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{{Infobox song
| name = Tell Me a Lie
| name = Tell Me a Lie
| cover = Tell_Me_a_Lie_-_Sami_Jo.jpg
| cover = Tell Me a Lie - Sami Jo.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| type = single
| type = single
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| B-side = Stay Where You Are
| B-side = Stay Where You Are
| released = February 1974
| released = February 1974
| format = [[Single (music)|7" single]]
| recorded = 1973
| recorded = 1973
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| genre = Pop
| length =
| length =
| label = [[MGM Records|MGM South]]
| label = [[MGM Records|MGM South]]
| writer = Mickey Buckins, Barbara Wyrick
| writer = [[Mickey Buckins]], [[Barbara Wyrick]]
| producer = Sonny Limbo
| producer = [[Sonny Limbo]]
| prev_title =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
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| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Janie Fricke]]
| artist = [[Janie Fricke]]
| album = Love Lies
| album = [[Love Lies (Janie Fricke album)|Love Lies]]
| B-side = Love Have Mercy
| B-side = Love Have Mercy
| released = September 17, 1983
| released = September 17, 1983
| format =
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 3:35
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"'''Tell Me a Lie'''" is a song composed by [[Mickey Buckins]] and [[Barbara Wyrick]]. Originally recorded by [[Lynn Anderson]] for her 1974 ''[[What a Man My Man Is (album)|What a Man My Man Is]]'' album, it was released later that same year as a single by [[Sami Jo]] Cole, who took it to number 21 on both of the major U.S. pop charts. It also charted in Canada (#17).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5033a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5033a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5033a |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1974-04-20 |accessdate=2018-04-01}}</ref> Cole's version was also an Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 14 in the U.S.<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=121}}</ref> and number 27 in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5014&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5014.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5014 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1974-05-18 |accessdate=2018-04-01}}</ref>
'''"Tell Me a Lie"''' is a 1974 song by [[Sami Jo]] Cole, later covered by American country music artist [[Janie Fricke]]. The song had been originally recorded and released during the 1970s by country recording artist [[Lynn Anderson]]. It was released on Anderson's ''You're My Man album'', which featured her number 1 hit single "[[You're My Man]]." However, because of the big success of "You're My Man", "Tell Me a Lie" was never released as a single by Anderson, probably because she had other songs that she'd wanted to release as singles. The song's co-writer, Barbara Wyrick, also recorded it.


[[Janie Fricke]] covered the song in 1983 and topped the [[Hot Country Songs|U.S. country singles charts]] with it.
"Tell Me a Lie" was Sami Jo's debut hit, and it became the first charting version of the song. It reached number 21 on both of the major U.S. pop charts. It also charted in Canada (#17).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5033a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5033a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5033a |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1974-04-20 |accessdate=2018-04-01}}</ref>

The song was also an Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 14 in the U.S.<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=121}}</ref> and number 27 in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5014&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5014.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5014 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1974-05-18 |accessdate=2018-04-01}}</ref>


