Baby I Lied
| "Baby I Lied" | ||||
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| Single by Deborah Allen | ||||
| from the album Cheat the Night | ||||
| B-side | "Time Is Taking You Away from Me" | |||
| Released | August 20, 1983 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy, Rory Bourke | |||
| Producer(s) | Charles Calello | |||
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"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.
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
[edit]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
[edit]| Chart (1983–1984) | Peak position |
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| 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
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| Single by Shannon Brown | ||||
| from the album Untangle My Heart | ||||
| B-side | "Untangle My Heart"[8] | |||
| Released | August 20, 2001[9] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | BNA | |||
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| Producer(s) | Byron Gallimore[10] | |||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] | 40 |
Other cover versions
[edit]- Tracey Ullman recorded a cover of the song shortly after Allen released the song as a single.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Kingsbury, Paul (2004). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-19-517608-7.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Deborah Allen Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Deborah Allen Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Deborah Allen Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 4, 1984". Archived from the original on June 1, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ^ a b Whitburn, p. 66
- ^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1415. August 17, 2001. p. 66.
- ^ a b Price, Deborah Evans (1 September 2001). "Reviews". Billboard. p. 23.
- ^ a b Gilbert, Calvin (August 24, 2001). "Brown Finds Her Place At BNA". Radio & Records. No. 1416. p. 138.
- ^ "Baby I Lied" (US CD promotional liner notes). Shannon Brown. BNA Records. 2001. 69104
- ^ "Shannon Brown Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ Baby I Lied. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.