Baby Don't Lie

After releasing two solo albums, Love. Angel. Music. Baby (2004) and The Sweet Escape (2006), Stefani returned to work with her band No Doubt. In 2012 they released their sixth studio album, Push and Shove. During that time, she claimed, "I never need to do that or want to do it again. I'm happy being in No Doubt."{{cite news|title=No Doubt's Gwen Stefani: 'I never want to make another solo album'|url=http://www.nme.com/news/no-doubt/65986|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=NME|date=September 7, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201065020/http://www.nme.com/news/no-doubt/65986|archive-date=February 1, 2015}} However, after an appearance during Pharrell Williams' performance at the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Pharrell teased that the rare live appearance from Stefani was the start of a comeback effort for the singer.{{cite magazine|last1=Lipshutz|first1=Jason|title=Gwen Stefani's Coachella Cameo Hints At Solo Return?|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6051859/gwen-stefanis-coachella-cameo-hints-at-solo-return|access-date=October 19, 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=April 13, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210211128/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6051859/gwen-stefanis-coachella-cameo-hints-at-solo-return|archive-date=February 10, 2017}} In July 2014, during an interview for Idolator, record producer Diplo announced that he had produced some songs for her new album.{{cite news|last1=Iandoli|first1=Kathy|title=Diplo On Major Lazer, Working With Envelope-Pusher Madonna & Gwen Stefani: Idolator Interview|url=http://www.idolator.com/7525216/diplo-major-lazer-madonna-gwen-stefani-interview|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=Idolator|date=July 3, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010085358/http://www.idolator.com/7525216/diplo-major-lazer-madonna-gwen-stefani-interview|archive-date=October 10, 2014}} In September, during an interview for MTV News during New York Fashion Week, she confirmed to be working on a solo album and a No Doubt album, stating, "I'm going into the studio tonight with Pharrell [Williams], I'm going to be writing and also just seeing what comes along my way. I've been recording a few things." Williams completed, "When I tell you she's killing it, it's another level."{{cite news|last1=Garibaldi|first1=Christina|title=Gwen Stefani Back In The Studio With Pharrell And She's 'Killing It'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1924501/gwen-stefani-pharrell-no-doubt-album/|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=MTV News|date=September 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426212205/http://www.mtv.com/news/1924501/gwen-stefani-pharrell-no-doubt-album/|archive-date=April 26, 2016}}