==Chart history==
==Chart history==
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===Weekly charts===
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Tell Me a Lie"
!scope="col"|Chart (1974)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=264}}</ref>
!align="left"|Chart (1974)
| style="text-align:center;"|43
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5033a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5033a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5033a |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1974-04-20 |accessdate=2018-04-01}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5033a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5033a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5033a |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1974-04-20 |accessdate=2018-04-01}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|17
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
|-
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5014&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5014.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5014 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1974-05-18 |accessdate=2018-04-01}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5014&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5014.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5014 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1974-05-18 |accessdate=2018-04-01}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| style="text-align:center;"|27
|-
|-
|U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref>
!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|-
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=121}}</ref>
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=121}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|14
| style="text-align:center;"|14
|-
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Country <ref>https://www.billboard.com/music/sami-jo/chart-history/country-songs/song/577599</ref>
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Country <ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sami-jo/chart-history/csi/|title = Sami Jo|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|52
| style="text-align:center;"|52
|-
|-
|U.S. ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/_0s_files/19740420.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 20, 1974]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
!scope="row"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/_0s_files/19740420.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 20, 1974]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|-
|}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Year-end chart performance for "Tell Me a Lie"
!scope="col"|Chart (1974)
!scope="col"|Rank
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3893b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3893b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3893b Bac-lac.gc.ca]</ref>
!Chart (1974)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3893b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3893b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3893b Bac-lac.gc.ca]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|157
| style="text-align:center;"|157
|-
|-
|U.S. ([[Joel Whitburn]]'s ''Pop Annual'')<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |url= |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |page= |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}</ref>
!scope="row"|US ([[Joel Whitburn]]'s ''Pop Annual'')<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|162
| style="text-align:center;"|162
|-
|}
|}
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==Later versions==
==Later versions==
In 1981, [[Bettye LaVette]] recorded an [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] version of the song on [[Motown]]. It was released as the title track of her album the following year.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Tell Me A Lie |others=Bettye LaVette |year=1982 |chapter= |url= |accessdate= |first= |last= |authorlink= |first2= |last2= |authorlink2= |page= |pages= |type= |publisher=Motown Record Corporation|id= |location=Hollywood, California |ref=}}</ref>
In 1981, [[Bettye LaVette]] recorded an [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] version of the song on [[Motown]]. It was released as the title track of her album the following year.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Tell Me A Lie |others=Bettye LaVette |year=1982 |publisher=Motown Record Corporation|location=Hollywood, California }}</ref>


==Janie Fricke cover==
==Janie Fricke cover==
In 1983, Janie Fricke picked up the song "Tell Me a Lie" as to be released as her next single in 1983. Originally included on Fricke's 1982 album ''[[It Ain't Easy (Janie Fricke album)|It Ain't Easy]]'', it was released in September 1983 as the first single from her album ''Love Lies''. During this time, Fricke racked up a good number of hits, like "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and "I Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry".
In 1983, Janie Fricke picked up the song "Tell Me a Lie" as to be released as her next single in 1983. Originally included on Fricke's 1982 album ''[[It Ain't Easy (Janie Fricke album)|It Ain't Easy]]'', it was released in September 1983 as the first single from her album ''Love Lies''. During this time, Fricke racked up a good number of hits, like "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and "I Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry".


Shortly thereafter, Fricke's record producer at the time [[Billy Sherrill]], had suggested that Fricke would record the song. Listening to Sherrill, Fricke recorded the song in 1983. By this time though, Fricke had produced a number 1 hit in 1983 called "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy". Fricke soon released "Tell Me a Lie" as a single on the country charts that year.
Shortly thereafter, Fricke's record producer at the time [[Billy Sherrill]], had suggested that Fricke would record the song. Listening to Sherrill, Fricke recorded the song in 1983. By this time though, Fricke had produced a number 1 hit in 1983 called "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy". Fricke soon released "Tell Me a Lie" as a single on the country charts that year.


By 1983, "Tell Me a Lie" was Janie Fricke's fourth number one hit on the Country charts.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=128}}</ref> The song and its album that it was featured on titled ''It Ain't Easy'' became very successful and became one of Fricke's signature songs. Since the song's release, it has been included in numerous multi-artist compilation albums. Despite the song's pop production, as well as its success on the country charts, it did not reach the pop singles chart. In 2004, Fricke released a [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] album, entitled ''The Bluegrass Sessions'', which featured remakes of Fricke's biggest hits. The album featured "Tell Me a Lie".
By 1983, "Tell Me a Lie" was Janie Fricke's fourth number one hit on the Country charts.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=128}}</ref> The song and its album that it was featured on titled ''It Ain't Easy'' became very successful and became one of Fricke's signature songs. Since the song's release, it has been included in numerous multi-artist compilation albums. Despite the song's pop production, as well as its success on the country charts, it did not reach the pop singles chart. In 2004, Fricke released a [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] album, entitled ''The Bluegrass Sessions'', which featured remakes of Fricke's biggest hits. The album featured "Tell Me a Lie".


