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{{about|the 1997 song by Sara Evans off the album Three Chords and the Truth|other uses|True Lies (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = True Lies
| name = True Lies
| cover = Sara Evans--True Lies.jpg
| cover = Sara Evans--True Lies.jpg
| type = single
| alt =
| artist = [[Sara Evans]]
| type = single
| album = [[Three Chords and the Truth (Sara Evans album)|Three Chords and the Truth]]
| artist = [[Sara Evans]]
| album = [[Three Chords and the Truth (Sara Evans album)|Three Chords and the Truth]]
| B-side = "The Week the River Raged"
| B-side = "The Week the River Raged"
| released = {{Start date|1997|03|10}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-03-07.pdf|title=Going for Adds - Country|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=81|date=March 7, 1997}}</ref>
| released = {{Start date|1997|04|07}}
| studio = Mad Dog Studios
| studio = Mad Dog Studios<br>Burbank, California
| genre = {{hlist|[[Country music|Country]]|[[Neotraditional country]]<ref name="Country Universe">{{cite web |last1=Foster |first1=Ben |title=Favorite Songs by Favorite Artists: Sara Evans |url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2011/08/07/favorite-songs-by-favorite-artists-sara-evans/ |website=Country Universe |accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref>}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Country music|Country]]|[[Neotraditional country]]<ref name="Country Universe">{{Cite web |last=Foster |first=Ben |title=Favorite Songs by Favorite Artists: Sara Evans |url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2011/08/07/favorite-songs-by-favorite-artists-sara-evans/ |website=Country Universe |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref>}}
| length = {{duration|m=02|s=34}}
| length = 2:34
| label = [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]
| label = [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]]|Sara Evans|[[Sharon Rice]]}}
| writer = {{hlist|[[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]]|Sara Evans|[[Sharon Rice]]}}
| producer = [[Pete Anderson]]
| producer = [[Pete Anderson]]
| prev_title =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Three Chords and the Truth (song)|Three Chords and the Truth]]
| next_title = [[Three Chords and the Truth (song)|Three Chords and the Truth]]
| next_year = 1997
| next_year = 1997
}}
}}
'''"True Lies"''' is a song written by [[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]], [[Sara Evans]] and [[Sharon Rice]]. It was first recorded and released by American [[Country music|country]] artist, [[Sara Evans]], as her debut single. Released in 1997, "True Lies" became a minor hit on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country chart and was later included on her debut studio album, ''[[Three Chords and the Truth (Sara Evans album)|Three Chords and the Truth]].'' The song received positive reviews from critics.
"'''True Lies'''" is a song written by [[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]], [[Sara Evans]] and [[Sharon Rice]], and recorded by Evans as her debut single. Released in 1997, "True Lies" became a minor hit on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country chart and was later included on Evans' debut studio album, ''[[Three Chords and the Truth (Sara Evans album)|Three Chords and the Truth]]''. The song received positive reviews from critics.