Later in the same month, music website Popjustice announced that Stefani was going to release a single called "Baby Don't Lie" and it was set to premiere on October 6, 2014.{{cite magazine|last1=Hampp|first1=Andrew|title=Gwen Stefani Finishing New Solo Album With Pharrell|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6266642/gwen-stefani-new-solo-album-pharrell|access-date=October 19, 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=September 29, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210045033/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6266642/gwen-stefani-new-solo-album-pharrell|archive-date=February 10, 2016}} The news was accidentally posted on Interscope's Playiga.com, a site that lists current and upcoming radio releases.{{cite news|last1=O'Mance|first1=Brad|title=Gwen Stefani's new single might be out next month (and might be called 'Baby Don't Lie')|url=http://www.popjustice.com/thenews/gwen-stefanis-new-single-might-be-out-next-month-and-might-be-called-baby-dont-lie/130820/|access-date=October 19, 2014|publisher=Popjustice|date=September 17, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020195546/http://www.popjustice.com/thenews/gwen-stefanis-new-single-might-be-out-next-month-and-might-be-called-baby-dont-lie/130820|archive-date=October 20, 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Daw|first1=Robbie|title=Gwen Stefani Reportedly Releasing Single "Baby Don't Lie" In October|url=http://www.idolator.com/7563398/gwen-stefani-single-baby-dont-lie-october|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=Idolator|date=September 17, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020203031/http://www.idolator.com/7563398/gwen-stefani-single-baby-dont-lie-october|archive-date=October 20, 2014}} Furthermore, the song was reportedly co-written by Ryan Tedder and produced Benny Blanco, while its video was going to be directed by Sophie Muller, with whom Stefani has worked numerous times on videos from No Doubt and her solo career.{{cite news|last1=Wass|first1=Mike|title=Gwen Stefani's Comeback Single "Baby Don't Lie": Production Details And Video Director|url=http://www.idolator.com/7564187/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-video-director-production|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=Idolator|date=September 24, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019230435/http://www.idolator.com/7564187/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-video-director-production|archive-date=October 19, 2014}} On October 18, 2014, the song leaked online, ahead of its premiere date, October 19, 2014.{{cite news|title=Gwen Stefani "Baby Don't Lie" - Playiga.com|url=http://playiga.com/track/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018224635/http://playiga.com/track/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie/|access-date=October 19, 2014|archive-date=October 18, 2014|work=Playiga.com|url-status=dead}} The same day, Stefani premiered the single's cover art through her social media. Jocelyn Vena of Billboard described the cover art as "a colorful piece of pop art", which depicts Stefani in front of a clear blue sky, with bright yellow hair and neon pink lipstick, while holding a large gemstone up to her face.{{cite magazine|last1=Vena|first1=Jocelyn|title=See Gwen Stefani's 'Baby Don't Lie' Artwork|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289107/see-gwen-stefanis-baby-dont-lie-artwork|access-date=October 19, 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=October 18, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020013006/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289107/see-gwen-stefanis-baby-dont-lie-artwork|archive-date=October 20, 2014}} The song was released for digital download on October 20, 2014, and it officially impacted mainstream radio on October 21, 2014.{{cite web|title=Top 40 Mainstream – Future Releases – All Access|url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1413750826ZBBRIOHRZH?url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|url-status=dead|website=All Access|access-date=October 19, 2014|archive-date=October 19, 2014}}

"Baby Don't Lie" was written by Stefani, Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco, and Noel Zancanella,{{cite news|last1=Jung|first1=Alex|title=Listen to Gwen Stefani's New Single 'Baby Don't Lie'|url=http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/hear-gwen-stefanis-new-song-baby-dont-lie.html|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=Vulture|date=October 18, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020022940/http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/hear-gwen-stefanis-new-song-baby-dont-lie.html|archive-date=October 20, 2014}} with Tedder and Blanco also serving as the song's producers. It is a midtempo electropop{{cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/gwen-stefani-makes-a-disarming-return-to-form-on-stark-new-track-used-to-love-you |title=Gwen Stefani Makes A Disarming Return To Form On Stark New Track 'Used To Love You' |work=NME |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=November 7, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025004428/http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/gwen-stefani-makes-a-disarming-return-to-form-on-stark-new-track-used-to-love-you |archive-date=October 25, 2015 }} and reggae-pop song{{cite news|last1=Carley|first1=Brennan|title=Listen to Gwen Stefani's New Solo Single, 'Baby Don't Lie'|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/10/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-new-single-stream/|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=Spin|date=October 18, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720001447/http://www.spin.com/2014/10/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-new-single-stream/|archive-date=July 20, 2015}} which begins with Stefani announcing, "Uh huh, here we go," to a rubbery bass line and hand claps.{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Christina|title=Gwen Stefani's "Baby Don't Lie": Hear Her Comeback Single|url=http://www.idolator.com/7567019/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=Idolator|date=October 18, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018185228/http://www.idolator.com/7567019/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie|archive-date=October 18, 2014}} The song also has a hip hop-inflected spoken word breakdown, in which Stefani semi-raps, "You can tell me what you're hidin' boy/And you can tell me if I'm gettin' warm".{{cite news|last1=Cinquemani|first1=Sal|title=Single Review: Gwen Stefani, "Baby Don't Lie"|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2014/18/single-review-gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=Slant Magazine|date=October 18, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019053128/http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2014/18/single-review-gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie|archive-date=October 19, 2014}} Lyrically, the song discusses insecurities in a relationship, where Stefani questions her man's love.{{cite news|last1=Stern|first1=Bradley|title="Baby Don't Lie": Listen to Gwen Stefani's Grand Return|url=http://www.muumuse.com/2014/10/baby-dont-lie-gwen-stefani-single-listen.html/|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=MuuMuse|date=October 18, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019235001/http://www.muumuse.com/2014/10/baby-dont-lie-gwen-stefani-single-listen.html/|archive-date=October 19, 2014}} Nolan Feeney of Time complimented that the song is "about falling in love with someone who's got a few skeletons in their closet." As noted by Spin{{'}}s Brennan Carley, "Stefani sounds shattered as she sings, "But there's something behind those eyes / Those eyes / That you can't that you can't disguise / Disguise." In the "stomping, infuriatingly catchy" chorus she sings, "Baby don't, baby don't, baby don't lie…/I don't want to cry no longer." Melodically, "Baby Don't Lie" is written in the key of B♭ minor, performed in a common time moderate tempo of 100 beats per minute and follows the sequence B♭m - G♭ - D♭ as its chord progression. Stefani's voice spans two octaves from the lowest note A♭3 to the highest note A♭5.{{cite web|title=Baby Don't Lie By Gwen Stefani| date=23 January 2015 |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0145779|publisher=musicnotes.com|access-date=2 March 2016}}

