Charles and Eddie's 'Would I Lie To You' (1992). The lyrics are:
Lead vocal: Look into my eyes
Can't you see they're open wide
Would I lie to you baby
Would I lie to you.
Backing vocal: Oh yeah!
2007-03-14 14:38:11 · 7 answers · asked by Wildamberhoney 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
It gets worse: the lead vocalist the adopts the same approach in the 2nd half of the chorus.
Don't you know it's true,
girl there's no-one else but you,
would I lie to you baby, YEAH!
Um...
2007-03-14 14:45:16 · update #1
lexo80 - I'm confused by what you said, because the 'Cheat!' shout makes perfect sense in the context of the lyrics:
Many, many, many nights go by.
I sit alone at home and cry over you.
What can I do? [...]
Is it true what they say about you?
They say you'll never, ever, never be true.
The same doesn't apply to the Charles and Eddie song.
2007-03-14 15:09:38 · update #2
file_under_water - that's a great answer... but then why does the lead add the 'yeah' bit himself at the end of the chorus? (Yes, I am just being pedantic, but the point stands!)
2007-03-15 00:50:20 · update #3
OH THANK GOODNESS SOME ONE ELSE NOTICED IT TOO. ITS DRIVEN ME MAD FOR NEARLY A DECADE.... actually its quite creepy, i was just saying the exact same thing to my friends at work last saturday.....
2007-03-14 14:42:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't see how that's a self-contradiction. The backing vocals could be mocking, as it were, the main vocal.
A precedent for this is the Shirelles' 1961 hit 'Baby It's You', in which the singer sings 'You should hear what they say/about you' and the backing singers sing 'Cheat! Cheat!' The Beatles covered it on their first album.
Alternatively, whoever arranged 'Would I Lie To You' just wasn't paying attention, which I admit is more likely.
2007-03-14 22:03:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
the song doesn't contradict itself, the backing vocals simply reaffirm what the singer is saying.the lead singer is singing to a woman i presume and the backing singer is helping his mate in this sorry predicament
2007-03-15 06:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by Val 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I;m telling you baby there would nerver be another girl in this heart of mine oh yeah!
chorus!
I so knew that song of the top of my head and had my tounge in cheek when I used to serenade the chicks back in 93 (was it?)
Damn how do you know that tune?
Guess ya simular age as me then W.A.H
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2007-03-14 22:12:51 · answer #4 · answered by Chris W 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps the writer was under the influence, hm?
2007-03-14 21:46:43 · answer #5 · answered by ende 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i don`t know if you would lie to me but please don`t call me baby
2007-03-14 21:55:52 · answer #6 · answered by properwired 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
crap song!
end of!
2007-03-14 21:43:52 · answer #7 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