Lies (McFly song)
Encyclopedia
"Lies" is the fifteenth single from British
pop rock
band, McFly
, released on the 15 September 2008. "Lies" did not feature on the promotional 10-track copy of the album Radio:Active
which was given away in The Mail on Sunday
in July 2008, however it features as one of the four additional tracks on the retail edition of the album, which was released on 22 September 2008. The lead vocals for the song are split between band members Danny Jones
and Tom Fletcher
, with vocal contributions from bassist Dougie Poynter
. "Lyrically, Lies is definitely the darkest song we've ever written," says Tom Fletcher, who shares vocals on the track with Danny Jones. "It's about a real bitch of a girl who is out for herself and doesn't care who she uses to get what she wants. We did have a girl in mind when we wrote it, but really it's an amalgam of several girls we have met along the way. We hope she burns in hell at the end. A real good time tune then!" On 17 September 2008 the song was added to BBC Radio 1's A-List and BBC Radio 2's A-List. Lies debuted at number #4, it sold 26,071 in UK singles charts in its first Physical Release Week. Just 7 copies behind Pussycat Dolls
, 'When I Grow Up
'. “Lies” has received a platinum sales status certification for sales of over 170,000 copies in the Brazil (Only in downloads). "Lies" also features on the compilation CD Now That's What I Call Music! 71 and The song appears on the international soundtrack to the Brazilian telenovela Caminho das Índias
.
UK CD2
UK DVD Single
's teen strand, T4
on 23 August 2008, and Brazil its premiere on MTV Brazil on 7 October 2008. The video, directed by the duo Chris Hopewell and Ben Foley, takes place in an apocalyptic world where water is scarce and therefore a source of power. The band are shown in a van, which breaks down, and the band push it to a nearby city. The band are shown around the city, many shots of which include dancing locals and bazaars. The band are next seen performing, all the while being watched by a woman with blue hair. The band show off their elemental skill (fire), and during which the blue woman shows concern. She nods to their tour guide, who cartwheels and kicks their bottle of water (which they had obtained at the bazaar) from them and it crashes to the ground, bursting on impact. This earns a very indignant reaction from everyone present: fighting breaks out as their tour guide slinks away, and the blue woman fights with the band in a standoff, demonstrating her own elemental power (water). The band win, and the blue woman is on the ground wiping her lip. A colossal robot steps forward, starting a chainsaw. The band take this as their cue to go, filling up their truck and fleeing the city. They are just on the outskirts of town when their van breaks down again. The blue woman smiles, and stands with the robot and its chainsaw (who revs the chainsaw) before they walk toward them.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
band, McFly
McFly
McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...
, released on the 15 September 2008. "Lies" did not feature on the promotional 10-track copy of the album Radio:Active
Radio:Active
Radio:ACTIVE is the fourth studio album by English pop punk boyband McFly, which also is the band's first under their new, self created label, Super Records after leaving Island Records. The first single from the album is "One for the Radio". "Lies", one of the tracks from the deluxe edition of...
which was given away in The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011...
in July 2008, however it features as one of the four additional tracks on the retail edition of the album, which was released on 22 September 2008. The lead vocals for the song are split between band members Danny Jones
Danny Jones
Daniel Alan David "Danny" Jones is an English musician who is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists for pop rock band McFly, alongside fellow members Tom Fletcher , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd .-McFly:McFly rose to fame in 2004, in part due to their association with Busted who helped launch...
and Tom Fletcher
Tom Fletcher
Thomas Michael "Tom" Fletcher is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists and guitarists of English pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder and principal songwriter...
, with vocal contributions from bassist Dougie Poynter
Dougie Poynter
Dougie Lee Poynter is an English musician and the bass guitarist and vocalist for the pop rock boyband McFly.- McFly :...
. "Lyrically, Lies is definitely the darkest song we've ever written," says Tom Fletcher, who shares vocals on the track with Danny Jones. "It's about a real bitch of a girl who is out for herself and doesn't care who she uses to get what she wants. We did have a girl in mind when we wrote it, but really it's an amalgam of several girls we have met along the way. We hope she burns in hell at the end. A real good time tune then!" On 17 September 2008 the song was added to BBC Radio 1's A-List and BBC Radio 2's A-List. Lies debuted at number #4, it sold 26,071 in UK singles charts in its first Physical Release Week. Just 7 copies behind Pussycat Dolls
Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble based in Los Angeles; currently consisting of Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Kristal "Lyndriette" Smith, Tiffany "Taz" Zavala, Kia Hampton and Paula Van Oppen. The Pussycat Dolls were founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995...