"Baby Don't Lie" received generally mixed to favorable reviews from music critics, who commended the song's reggae-flavour, but some dismissed Stefani's performance on the track. Sal Cinquemani wrote for Slant Magazine that the single "doesn't venture too far from her band's established template," claiming that "it finds Stefani effortlessly grooving to a reggae-flavored beat and an admittedly catchy hook, complete with her signature yelp, but it hews too close to the sound of No Doubt's slept-on sixth album, Push and Shove." Cinquemani also noted that during the song's breakdown "she feels forced, even for the eternally youthful Stefani, on an otherwise breezy track." Bradley Stern wrote for MuuMuse that the song is "dangerously catchy, and an obvious radio smash upon first listen." Nolan Feeney of Time remarked that, "In less capable hands, 'Baby Don't Lie' would leave a weaker impression, but Stefani and all her vocal idiosyncrasies find a way to make it her own."{{cite magazine|last1=Feeney|first1=Nolan|title=Hear Gwen Stefani's Solo Comeback Song 'Baby Don't Lie'|url=https://time.com/3524409/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie/|access-date=October 20, 2014|magazine=Time|date=October 20, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020142153/https://time.com/3524409/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie/|archive-date=October 20, 2014}}

Christina Lee from Idolator noted that "Stefani hiccups through her lyrics like Rihanna does in 2012's Sia-written "Diamonds", save for the Love.Angel.Music.Baby-ready sung-rap breakdown". However, Lee observed that, "Considering the song's subject matter, her bold-faced collaborators (Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco and Noel Zancanella) and, of course, her own track record, Stefani's new song isn't nearly as assertive as I had expected." Brennan Carley of Spin simply called it "a pretty broadly pop effort in line with 2012's No Doubt record, Push and Shove." Lucas Villa of AXS was mixed with the song, writing that "Gwen had always been ahead of the pop curve on her past two albums but 'Baby Don't Lie' sees her on par with everyone else currently on the charts."{{cite web|last1=Villa|first1=Lucas|title=Listen: Gwen Stefani's solo comeback single 'Baby Don't Lie' surfaces early|url=http://www.axs.com/news/listen-gwen-stefani-s-solo-comeback-single-baby-don-t-lie-surfaces-ear-24072|website=AXS|access-date=March 2, 2016|date=October 19, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311062307/http://www.axs.com/news/listen-gwen-stefani-s-solo-comeback-single-baby-don-t-lie-surfaces-ear-24072|archive-date=March 11, 2016}} Mike Ayers of The Wall Street Journal believed that Gwen "doesn't sound too inspired here,"{{cite news|last1=Ayers|first1=Mike|title=Gwen Stefani Returns With 'Baby Don't Lie,' Her First New Single in 6 Years|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/10/20/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie/|access-date=October 20, 2014|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 20, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020152517/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/10/20/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie/|archive-date=October 20, 2014}} while Carolyn Menyes of Music Times disagreed, noting that the song "doesn't seem to have quite the infectious annoyance of some of Stefani's other works, but it's a more solid, well-rounded pop single". Menyes also praised "her signature sassy, slightly reggae-touched vocals, which according to herself, sells the emotions of this song."{{cite news|last1=Menyes|first1=Carolyn|title=Gwen Stefani "Baby Don't Lie" Review: New Single from 'The Voice' Coach Perfectly Blends Pop, Reggae [Listen]|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/12847/20141020/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-review-new-single-listen.htm|access-date=October 21, 2014|work=Music Times|date=October 20, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022035000/http://www.musictimes.com/articles/12847/20141020/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-review-new-single-listen.htm|archive-date=October 22, 2014}} Steven J. Horowitz from Billboard noted that even though the song "embraces her [Stefani] less experimental side," it misses her "signature bite", rating it three stars out of five.{{cite magazine|last1=Horowitz|first1=Steven J.|title=From Gwen Stefani to Sleater-Kinney, the Best and Worst Singles of the Week|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6296651/singles-of-the-week-gwen-stefani-dillon-francis-oh-land-sleater-kinney|access-date=25 October 2014|magazine=Billboard|issue=Nov. 1|publisher=Prometheus Global Media LLC|date=October 24, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027194015/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6296651/singles-of-the-week-gwen-stefani-dillon-francis-oh-land-sleater-kinney|archive-date=27 October 2014}}

