Baby I Lied

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"Baby I Lied"
Baby I Lied - Deborah Allen.jpg
Single by Deborah Allen
from the album Cheat the Night
B-side "Time Is Taking You Away from Me"
ReleasedAugust 20, 1983
Genre Country
Length4:09
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy, Rory Bourke
Producer(s) Charles Calello
Deborah Allen singles chronology
"Don't Stop Lovin' Me"
(1982)
"Baby I Lied"
(1983)
"I've Been Wrong Before"
(1983)

"Baby I Lied" is a song recorded by American country music artist Deborah Allen. It was released in August 1983 as the first single from the album Cheat the Night . The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was also her only hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it went to number 26. [1] The song was written by Allen, Rafe Van Hoy and Rory Bourke.

Contents

The B-side of the single, "Time is Taking You Away from Me" was written by Allen and Van Hoy, and is a track that has not appeared on any subsequent albums.

Critical reception

In The Encyclopedia of Country Music, Mary A. Bufwack wrote that the song showed "Allen's country-pop style, marked by a wall of sound and soulful singing". [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1983–1984)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 31
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 26
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [6] 10
US Cash Box Top 100 [7] 23

Shannon Brown version

"Baby I Lied"
Shannon Brown - Baby I Lied.jpg
Single by Shannon Brown
from the album Untangle My Heart
B-side "Untangle My Heart" [8]
ReleasedAugust 20, 2001 [9]
Genre Country
Length3:40
Label BNA
Songwriter(s)
  • Deborah Allen
  • Rafe Van Hoy
  • Rory Michael Bourke
Producer(s) Byron Gallimore [10]
Shannon Brown singles chronology
"Half a Man"
(1999)
"Baby I Lied"
(2001)
"Untangle My Heart"
(2002)

Shannon Brown released a cover of "Baby I Lied", releasing it on August 20, 2001, as her debut single for BNA Records, following getting dropped by Arista Nashville; at the time, Brown was the only female artist signed with the label. [11] Her version was supposed to be the lead single to her second planned debut album, [12] this one titled Untangle My Heart, which was planned for a January 2002 release. The album was never released and Brown was dropped by BNA following the album's second sincgle "Untangle My Heart". [8]

Content

Brown said of the decision to cover the song in a Radio & Records interview, "It was such an incredible record. I just wanted to make sure we could do it justice. Vocally, I did a few things that are me, but Deborah's vocal was absolutely amazing. It's a timeless song, and I just tried to make it my song as well." [11]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard praised Brown's version of the song, saying that it "stands the test of time" and "Brown turns in a fine performance, shaded with ache and regret." [10]

Charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 40

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