, 'When I Grow Up
When I Grow Up (Pussycat Dolls song)
"When I Grow Up" is a song by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls, from their second studio album, Doll Domination . It was released on May 27, 2008 as the lead single from the album, and the first following the departure of the group's longest-standing member Carmit Bachar...
'. “Lies” has received a platinum sales status certification for sales of over 170,000 copies in the Brazil (Only in downloads). "Lies" also features on the compilation CD Now That's What I Call Music! 71 and The song appears on the international soundtrack to the Brazilian telenovela Caminho das Índias
Caminho das Índias
Caminho das Índias is a Brazilian Emmy-winning television telenovela produced by Rede Globo and first broadcast from January 19 to September 11, 2009. It ranked within the top of the most watched shows on Brazilian television...
.
Track listing
UK CD1- "Lies" (Album Version) - 3:46
- "Winner Takes It All" (Acoustic) - 4:17
UK CD2
- "Lies" (Album Version) - 3:46
- "Going Through The Motions" (Live) - 3:49
- "The End" (Acoustic) - 3:42
- "Interview" - 11:26
UK DVD Single
- "Lies" (Full-Length Video) - 6:06
- "Behind the Scenes Documentary - The "Lies" Video Shoot"
- "Lies" (Audio) - 3:49
- "Additional McFly Footage"
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| iTunes ITunes iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.... |
7 September 2008 | Super Records Super Records -Formation:McFly's debut album was released on Island Records in 2004. Room On The Third Floor went to number one, making them the youngest UK group to do so since The Beatles.... |
digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
8 September 2008 | Super Records | Digital Download |
| 15 September 2008 | Super Records | CD Single | |
| Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... |
11 September 2008 | Super Records | CD, Digital download |
| Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
20 October 2008 | EMI Music Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
Airplay |
| Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
26 November 2008 | Avex Trax Avex Trax , listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan... |
CD Single, Digital download |
| Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
February 2009 | EMI Music | Airplay |
| Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... & Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
July 2009 | EMI Music | Airplay |
Chart performance
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,... |
|
| Portugal Singles Top 50 | |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
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Certifications
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| Brazil | Platinum |
Video
The full music video is just over 6 minutes long, and received its premiere on Channel 4Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's teen strand, T4
T4 (Channel 4)
T4 is a scheduling slot on Channel 4 from about 09:00 until 14:00 on Saturdays and 17:00 on Sundays. It also airs on weekdays in the school holidays. The slot has a separate station identification on screen graphic from Channel 4 and E4. The logo of T4 is noticeably the top right segment of the...
on 23 August 2008, and Brazil its premiere on MTV Brazil on 7 October 2008. The video, directed by the duo Chris Hopewell and Ben Foley, takes place in an apocalyptic world where water is scarce and therefore a source of power. The band are shown in a van, which breaks down, and the band push it to a nearby city. The band are shown around the city, many shots of which include dancing locals and bazaars. The band are next seen performing, all the while being watched by a woman with blue hair. The band show off their elemental skill (fire), and during which the blue woman shows concern. She nods to their tour guide, who cartwheels and kicks their bottle of water (which they had obtained at the bazaar) from them and it crashes to the ground, bursting on impact. This earns a very indignant reaction from everyone present: fighting breaks out as their tour guide slinks away, and the blue woman fights with the band in a standoff, demonstrating her own elemental power (water). The band win, and the blue woman is on the ground wiping her lip. A colossal robot steps forward, starting a chainsaw. The band take this as their cue to go, filling up their truck and fleeing the city. They are just on the outskirts of town when their van breaks down again. The blue woman smiles, and stands with the robot and its chainsaw (who revs the chainsaw) before they walk toward them.
Personnel
- Danny JonesDanny JonesDaniel Alan David "Danny" Jones is an English musician who is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists for pop rock band McFly, alongside fellow members Tom Fletcher , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd .-McFly:McFly rose to fame in 2004, in part due to their association with Busted who helped launch...
- GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Lead Vocals (Group Member) - Tom FletcherTom FletcherThomas Michael "Tom" Fletcher is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists and guitarists of English pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder and principal songwriter...
- GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Lead Vocals (Group Member) - Harry JuddHarry JuddHarry Mark Christopher Judd is an English musician who is best known as the drummer for British pop rock band McFly, along with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones...
- Drums (Group Member) - Dougie PoynterDougie PoynterDougie Lee Poynter is an English musician and the bass guitarist and vocalist for the pop rock boyband McFly.- McFly :...
- BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, Backing Vocals (Group Member) - James Norton - PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, KeyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...