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Today's Morning Edition music is from 30 years ago when "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper was No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart. 

It was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, authors of several other hit songs including Madonna's "Like a Virgin." Steinberg says he wrote the first verse with his mother in mind. And the original arrangement of the song had a gospel ballad feel, but Steinberg told Songfacts "Cyndi completely dismantled that sort of traditional arrangement and came up with something that was breathtaking and stark."

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The original arrangement had a gospel ballad feel, but one of the songwriters says Lauper "dismantled that sort of traditional arrangement and came up with something that was breathtaking and stark."

Today's Morning Edition music is from 30 years ago today when "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper was number one on the Billboard pop chart.

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