Living in a Lie

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"Living in a Lie"
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Single by Guano Apes
from the album Don't Give Me Names
Released2 October 2000 (2000-10-02)
Recorded1999–2000
Genre Alternative rock
Length4:33
Label Supersonic
Songwriter(s) Guano Apes
Producer(s) Guano Apes, Wolfgang Stach, Fabio Trentini
Guano Apes singles chronology
"No Speech"
(2000)
"Living in a Lie"
(2000)
"Dödel Up"
(2001)

"Living in a Lie" is a 2000 song by German rock band Guano Apes from their second album Don't Give Me Names . It was released as the third single from the album on 2 October 2000. The music video shows Sandra singing in a room, interspersed by live and backstage footage of the band performing.

Contents

Track listing

CD single

  1. Living in a Lie - 3:38
  2. Rain (Live @ Paradiso) - 5:04
  3. Don't You Turn Your Back On Me - 3:44
  4. Living in a Lie (Album Version) - 4:33
CD-ROM material
  1. Impressions - 1:55
  2. Hotel - 2:39
  3. Canyon -2:31
  4. Toilette - 0:36
  5. Rain (Live Fragments) - 1:26
  6. Interview (German) - 11:45
  7. Interview (English) - 5:24
  8. Living in a Lie - 3:39

Promo single

  1. Living in a Lie (Radio Edit One) - 3:41
  2. Living in a Lie (Radio Edit Two) - 3:20
  3. Living in a Lie (Unplugged) - 4:27
  4. Living in a Lie (Album Version) - 4:33

Charts

Chart [1] Peak
Position
Germany 84
Netherlands 97

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References

  1. "Guano Apes - Living in a Lie". hitparade.ch. Retrieved June 4, 2013.