"Baby Don't Lie" charted moderately in North America after its release. The track debuted at number 35 on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart and at number 29 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart, respectively, for the week ending November 8, 2014.{{cite magazine|last1=Trust|first1=Gary|title=Chart Highlights: Gwen Stefani Returns, Foo Fighters Fly to No. 1|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6296818/chart-highlights-gwen-stefani-returns-foo-fighters-fly-to-no-1|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=27 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029173324/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6296818/chart-highlights-gwen-stefani-returns-foo-fighters-fly-to-no-1|archive-date=29 October 2014}} In the US, it debuted and peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of Stefani's highest-charting single entries.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6296997/hot-100-meghan-trainor-hozier-top-10|magazine=Billboard|title=Meghan Trainor Tops Hot 100 For Eighth Week, Hozier Hits Top 10|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=29 October 2014|access-date=29 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031203853/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6296997/hot-100-meghan-trainor-hozier-top-10|archive-date=31 October 2014}} On the Canadian Hot 100, it peaked at number 21 for the week ending December 6, 2014 and spent a total of 14 weeks on the chart, before dropping off the chart on the week ending February 14, 2015.{{cite web|title=Gwen Stefani Chart History|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303280/Gwen+Stefani/chart?f=793|publisher=Billboard|access-date=2 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307001350/http://www.billboard.com/artist/303280/Gwen+Stefani/chart?f=793|archive-date=7 March 2016}} In Europe, the track also received moderate success. In Belgium, the track peaked at number 26 on both Ultratip charts,{{cite web|title=Ultratop.be – Gwen Stefani – Baby Don't Lie |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/14921b/Gwen-Stefani-Baby-Don't-Lie |publisher=Ultratip |access-date=2 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224622/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/14921b/Gwen-Stefani-Baby-Don%27t-Lie |archive-date=3 March 2016 }} while peaking at number 19 in Finland,{{cite web|title=Gwen Stefani: Baby Don't Lie|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/Gwen+Stefani/Baby+Don%27t+Lie|publisher=Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland|access-date=2 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211443/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/Gwen+Stefani/Baby+Don't+Lie|archive-date=3 March 2016}} number 58 in France,{{cite web|title=Gwen Stefani – Baby Don't Lie" (in French) |url=http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gwen+Stefani&titel=Baby+Don%27t+Lie&cat=s |publisher=Les classement single |access-date=2 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105423/http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gwen+Stefani&titel=Baby+Don%27t+Lie&cat=s |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} and number 26 in Germany.{{cite web|title=Officialcharts.de – Gwen Stefani – Baby Don't Lie|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/|website=GfK Entertainment|access-date=2 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531083511/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/|archive-date=31 May 2015}} Elsewhere, the song peaked at the lower positions of several charts, including number 53 in Australia, number 78 in Italy,{{cite web|url=http://www.it-charts.it/DL-2014/weeks/DL-s-43.htm|title=FIMI – Gwen Stefani: Baby Don't Lie|publisher=FIMI|access-date=November 5, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105181247/http://www.it-charts.it/DL-2014/weeks/DL-s-43.htm|archive-date=November 5, 2014}} and number 128 in Russia.

