"The Big Lie" is a song written and performed by Gigolo Aunts

Gigolo Aunts

-Early history:The band was formed by middle school students Steve Hurley, Dave Gibbs, Phil Hurley and Paul Brouwer in 1981 in Potsdam, New York, originally known as Sniper...

. It appears on the 1999 Gigolo Aunts

Gigolo Aunts

-Early history:The band was formed by middle school students Steve Hurley, Dave Gibbs, Phil Hurley and Paul Brouwer in 1981 in Potsdam, New York, originally known as Sniper...

 album, Minor Chords and Major Themes

Minor Chords and Major Themes

Minor Chords and Major Themes is a 1999 album by Gigolo Aunts. It includes the songs, "Everyone Can Fly", subsequently featured on the Everyone Can Fly EP, "Everything Is Wrong", co-written by Jane Wiedlin, and "The Big Lie", co-written by Dave Bassett...

and, in demo form, the 1999 EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, Everyone Can Fly. The song is also the featured track on a 1999 promo single. Limited references to the single are available, and its existence and distribution have not yet been confirmed.

Track listing

US Promo Single (E Pluribus Unum Recordings) Catalog Number: EPU5P 1029 (March 1999)

1. "The Big Lie" (Gibbs/Hurley/Dave Bassett) 3:29