| Don't Lie to Me | |
| Cover: | Don't Lie to Me video cap.jpg |
| Caption: | Screenshot of the music video "Don't Lie to Me" |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Barbra Streisand |
| Album: | Walls |
| Released: | September 28, 2018 |
| Genre: | Vocal pop |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Prev Title: | At the Ballet |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | Imagine/What a Wonderful World |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
"Don't Lie to Me" is the lead single from the 2018 Barbra Streisand album Walls. It criticizes the presidency of Donald Trump. A remix by Dave Audé spent twelve weeks on the US Dance Club chart.[1]
The song was released on the 2018 album Walls, the first featuring primarily new material since 2005.[2] Co-written by the singer, Streisand felt a need to write the song to help her cope with the Trump administration.[3] [4] "Don't Lie To Me" is the album's first single.[5] It was inspired by a road trip when Streisand was listening to the radio and becoming disgusted by the content of the news.[6] She originally wanted to create a subtle song, but ended up writing "Bombastic" lyrics.[7]
The song, written by Streisand, John Shanks, Jonas Myrin and Jay Landers, is "grand, lush and heavily orchestrated".[2] Billboard described it as an "impassioned, dramatic ballad with pointed barbs". The piece has a "bombastic string-laden backing".
Billboard deemed the song "grand and politically charged".[8]