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The music video for the song was directed by Sophie Muller and Weirdcore; Muller has worked with Stefani in numerous videos from her band No Doubt and her solo career. On October 20, 2014, Stefani posted on her Instagram a sneak peek of the behind-the-scenes from the video.{{cite web|title=Gwen Stefani's Baby Don't Lie Sneak Peek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021030843/http://www.eonline.com/videos/227481/gwen-stefani-s-baby-don-t-lie-sneak-peek|url=http://www.eonline.com/videos/227481/gwen-stefani-s-baby-don-t-lie-sneak-peek|website=E! Online|access-date=October 21, 2014|archive-date=October 21, 2014|url-status=live}} It was released on October 21, 2014, the day after the song's release.{{cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6289135/gwen-stefanis-new-single-baby-dont-lie-is-here-listen |title=Gwen Stefani's New Single 'Baby Don't Lie' Is Here: Listen |magazine=Billboard |date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=October 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021035519/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6289135/gwen-stefanis-new-single-baby-dont-lie-is-here-listen |archive-date=October 21, 2014 }} According to Daniel Kreps from Rolling Stone, the video, which is "a play on The Wizard of Oz, stars a wildly polygonal yellow brick road, an army of dancers and mountains of reoccurring Stefani patterns like bold black-and-white stripes, houndstooth and plenty of pink." Kreps continued the description, commenting that, "in the eye-popping video, Stefani and her dancers are shown with bright pink Beats by Dre headphones around her neck while using the Beats Music app."{{cite magazine|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|title=Gwen Stefani Shares Psychedelic 'Baby Don't Lie' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/gwen-stefani-shares-psychedelic-baby-dont-lie-video-20141021#ixzz3GpqWvivi|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 21, 2014|access-date=October 21, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022084138/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/gwen-stefani-shares-psychedelic-baby-dont-lie-video-20141021#ixzz3GpqWvivi|archive-date=October 22, 2014}} Jason Lipshutz of Billboard added that the video has Gwen "tiptoeing down a morphing yellow road and showing off the first in her array of polka-dotted outfits," with "a dance troupe eventually arriv[ing] to jazz up the clip a little."{{cite magazine|last1=Lipshutz|first1=Jason|title=Gwen Stefani Stays Trippy in 'Baby Don't Lie' Music Video|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6289290/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-music-video|magazine=Billboard|date=October 21, 2014|access-date=October 21, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023130349/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6289290/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-music-video|archive-date=October 23, 2014}} The beginning of the music video finds the singer in a gray world, but by the end of the video, the same scenes are now shown in full color.

