Tell Me a Lie
| "Tell Me a Lie" | ||||
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| Single by Sami Jo | ||||
| from the album It Could Have Been Me | ||||
| B-side | "Stay Where You Are" | |||
| Released | February 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | MGM South | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mickey Buckins, Barbara Wyrick | |||
| Producer(s) | Sonny Limbo | |||
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| "Tell Me a Lie" | ||||
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| Single by Janie Fricke | ||||
| from the album Love Lies | ||||
| B-side | "Love Have Mercy" | |||
| Released | September 17, 1983 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:35 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mickey Buckins, Barbara Wyrick | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Montgomery | |||
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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, 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). Cole's version was also an Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 14 in the U.S. and number 27 in Canada.
Janie Fricke covered the song in 1983 and topped the U.S. country singles charts with it.