==Background==
==Background==
"True Lies" was co-written by Sara Evans, along with songwriters Al Anderson and Sharon Rice. The song was recorded at Mad Dog Studios, which was located in [[Burbank, California]]. The session was produced by [[Pete Anderson]], who also produced Evans's first studio album. Evan's next two hits would also be produced by Anderson. The album's other songs were recorded during the same sessions, including its [[Three Chords and the Truth (song)|title track]] and the single "Shame About That."<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Sara |title=''Three Chords and the Truth'' (CD Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[RCA Records]] |date=July 1, 997}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described "True Lies" as a ballad filled with "heartache" that has an "outlook for love isn't nearly so bleak."<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite web |last1=Joycem |first1=Mike |title=SARA EVANS, JASON SELLERS & THE BRAND NEW OPRY |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1997/10/12/sara-evans-jason-sellers-the-brand-new-opry/1387795b-2ec9-4595-92a7-305c85fefe25/ |website=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref>
"True Lies" was co-written by Sara Evans, along with songwriters Al Anderson and Sharon Rice.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 7, 1997 |title=Going for Adds |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-03-07.pdf |journal=[[Radio & Records]] |pages=81}}</ref> The song was recorded at Mad Dog Studios, which was located in [[Burbank, California]]. The session was produced by [[Pete Anderson]], who also produced Evans's first studio album. Evan's next two hits would also be produced by Anderson. The album's other songs were recorded during the same sessions, including its [[Three Chords and the Truth (song)|title track]] and the single "Shame About That".<ref name="Liner Notes">{{Cite journal |last=Evans |first=Sara |date=July 1, 997 |title=''Three Chords and the Truth'' (CD Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[RCA Records]]}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described "True Lies" as a ballad filled with "heartache" that has an "outlook for love isn't nearly so bleak".<ref name="Washington Post">{{Cite web |last=Joycem |first=Mike |title=SARA EVANS, JASON SELLERS & THE BRAND NEW OPRY |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1997/10/12/sara-evans-jason-sellers-the-brand-new-opry/1387795b-2ec9-4595-92a7-305c85fefe25/ |website=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
"True Lies" received positive reviews from music writers and critics. Mike Joyce of ''The Washington Post'' found similarities between the track and older country ballads by [[Patsy Cline]] in his review of her 1997 studio album. "Evans opens the album by displaying her vocal resemblance to Cline on the ballad "True Lies." The similarity is striking, but what makes the song moving isn't the way Evans cannily evokes Cline's tone and phrasing," he wrote.<ref name="Washington Post"/> In reviewing her debut album, Grant Alden of ''[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]]'' compared Evans's delivery on the album's contemporary songs (such as "True Lies") to be similar in quality to that of jazz singer [[Julie London]]: "Evans sings with a pure tone, swoops into notes with unmistakable joy, and has marvelous phrasing."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alden |first1=Grant |title=Sara Evans – Three Chords and the Truth |url=https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/sara-evans-three-chords-and-the-truth/ |website=[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]] |accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref>
"True Lies" received positive reviews from music writers and critics. Mike Joyce of ''The Washington Post'' found similarities between the track and older country ballads by [[Patsy Cline]] in his review of her 1997 studio album. "Evans opens the album by displaying her vocal resemblance to Cline on the ballad "True Lies." The similarity is striking, but what makes the song moving isn't the way Evans cannily evokes Cline's tone and phrasing," he wrote.<ref name="Washington Post"/>


==Release and chart performance==
==Release and chart performance==
"True Lies" was released as Evans's debut single on April 7, 1997 via [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]. It was issued as a [[Gramophone record|7" vinyl single]] and included "The Week the River Raged" as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]].<ref name="Billboard Singles">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> The song spent six weeks on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart and became a minor hit that year. It peaked at number 59 in the spring of 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sara Evans chart history (Country Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sara-evans/chart-history/csi/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref> "True Lies" was later issued on Evans' debut studio album entitled ''[[Three Chords and the Truth (Sara Evans album)|Three Chords and the Truth]].'' The song was the album's opening track.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Al |title=''Three Chords and the Truth'': Sara Evans: Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/three-chords-and-the-truth-mw0000020476 |website=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref> "True Lies" would be one of three singles spawned from ''Three Chords and the Truth'' between 1997 and 1998. All three would only become minor country hits.<ref name="Billboard Singles"/>
"True Lies" was released as Evans's debut single on March 10, 1997 via [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]. It was issued as a [[Gramophone record|7" vinyl single]] and included "The Week the River Raged" as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]].<ref name="Billboard Singles">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> The song spent six weeks on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart and became a minor hit that year. It peaked at number 59 in the spring of 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sara Evans chart history (Country Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sara-evans/chart-history/csi/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> "True Lies" was later issued on Evans' debut studio album entitled ''[[Three Chords and the Truth (Sara Evans album)|Three Chords and the Truth]].'' The song was the album's opening track.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Al |title=''Three Chords and the Truth'': Sara Evans: Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/three-chords-and-the-truth-mw0000020476 |website=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> "True Lies" would be one of three singles spawned from ''Three Chords and the Truth'' between 1997 and 1998. All three would only become minor country hits.<ref name="Billboard Singles"/> Evans recalled the reasoning behind why "True Lies" may have reached a lower end of the ''Billboard'' country music chart: "There were a lot of things that played into it that were out of my control. Radio saw me as just a little bit too retro."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Remz |first=Jeffrey B. |title=Sara Evans: born to sing (November 2000) |url=https://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=428&p=3 |access-date=15 April 2022 |website=Country Standard Time}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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==Charts==
==Charts==
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[[Category:1997 songs]]
[[Category:1997 songs]]
[[Category:1997 debut singles]]
[[Category:1997 debut singles]]

