Lies (Status Quo song)

"Lies" / "Don't Drive My Car"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Just Supposin'
Released28 November 1980 (1980-11-28)
GenreRock
Length3:56 and 4:12
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Rossi/Frost and Parfitt/Bown
Producer(s)Status Quo and John Eden
Status Quo singles chronology
"What You're Proposing"
(1980) 		"Lies" / "Don't Drive My Car"
(1980) 		"Something 'Bout You Baby I Like"
(1981)

"Lies" / "Don't Drive My Car" is a double A-side single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1980.

Lies

"Lies" was considered to be the most commercial of the two. Both songs were included on the album Just Supposin'.[1]

250,000 copies were issued with a picture sleeve; the first 100,000 printed in colour, the rest were printed in black and white.

Don't Drive My Car

"Don't Drive My Car" was mispressed twice - once as "Don't Drive My CAF" (French pressing) and once as "Don't Drive MYICAR" (later UK pressing).[citation needed]

The song was reprised, in 2014, for the band's thirty-first studio album Aquostic (Stripped Bare). It was featured in the ninety-minute launch performance of the album at London's Roundhouse on 22 October, the concert being recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series.[2][3]

Track listing

  1. "Lies" (Rossi/Frost) (3.56)
  2. "Don't Drive My Car" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.12)

Charts

Chart (1980-1981) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 31
Germany (GfK)[6] 24
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 5
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 11

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[10] Silver 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. ^ "Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm". setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Status Quo - Acoustic". Radio 2 In Concert. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Status Quo – Lies" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Status Quo – Lies" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Status Quo – Lies" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Lies". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Status Quo – Lies" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  10. ^ "British single certifications – Status Quo – Lies". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 October 2016.