Little Lies

"Little Lies"
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Tango in the Night
B-side	"Ricky"
Released	August 29, 1987
Format	7", 12", Cassette Single
Recorded	1985
Genre	Pop rock, synthpop
Length	3:38
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Christine McVie, Eddy Quintela
Producer	Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut
Certification	Silver (UK)
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Seven Wonders" (1987) "Little Lies" (1987) "Family Man" (1987 UK) "Everywhere" (1987 USA)

"Little Lies" is a song by the English/American band Fleetwood Mac. It was the third single to be taken from their 1987 album Tango in the Night. As of 2011, 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 ex-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.

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.

Released versions

• 7" Single/Album Version (3:38)
• Extended 12" Version (6:07) - remixed by John "Jellybean" Benitez
• Dub Version (4:04) - remixed by John "Jellybean" Benitez
• Live Version from "Skies the Limit" (1990) CD-single (taken from the Tango In The Night live concert video filmed in 1987)

Cover versions

• Irish band The Jane Bradfords recorded a stripped back version for a BBC live session.[1]
• Swedish singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim recorded a cover of the song for her 2005 EP Shoreline.
• American singer-songwriter Ari Hest recorded a cover of the song for his 2006 EP The Green Room Sessions.
• Seventh season American Idol winner David Cook has covered the song live on his 2009 Declaration Tour. He also performed this song on Good Morning America with Kris Allen and Adam Lambert from season 8.
• Third season Norwegian Idol runner-up Tone Damli Aaberge recorded a cover version for her 2009 album I Know.
• Mindy Smith covered the song as a bonus track on the iTunes version of her 2009 album Stupid Love.
• Danish producerteam AEROSOL(Tommy Scott & Remo Münch) made a cover in 4 versions in 2002.

Sampling

• A eurotrance pseudo-cover of the song was recorded by Eva Luna. Her version only uses the chorus and omits the verses.
• Cheryl Cole sampled the song on her debut album 3 Words on the song "Boy Like You".
• New York's electronic music duo Shy Child sampled the song's intro on their song "Liquid Love".
• Girl Talk sampled this track in the song "Overtime" from Night Ripper

References

• The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996

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