The video received divided critics. Lipshutz was disappointed in it, commenting that "the colorful video lacks the innovation of, say, Stefani's 'What You Waiting For?' visual." James Grebey of Spin stated how he was frustrated with the video's "glitchy, low-resolution land of colorful patterns and shapes," calling it "a jarring rejection of aesthetic design, made all the more confusing when the last third of the video suddenly changes the scenery from a computer generated blunderland to a back alley filled with live-action cars."{{cite news|last1=Grebey|first1=James|title=Gwen Stefani and a Green Screen Star in 'Baby Don't Lie' Video|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/10/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-video/|access-date=November 25, 2014|work=Spin|date=October 21, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221193450/http://www.spin.com/2014/10/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-video/|archive-date=December 21, 2015}} Jeff Benjamin of Fuse noted that the video is "not wacky and sassy like past Stefani visuals like 'Wind It Up' or 'Hollaback Girl,' but praised the video, writing that it "oozes sophistication while still adding Gwen's signature quirky side with its crazy computer effects."{{cite news|last1=Benjamin|first1=Jeff|title=New Video Enter Gwen Stefani's Psychedelic, CGI World in Her "Baby Don't Lie" Video|url=http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/10/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie|access-date=November 26, 2014|work=Fuse|date=October 21, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129231941/http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/10/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie|archive-date=November 29, 2014}} Carolyn Menyes of Music Times was favorable, remarking that the video "fits the song's strong reggae vibes, with Stefani channeling everything that's chaotic and trippy not just about her own genre but also about her single."{{cite news|last1=Menyes|first1=Carolyn|title=Watch: Gwen Stefani Gets Trippy in Her "Baby Don't Lie" Music Video Ahead of New Album Release|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/13021/20141021/watch-gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-music-video.htm|access-date=November 26, 2014|work=Music Times|date=October 21, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109213103/http://www.musictimes.com/articles/13021/20141021/watch-gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-music-video.htm|archive-date=January 9, 2015}} Bradley Stern was more negative, claiming that the video lacks a storyline, complaining about its resolution and named it a "phoned-in green screen affair with some poorly rendered graphics."{{cite news|last1=Stern|first1=Bradley|title="Baby Don't Lie" Video: Gwen Stefani Makes a Blurry, Not So Sweet Escape|url=http://www.muumuse.com/2014/10/baby-dont-lie-video-gwen-stefani-makes-a-blurry-not-so-sweet-escape.html/|access-date=November 26, 2014|work=MuuMuse|date=October 21, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224201751/http://www.muumuse.com/2014/10/baby-dont-lie-video-gwen-stefani-makes-a-blurry-not-so-sweet-escape.html/|archive-date=December 24, 2014}} Bianca Gracie wrote for Idolator that the video's geometric and graphic animation is nothing new, but praised "the fun dance scene towards the end, which breaks the monotony of the video."{{cite news|last1=Gracie|first1=Bianca|title=Gwen Stefani's "Baby Don't Lie" Video: Watch The Colorful Clip|url=http://www.idolator.com/7567317/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-video-watch|access-date=November 26, 2014|work=Idolator|date=October 21, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124032333/http://www.idolator.com/7567317/gwen-stefani-baby-dont-lie-video-watch|archive-date=November 24, 2014}}

• ;Digital download{{cite web|title=Baby Don't Lie – Single|date=20 October 2014 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/baby-dont-lie-single/931150452|publisher=iTunes|access-date=2 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193436/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/baby-dont-lie-single/id931150452|archive-date=3 March 2016}}

1. "Baby Don't Lie" — 3:21

• ;Digital download (The Remixes){{cite web|title=Baby Don't Lie (The Remixes) – Single|date=6 January 2015 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/baby-dont-lie-remixes-single/950816767|publisher=iTunes|access-date=2 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408185947/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/baby-dont-lie-remixes-single/id950816767|archive-date=8 April 2016}}

1. "Baby Don't Lie" (Kaskade & KillaGraham Remix) — 3:01
2. "Baby Don't Lie" (Dave Matthias Remix) — 5:06

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