 |
| 1.11 | True Colours | 3:46 | Cyndi Lauper | Simply the Best Love Songs 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner.ESP | 9548-36225-2 |
| 1.19 | True Colors | 3:45 | Cyndi Lauper | The Female Touch 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television, Warner.ESP | RADCD117 |
| 1.13 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Love 2000 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 495326 2 |
| 2.16 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Best of Super Stars, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Marketing (Germany) | 9548-37760-2 |
| 2.8 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Kuschelrock 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 467475 5, SMM 467475 5 |
| 2.15 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | Les Voix en or, Volume 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Versailles (French label) | VER 492 963-2 |
| 5.12 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | The Best Singles of All Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Startel Entertainment | SAN0028, SANCD0028A |
| 1.7 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | Top 50 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | VER 4982972 |
| 2.3 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Fantastic 80s! Go for It! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | SONYTV92CD |
| 1.6 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Time After Time - The Best Of Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint) | SMC 501156 6 |
| 1.6 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Time After Time: The Best of Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 501156 9 |
| 4.1 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | 100 Pophits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 495059 9 |
| 2.13 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | Careless Whisper, Vol. 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 2028-05 |
| 1.9 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | De Pre Historie 1986, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Belgium | 74321 75236 2 |
| 1.6 | True Colours | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | Love & Pride: The Best of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | MIDCD 030 |
| 1.4 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | Natural Woman | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 495411 2 |
| 3.7 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | Nur Nr. 1 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 2 986396 |
| 1.6 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Time After Time: The Best of Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint) | 501156 2, 5011562000, SMC 501156 2 |
| 3.2 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | Women's Best: The Pop, Rock & Soul Ladies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint) | SMC 4999852 |
| 1.1 | True Colors | 3:50 | Cyndi Lauper | Utopia | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Centaur Entertainment, Inc. | CEN 027 |
| 2.11 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | Woman 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | SRCS-2525 |
| 2.13 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Top 40 Hitdossier 1985-1986 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.14 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Knuffelrock 10 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 504991 2 |
| 1.2 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | Media Markt Collection: Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 986575 2 |
| 2.14 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | The All Time Greatest Love Songs, Volume II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 500535 9 |
| 2.10 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | The No. 1 Classic 80’s Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Australia | SMTV035 |
| 1.6 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Time After Time: The Best Of (South African release) | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CDEPC 6296 |
| 2.16 | True Colors | 3:46 | Cyndi Lauper | Woman II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 520 981-2 |
| 1.7 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | Top 50 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 510229-2 |
| 6.9 | True Colors (album version) | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | 80er Kult | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | 986967 2 |
| 1.5 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | BackPack 80’s: Engtanzfete | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing Germany (subsidiary of Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH) | 0927-46841-2 |
| 1.10 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Best of Cindy Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | SSP 987845 2 |
| 1.5 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Pop & Wave | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | SSP 987893 2 |
| 1.20 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | They Write the Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.11 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | Ultimate 80s: 1985 - 1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | SSP 988210 2 |
| 1.12 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | The Essential Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 89084 |
| 1.10 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | The Great Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.12 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | The Essential Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation | Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 5189072000 | |
| 1.10 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | The Great Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Rajon Music Group | CDR0220 |
| 1.10 | True Colors | 3:49 | Cyndi Lauper | The Great Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Rajon Music Group | CDR0220A, CDR0220B, CDR0220C |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.7 | True Colors | 3:50 | Cyndi Lauper | Greatest Hits | Cyndi Lauper | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | QDCA-93029 |
| 1.15 | True Colors | 3:47 | Cyndi Lauper | 40 Greatest Ever Love Songs, Part 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Daily Mail, Sabam Crescendo, Sony Music Special Markets | DM009 |
| 1.8 | True Colors | 3:48 | Cyndi Lauper | Perfect Weekend, Volume 1 (Daily Mirror) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Daily Mirror | DMPWCD01 |
Relationships
| engineer and mixer: | Bryan McGee (sound engineer) |
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| lead vocals: | Cyndi Lauper |
| vocals: | Cyndi Lauper |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Epic Records (a division of Sony Music Entertainment; holding company, not a release label) (in 1986) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1986) |
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| sampled by: | Le Fruit défendu by Mystik feat. K‐Reen Shining Through (Theme from “Save the Last Dance”) by Fredro Starr & Jill Scott |
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| recording of: | True Colors |
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Related works
True Colors
| writer: | Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly (songwriter) |
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| publisher: | Sony Tunes, Inc. (ended) Brain Drain Music (work publisher) Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. Sony/ATV Tunes LLC |
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