Baby I Lied

"Baby I Lied"
Single by Deborah Allen
from the album Cheat the Night
B-side "Time Is Taking You Away from Me"
Released August 20, 1983
Format 7" single
Genre Country
Length 4:09
Label RCA
Writer(s) Deborah Allen, Rafe VanHoy, Rory Michael Bourke
Producer(s) Rafe VanHoy
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 VanHoy and Rory Michael Bourke.

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) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 26
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 10

Shannon Brown version

"Baby I Lied"
Single by Shannon Brown
from the album Untangle My Heart
B-side "Untangle My Heart"[3]
Released mid-2001
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:40
Label BNA
Writer(s) Deborah Allen, Rafe VanHoy, Rory Michael Bourke
Producer(s) Byron Gallimore[4]
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.[3]

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."[4]

Chart performance

Chart (2001) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 40

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 22. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ Kingsbury, Paul (2004). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-19-517608-7.
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, p. 66
  4. 1 2 Price, Deborah Evans (1 September 2001). "Reviews". Billboard: 23.
  5. ↑ "Shannon Brown – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Shannon Brown.

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