| "Lies" | ||||
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| Single by Thompson Twins | ||||
| from the album Quick Step and Side Kick | ||||
| B-side | Beach Culture | |||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | New Wave, Synthpop, Post-disco | |||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Writer(s) | Tom Bailey Alannah Currie Joe Leeway |
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| Producer | Tom Bailey | |||
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"Lies" is a 1983 song by the British New Wave/Synthpop band Thompson Twins. It was released as the first single from the album Quick Step and Side Kick (which was renamed Side Kicks in the U.S.), and the song peaked at #67 on the UK singles chart. The single fared better in the United States, where it peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1983. Along with the B-side track "Beach Culture", "Lies" also spent two weeks at #1 on the American dance chart in January 1983, becoming the band's second #1 on this chart ("In The Name Of Love" had spent five weeks atop this chart in 1982). The music video was played on MTV and other video programs and features a view of the band's feet at the end of an oversized bed, bouncing back and forth to the rhythm of the song, as a variety of sights pass in a room similar to Bowman's bedroom in 2001 or a Magritte painting. At the end, the bed is revealed to be a hospital bed. The song was also featured in the episode "Grilled Cheese Deluxe" of the Cartoon Network original series, Regular Show.
The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996
| Preceded by "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (with "Beach Culture") January 8, 1983 |
Succeeded by Thriller (all cuts) by Michael Jackson |
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