Telling Me Lies | |
Cover: | tellinglies2.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris |
Album: | Trio |
B-Side: | Rosewood Casket |
Released: | May 11, 1987 |
Recorded: | 1986 |
Genre: | Country |
Label: | Warner Bros. |
Producer: | George Massenburg |
Prev Title: | To Know Him Is to Love Him |
Prev Year: | 1987 |
Next Title: | Those Memories of You |
Next Year: | 1987 |
"Telling Me Lies" is a song written by Linda Thompson and Betsy Cook and recorded by Thompson for her 1985 album One Clear Moment, her first solo album, after divorcing husband and former collaborator Richard Thompson). The song was covered by Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on their 1987 collaboration album Trio and released as the album's second single. It reached the top ten on the U.S. country singles charts in the fall of 1987. Thompson and Cook were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Song at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988.
Chart (1987) | Peak position | |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 3 | |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 6 |