Dear Lie

"Dear Lie"
Single by TLC
from the album FanMail
Released	November 30, 1999 (1999-11-30)
Format	CD single, 7", 12", cassette
Recorded	1998
Genre	R&B, Pop rock
Length	5:1
Label	LaFace, Arista
Writer(s)	Kenneth Edmonds, Tionne Watkins
Producer(s)	Babyface
TLC singles chronology
"Unpretty" (1999) "Dear Lie" (1999) "Girl Talk" (2002)

"Dear Lie" is a song by American R&B recording group TLC. The R&B ballad was written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and band member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins for the trio's third studio album FanMail (1999), featuring production by Edmonds.

The song was released as the album's fourth single in November 1999 in the United States following "No Scrubs" and "Unpretty". Though it managed to enter the top 40 in Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, it was widely considered a minor success compared to previous hits "No Scrubs" and "Unpretty", peaking at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100. An accompanying music video, directed by Bille Woodruff, was filmed but not aired in the United States. "Dear Lie" was not featured on TLC's greatest hits albums Now and Forever: The Hits (2003), Crazy Sexy Hits: The Very Best of TLC (2007) or "20" (2013).

Music video

A music video for "Dear Lie", directed by Bille Woodruff, was shot from September 26–27, 1999 and was the last TLC video with all three members alive. It would be their second to last music video released with Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes still alive before the music video "What It Ain't" by Goodie Mob featuring them was released six months later. The video features solo parts of both Chilli and T-Boz in an apartment, and "performance" shots in a hallway during the chorus. Lopes is shown running down the hall, knocking at the doors before running out of the frame.

Formats and tracklisting

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Dear Lie".

CD single

1. "Dear Lie" (Radio Edit) - 3:52
2. "Dear Lie" (Album Version) - 5:12
3. "Unpretty" (MJ Cole Mix Vox Up) - 4:48
4. "Sleigh Ride" - 3:51

UK CD single 1

1. "Dear Lie" (Radio Edit) - 3:53
2. "Dear Lie" (Album Version) - 5:12
3. "Sleigh Ride" - 3:51

UK CD single 2

1. "Dear Lie" (Radio Edit) - 3:53
2. "Sleigh Ride" - 3:51

Charts

Weekly charts

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics