Baby I Lied
{{Short description|1983 single by Deborah Allen}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Baby I Lied
| cover = Baby_I_Lied_-_Deborah_Allen.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Deborah Allen
| album = Cheat the Night
| B-side = Time Is Taking You Away from Me
| released = August 20, 1983
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 4:09
| label = RCA
| writer = Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy, Rory Bourke
| producer = Charles Calello
| prev_title = Don't Stop Lovin' Me
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = I've Been Wrong Before
| next_year = 1983
}}
"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.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=22|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} 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
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".{{cite book|last=Kingsbury|first=Paul|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4GQDYx_RnkC&q=%22baby+i+lied%22+%22Deborah+allen%22&pg=PA9|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-517608-7|page=9}}
Chart performance
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!align="left"|Chart (1983–1984) !align="center"|Peak |
| align="left"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6 }}
|align="center"|31 |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|4|artist=Deborah Allen}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|26|artist=Deborah Allen}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|10|artist=Deborah Allen}} |
| US Cash Box Top 100{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19840204.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 4, 1984 |access-date=September 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601184442/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19840204.html |archive-date=June 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
|align="center"|23 |
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Shannon Brown version
{{Infobox song
| name = Baby I Lied
| cover = Shannon Brown - Baby I Lied.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Shannon Brown
| album = Untangle My Heart
| B-side = "Untangle My Heart"
| released = August 20, 2001{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds: Country|magazine=Radio & Records|page=66|date=August 17, 2001|issue=1415}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:40
| label = BNA
| writer = {{hlist|Deborah Allen|Rafe Van Hoy|Rory Michael Bourke}}
| producer = Byron Gallimore{{cite magazine|last=Price|first=Deborah Evans|date=1 September 2001|title=Reviews|magazine=Billboard|page=23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8xEEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22baby+I+lied%22+%22shannon+brown%22&pg=PA23}}
| prev_title = Half a Man
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Untangle My Heart
| next_year = 2002
}}
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.{{Cite news |last=Gilbert |first=Calvin |date=August 24, 2001 |title=Brown Finds Her Place At BNA |work=Radio & Records |page=138 |issue=1416}} Her version was supposed to be the lead single to her second planned debut album,"Baby I Lied" (US CD promotional liner notes). Shannon Brown. BNA Records. 2001. 69104 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".Whitburn, p. 66
= Content =
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."
=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."
=Charts=
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!align="left"|Chart (2001) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|40|artist=Shannon Brown|artistid=324037}} |
Other cover versions
- Tracey Ullman recorded a cover of the song shortly after Allen released the song as a single.{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/91Pi5nOCzGs| archive-date = 2021-12-09| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Pi5nOCzGs| title = Baby I Lied | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
References
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Category:Shannon Brown (singer) songs
Category:Songs written by Rory Bourke
Category:Songs written by Deborah Allen