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"Lies" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1978 album Some Girls.
| "Lies" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Rolling Stones | |
| from the album Some Girls | |
| Released | 9 June 1978 |
| Recorded | 10 October – 21 December 1977; Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris |
| Genre | Punk rock[1] |
| Length | 3:28 |
| Label | Rolling Stones/Virgin |
| Songwriter(s) | Jagger/Richards |
| Producer(s) | The Glimmer Twins |
| Some Girls track listing | |
10 tracks
| |
The song is a fast-paced rocker is about a man being fed up with his girlfriend's lying and cheating. As with most of Some Girls, it features the five core Stones members, with Jagger, Richards and Ronnie Wood sharing electric guitar duties.
Use in television
editThe track was featured on WKRP in Cincinnati on the episode "Pilot: Part Two". However, "Lies", although performed during the 1978 US tour, was the only track on Some Girls to be permanently dropped from live setlists after the last dates supporting its parent album.[2]
References
edit- ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1978". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 351–352. ISBN 9781493064601.
- ^ Live debuts of each Rolling Stones song (to 25.11.06), Rocksoff.org
- Cyrus R. K. Patell, Rolling Stones' Some Girls, A&C Black, 9 June 2011, p. 84ff.