Latest revision as of 23:44, 29 April 2024

This article is about the 1997 song by Sara Evans off the album Three Chords and the Truth. For other uses, see True Lies (disambiguation).
"True Lies"
Single by Sara Evans
from the album Three Chords and the Truth
B-side"The Week the River Raged"
ReleasedMarch 10, 1997 (1997-03-10)[1]
StudioMad Dog Studios
Burbank, California
Genre
Length2:34
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Pete Anderson
Sara Evans singles chronology
"True Lies"
(1997) 		"Three Chords and the Truth"
(1997)

"True Lies" is a song written by Al Anderson, Sara Evans and Sharon Rice, and recorded by Evans as her debut single. Released in 1997, "True Lies" became a minor hit on the Billboard country chart and was later included on Evans' debut studio album, Three Chords and the Truth. The song received positive reviews from critics.

Background

"True Lies" was co-written by Sara Evans, along with songwriters Al Anderson and Sharon Rice.[3] The song was recorded at Mad Dog Studios, which was located in Burbank, California. The session was produced by Pete Anderson, who also produced Evans's first studio album. Evan's next two hits would also be produced by Anderson. The album's other songs were recorded during the same sessions, including its title track and the single "Shame About That".[4] The Washington Post described "True Lies" as a ballad filled with "heartache" that has an "outlook for love isn't nearly so bleak".[5]

Critical reception

"True Lies" received positive reviews from music writers and critics. Mike Joyce of The Washington Post found similarities between the track and older country ballads by Patsy Cline in his review of her 1997 studio album. "Evans opens the album by displaying her vocal resemblance to Cline on the ballad "True Lies." The similarity is striking, but what makes the song moving isn't the way Evans cannily evokes Cline's tone and phrasing," he wrote.[5]

Release and chart performance

"True Lies" was released as Evans's debut single on March 10, 1997 via RCA Nashville. It was issued as a 7" vinyl single and included "The Week the River Raged" as the B-side.[6] The song spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and became a minor hit that year. It peaked at number 59 in the spring of 1997.[7] "True Lies" was later issued on Evans' debut studio album entitled Three Chords and the Truth. The song was the album's opening track.[8] "True Lies" would be one of three singles spawned from Three Chords and the Truth between 1997 and 1998. All three would only become minor country hits.[6] Evans recalled the reasoning behind why "True Lies" may have reached a lower end of the Billboard country music chart: "There were a lot of things that played into it that were out of my control. Radio saw me as just a little bit too retro."[9]

Track listing

7" vinyl single[6]

  • "True Lies" – 2:34
  • "The Week the River Raged" – 4:02

Charts

Chart performance for "True Lies"
Chart (1997) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 59

References

  1. ^ "Going for Adds - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. March 7, 1997. p. 81.
  2. ^ Foster, Ben. "Favorite Songs by Favorite Artists: Sara Evans". Country Universe. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records: 81. March 7, 1997.
  4. ^ Evans, Sara (July 1, 997). "Three Chords and the Truth (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". RCA Records.
  5. ^ a b Joycem, Mike. "SARA EVANS, JASON SELLERS & THE BRAND NEW OPRY". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  7. ^ "Sara Evans chart history (Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  8. ^ Campbell, Al. "Three Chords and the Truth: Sara Evans: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  9. ^ Remz, Jeffrey B. "Sara Evans: born to sing (November 2000)". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Sara Evans Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
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