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"
(1984)

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

Shannon Brown released a cover of the song in 2001, taking it to number 40 on the country charts. Her version was to have been included on her BNA Records album Untangle My Heart, which was never released. [8]

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." [9]

Chart performance

Chart (2001)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 40

Other cover versions

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  9. 1 2 Price, Deborah Evans (1 September 2001). "Reviews". Billboard. p. 23.
  10. "Shannon Brown Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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