"Somebody Lied"
Single by Ricky Van Shelton
from the album Wild-Eyed Dream
B-side"Working Man Blues"
ReleasedJuly 27, 1987[1]
RecordedJuly 11, 1986[1]
GenreCountry
Length3:21
LabelColumbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)Joe Chambers
Larry Jenkins
Producer(s)Steve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology
"Crime of Passion"
(1987) 		"Somebody Lied"
(1987) 		"Life Turned Her That Way"
(1987)

"Somebody Lied" is a country music song written by Joe Chambers and Larry Jenkins. First recorded by Conway Twitty on his 1985 album Don't Call Him a Cowboy, it was later recorded by American country music singer Ricky Van Shelton. Shelton's version was released in July 1987 as the third single from his debut album Wild-Eyed Dream, as well as Shelton's first number-one single on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1987) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 8

References

  1. ^ a b Greatest Hits Plus (CD). Ricky Van Shelton. Columbia Records. 1992. 52753.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 310.
  3. ^ "Ricky Van Shelton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2021.


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