Tell Me a Lie

Single infobox
Name = "Tell Me a Lie"


Artist = Janie Fricke
from Album = "It Ain't Easy"
Released = 1983
Format = Album
Genre = Countrypolitan
Length = 3:35
Label = Columbia
Chart position = #1 US Country

"Tell Me a Lie" is a popular 1983 Country Music song, made famous by 80s Country recording artist Janie Fricke.

In 1983, Janie Fricke picked up the song "Tell Me a Lie" as to be released as her next single in 1983. During this time, Fricke racked up a good amount of hits, like "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and "I Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry". The song had been originally recorded and released by 70s Country recording artist Lynn Anderson. The song had been released on Anderson's "You're My Man" album, which featured her #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 Anderson had other songs Anderson wanted to release as singles. "Tell Me a Lie" would however become a Top 20 pop hit and a minor country hit for female singer Sami Jo in 1974. The song went unrecorded for nearly 10 years. 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 racked up a #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" became a #1 hit on the Country charts. 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 from her career. Since the songs release, it has been featured in numerous compilation albums featuring various artists. Since then, very few artists have recorded the song, but the song still remains as a big hit from the 1980s. The song, like many of Fricke's songs and many other songs coming out of Nashville at the time, sounded more like glitzy Pop material than simple Country twang. By some people at the time, the song was criticized for its Pop sound. However, the song didn't make the Pop charts that year, and in fact none of Fricke's songs ever made the Pop charts. In 2004, Janie released a bluegrass album, entitled "The Bluegrass Sessions", which featured re-makes of Fricke's biggest hits. The album featured "Tell Me a Lie".