I Lie

I Lie is the thirty-fourth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on February 1, 1982, by MCA Records.^[2]

I Lie
Studio album by Loretta Lynn
Released	February 1, 1982
Recorded	Oct. 1981[1]
Studio	Bradley's Barn (Mount Juliet, Tennessee) Music City Music Hall (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country, urban cowboy
Label	MCA
Producer	Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn chronology
Two's a Party (1981) I Lie (1982) Making Love from Memory (1982)
Singles from I Lie
"I Lie" Released: January 1982

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The only single release, the album's title track, peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and is Lynn's most recent top 10 hit.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Lie"	Thomas William Damphier	3:03
2.	"If I Ain't Got It (You Don't Need It)"	Max D. Barnes	2:29
3.	"There Stands the Glass"	Russ Hull, Mary Jean Shurtz, Audrey Greisham	2:20
4.	"I Wanted You to Leave"	Barbara Hart	3:01
5.	"Stronger Than You Ever Thought I'd Be"	Mitch Johnson, Robert John Jones	3:11

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Step Right Up and Break My Heart"	Justin Dickens, Bill Curry	2:16
2.	"Save Me"	John E. Moffatt	2:53
3.	"Going's Been Coming"	Theresa Beaty	2:00
4.	"Where Love Goes When It's Gone"	L.E. White	2:44
5.	"A Motel Match"	Mitch Johnson, Theresa Beaty	2:20

Personnel

Adapted from album liner notes.

• Harold Bradley - guitar
• Owen Bradley - producer
• David Briggs - piano
• James Caddell - backing vocals
• Jimmy Capps - guitar
• Jean Ann Chapman - backing vocals
• Gene Chrisman - drums
• Johnny Christopher - guitar
• The Dottie Dee Singers - backing vocals
• Ray Edenton - guitar
• Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
• Buddy Harman - drums
• The Jordanaires - backing vocals
• Slick Lawson - photography
• Mike Leech - bass
• Kenny Malone - drums
• Grady Martin - guitar
• Charlie McCoy - harmonica
• Joe Mills - engineer
• Bob Moore - bass
• The Nashville Sounds - backing vocals
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
• Hal Rugg - steel guitar
• Joel Scarbury - backing vocals
• The Shelly Kurland Strings - strings
• Joan Sliwin - backing vocals
• Bobby Thompson - guitar
• Bill Vandevort - engineer
• Pete Wade - guitar
• Bobby Wood - piano
• Reggie Young - guitar

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Peak position
1982	Country Albums	33

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1982	"I Lie"	Country Singles	9