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
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{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for "Tell Me a Lie" by Janie Fricke
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!scope="col"|Chart (1983–1984)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110715234551/http://www.samijocole.com/index.html Sami Jo Cole Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110715234551/http://www.samijocole.com/index.html Sami Jo Cole Website]
* {{MetroLyrics song|janie-fricke|tell-me-a-lie}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->


==References==
==References==
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{{Janie Fricke}}
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Latest revision as of 08:40, 22 June 2024

"Tell Me a Lie"
Single by Sami Jo
from the album It Could Have Been Me
B-side"Stay Where You Are"
ReleasedFebruary 1974
Recorded1973
GenrePop
LabelMGM South
Songwriter(s)Mickey Buckins, Barbara Wyrick
Producer(s)Sonny Limbo
Sami Jo singles chronology
"Tell Me a Lie"
(1974)
"It Could Have Been Me"
(1974)
"Tell Me a Lie"
Single by Janie Fricke
from the album Love Lies
B-side"Love Have Mercy"
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1983
GenreCountry
Length3:35
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Mickey Buckins, Barbara Wyrick
Producer(s)Bob Montgomery
Janie Fricke singles chronology
"He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)"
(1983)
"Tell Me a Lie"
(1983)
"Let's Stop Talkin' About It"
(1984)

"Tell Me a Lie" is a song composed by Mickey Buckins and Barbara Wyrick. Originally recorded by Lynn Anderson for her 1974 What a Man My Man Is album, it was released later that same year as a single by Sami Jo Cole, who took it to number 21 on both of the major U.S. pop charts. It also charted in Canada (#17).[1] Cole's version was also an Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 14 in the U.S.[2] and number 27 in Canada.[3]

Janie Fricke covered the song in 1983 and topped the U.S. country singles charts with it.

Chart history

[edit]

Later versions

[edit]

In 1981, Bettye LaVette recorded an R&B version of the song on Motown. It was released as the title track of her album the following year.[13]

Janie Fricke cover

[edit]

In 1983, Janie Fricke picked up the song "Tell Me a Lie" as to be released as her next single in 1983. Originally included on Fricke's 1982 album It Ain't Easy, it was released in September 1983 as the first single from her album Love Lies. During this time, Fricke racked up a good number of hits, like "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and "I Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry".

Shortly thereafter, Fricke's record producer at the time Billy Sherrill, had suggested that Fricke would record the song. Listening to Sherrill, Fricke recorded the song in 1983. By this time though, Fricke had produced a number 1 hit in 1983 called "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy". Fricke soon released "Tell Me a Lie" as a single on the country charts that year.

By 1983, "Tell Me a Lie" was Janie Fricke's fourth number one hit on the Country charts.[14] The song and its album that it was featured on titled It Ain't Easy became very successful and became one of Fricke's signature songs. Since the song's release, it has been included in numerous multi-artist compilation albums. Despite the song's pop production, as well as its success on the country charts, it did not reach the pop singles chart. In 2004, Fricke released a bluegrass album, entitled The Bluegrass Sessions, which featured remakes of Fricke's biggest hits. The album featured "Tell Me a Lie".

Chart performance

[edit]
Chart performance for "Tell Me a Lie" by Janie Fricke
Chart (1983–1984) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[15] 1
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References

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  1. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1974-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 121.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1974-05-18. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 264. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1974-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1974-05-18. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  7. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 121.
  9. ^ "Sami Jo". Billboard.
  10. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 20, 1974[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Bac-lac.gc.ca
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  13. ^ Tell Me A Lie (Media notes). Bettye LaVette. Hollywood, California: Motown Record Corporation. 1982.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 128.
  15. ^ "Janie Fricke Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.