Telling Me Lies
1987 single by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
"Telling Me Lies" | ||||
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Single by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris | ||||
from the album Trio | ||||
B-side | "Rosewood Casket" | |||
Released | May 11, 1987 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Betsy Cook Linda Thompson | |||
Producer(s) | George Massenburg | |||
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris singles chronology | ||||
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"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 positions
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 3 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 6 |
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Emmylou Harris singles
- "Together Again"
- "One of These Days"
- "Sweet Dreams"
- "You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)"
- "Making Believe"
- "Save the Last Dance for Me"
- "Blue Kentucky Girl"
- "Beneath Still Waters"
- "Wayfaring Stranger"
- "The Boxer"
- "If I Needed You" (with Don Williams)
- "Tennessee Rose"
- "Born to Run"
- "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date"
- "I'm Movin' On"
- "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
- "Drivin' Wheel"
- "In My Dreams"
- "Pledging My Love"
- "Someone Like You"
- "White Line"
(with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)
- "To Know Him Is to Love Him"
- "Telling Me Lies"
- "Those Memories of You"
- "Wildflowers"
- "Heartbreak Hill"
- "Heaven Only Knows"
- "I Still Miss Someone"
(with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)
- "After the Gold Rush"
(with Mark Knopfler)
- "All the Roadrunning"
- "Wild Montana Skies" (featured with John Denver)
- "Thing About You" (featured with Southern Pacific)
- "We Believe in Happy Endings" (featured with Earl Thomas Conley)
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