Dear Lie
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| Single by TLC from the album FanMail |
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| Released | November 30, 1999 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 1998 | ||||
| Genre | Pop/R&B | ||||
| Length | 5:10 (album version) 3:53 (radio version) 4:36 (video version) |
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| Label | LaFace | ||||
| Writer(s) | Babyface, Tionne Watkins |
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| Producer | Babyface | ||||
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Dear Lie is a pop/R&B ballad written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Tionne Watkins for TLC's third studio album FanMail (1999). It was produced by Babyface and released as the album's third single in the fourth quarter of 1999. Though the song managed to enter the top 40 in the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and the UK, where it spent five non-consecutive weeks inside the top forty, longer than some of the band's highest charting singles there. It was widely considered a minor success compared to previous hits "No Scrubs" and "Unpretty", peaking at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100. A music video was filmed but not aired in the U.S., it was only shown in Europe. "Dear Lie" is one of the singles that did not make the cut for TLC's greatest hits album, Now and Forever: The Hits (2003) or Crazy Sexy Hits: The Very Best of TLC (2007).
[edit] Music video
Although not internationally released, a video for "Dear Lie" was shot. Despite the group not promoting the single very much, it received a lot of airplay in Europe, giving the group a minor hit. "Dear Lie" would be their last song released with all three members alive.
The video features solo parts of both Chilli and T-Boz in an apartment, and "performance" shots in a hallway during the chorus.
Rumour has it that Left Eye was not present at the set, and did her parts separately from the rest of the group. Therefore she is only featured in solo shots, and a few digitally edited group shots in the hallway during the last chorus.
The video is known for its very last scene, where Left Eye is shown running down the hall, knocking at the doors before running out of the frame.
[edit] Formats and tracklisting
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Dear Lie". The minor single contains just "Dear Lie" and "Sleigh Ride".
- "Dear Lie" (Radio Edit) - 3:52
- "Dear Lie" (Album Version) - 5:12
- "Unpretty" (MJ Cole Mix Vox Up) - 4:48
- "Sleigh Ride" (Album Version) - ?
Versions
- Album Version - 5:11
^Used on the album FanMail and the CD Single
- Radio Edit - 3:53
^Sent to mainstream radio, also on the CD Single
- Video Version - 4:36
^Used in the video and on the Totally Hits 2 CD.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2000) | Peak Position |
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| Australia ARIA Singles Chart | 35 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 26 |
| French Singles Chart | 40 |
| German Singles Chart | 37 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 12 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Chart | 10 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 24 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 29 |
| UK Singles Chart | 31 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 51 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles | 70 |
| U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 | 4 |
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