Somebody Lied

1987 single by Ricky Van Shelton

"Somebody Lied"

Single by Ricky Van Shelton

from the album Wild-Eyed Dream

B-side

"Working Man Blues"

Released

July 27, 1987^[1]

Recorded

July 11, 1986^[1]

Genre

Country

Length

3:21

Label

Columbia 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]

There are some notable similarities between this version and a song titled "Funny How Time Slips Away" written by Willie Nelson and first recorded by country singer Billy Walker in 1961, and later by Elvis Presley in 1970.

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

^ ^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)
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 310.
^ "Ricky Van Shelton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2021.