| Baby I Lied | |
| Cover: | Baby_I_Lied_-_Deborah_Allen.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Deborah Allen |
| Album: | Cheat the Night |
| B-Side: | Time Is Taking You Away from Me |
| Released: | August 20, 1983 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 4:09 |
| Label: | RCA |
| 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.[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.
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 (1983–1984) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 31 | |
| US Cash Box Top 100[4] | 23 |
| Baby I Lied | |
| Cover: | Shannon Brown - Baby I Lied.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Shannon Brown |
| Album: | Untangle My Heart |
| B-Side: | "Untangle My Heart" |
| Released: | August 20, 2001[5] |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:40 |
| Label: | BNA |
| Producer: | Byron Gallimore[6] |
| 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.[7] Her version was supposed to be the lead single to her second planned debut album,[8] 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".[9]
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."
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."[6]