Little Lies

"Little Lies"
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Tango in the Night
B-side "Ricky"
Released 31 August 1987
Format 7", 12", Cassette Single
Recorded 1986
Length 3:38
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Christine McVie, Eddy Quintela
Producer(s) Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Seven Wonders"
(1987)		 "Little Lies"
(1987)		 "Family Man"
(1987)
Music video
"Little Lies" (Live) on YouTube

"Little Lies" is a song by the English/American rock band Fleetwood Mac. It was the third single to be taken from their 1987 album Tango in the Night. As of 2016, it is their final top 10 hit in the U.S.

The song was composed by the band's keyboard player and vocalist, Christine McVie and her then-husband Eddy Quintela. When released, the song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. (#1 for four weeks on the American adult contemporary chart) and #5 on the UK Singles Chart. It continues to be played on radio stations as a classic hit of the late 80's, along with "Everywhere" and "Seven Wonders" released a year later. It was also accompanied by a music video, filmed on a farm, in and around its rustic buildings and fields. In "Little Lies" the singer would rather hear little lies than the unhappy truth from her lover, although near the end she admits "We're better off apart. Let's give it a try." Fleetwood Mac was known for singing about the group members' rocky relationships.

The single was also available on the 12-inch format, featuring an extended dance version, a dub version, and the single's B-side, "Ricky", a non-album track penned by Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham. A limited 12-inch picture disc was also released in the UK, and it was also the first Fleetwood Mac single to be issued on the cassette-single format.

Track listing

12" US single (Warner Brothers Records 0-20761)

  1. "Little Lies" (Extended Version) 6:07
  2. "Little Lies" (Dub) 4:04
  3. "Ricky" 4:21

Released versions

Personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[1] 16
Austrian Albums Chart[2] 21
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) [3] 14
Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles[4] 13
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 2
Dutch Singles Chart[6] 10
Irish Singles Chart [7] 4
New Zealand Singles Chart[8] 9
Swiss Singles Chart[9] 3
UK Singles Chart[10] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 4
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[11] 1
US Billboard Mainstream Rock[11] 14
West German Media Control Singles Chart[12] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1987) Rank
Australian KMR[1] 85
Canadian RPM 100 [13] 89
US Billboard Top Pop Singles[14] 51
US Billboard Top AC Singles[14] 28

Hilary Duff version

"Little Lies"
Single by Hilary Duff
Released January 13, 2016 (2016-01-13)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:23
Label RCA
Hilary Duff singles chronology
"Sparks"
(2015)		 "Little Lies"
(2016)

Hilary Duff recorded a cover of the song, produced by Alex and Adam Anders, for the second season of the TV Land comedy Younger. Duff explained; "They were like, ‘We want you to cover a song for the promos for the second season’ And I’m like, ‘Oh my God. Yes, of course, I would love to’. Fleetwood Mac is seriously one of my favorite bands of all time".[16]

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Worldwide January 13, 2016 Digital download Sony

References

  1. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ↑ "austriancharts.at Fleetwood Mac – "Little Lies"" (ASP). Hung Medien (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "ultratop.be Fleetwood Mac – "Little Lies"" (ASP). Hung Medien (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 47, No. 7". RPM. 21 November 1987. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Adult Contemporary - Volume 47, No. 7". RPM. 21 November 1987. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "dutchcharts.nl Fleetwood Mac – "Little Lies"" (ASP). Hung Medien. MegaCharts. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Search the Charts" (enter "Fleetwood Mac" into the "Search by Artist" box, then select "Search"). Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "charts.org.nz Fleetwood Mac – "Little Lies"" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac – "Little Lies" – hitparade.ch" (ASP). Hung Medien (in German). Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 "Allmusic: Tango in the Night: Charts & Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Single Search: Fleetwood Mac – "Little Lies"" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  13. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 47, No. 12; Top 100 Single of 1987". RPM. 26 December 1987. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  14. 1 2 Nielsen Business Media, Inc (26 December 1987). Billboard Magazine – Year End Charts – Year-end Charts of 1987.
  15. ↑ http://www.fuse.tv/2015/12/hilary-duff-fleetwood-mac-little-lies
  16. ↑ "HIlary Duff: Little lies". www.josepvinaixa.com. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
Preceded by
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" by Whitney Houston		 Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart) number-one single
October 10, 1987 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Breakout" by Swing Out Sister
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