| 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 | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Shannon Brown |
| Album: | Untangle My Heart |
| B-Side: | "Untangle My Heart" |
| Released: | mid-2001 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:40 |
| Label: | BNA |
| Producer: | Byron Gallimore[5] |
| Prev Title: | Half a Man |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Untangle My Heart |
| Next Year: | 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.[6]
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."[5]