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"Liar" is a song written by Russ Ballard of Argent from their 1970 self-titled debut album. It was released as the band's first single, but did not chart. A version by Three Dog Night was released the following year and was featured on the band's album, Naturally. [1] It was the follow-up to the biggest hit of the band's career, "Joy to the World."
Argent is the debut album by British rock band Argent.Released in 1970 on CBS Records (USA: Epic Records, BN 26525), the album did not chart in either the U.S. or the UK and did not produce any hit singles, although the song "Liar" would become a top-10 Billboard hit the following year through a cover version by Three Dog Night.
Rod Argent put together his eponymous-named band just as his former band The Zombies' post-breakup single "Time of the Season" was becoming a worldwide hit in 1969.His new band employed much heavier rhythms and a generally weightier sound, but also continued the minor keys and complex lyrics of The Zombies, often by Argent's writing with former Zombies bassist Chris White.
He wrote such hits as Three Dog Night's "Liar" [1] (originally recorded by Argent), Hot Chocolate's 1977 UK chart topper "So You Win Again", [1] [2] and Rainbow's 1979 hit "Since You Been Gone". Head East had also recorded the song in 1978 for its self-titled album, and before that it was included in Ballard's 1976 solo album Winning .
Rodney Terence Argent (born 14 June 1945) is an English musician. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Argent came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the keyboardist, founder and leader of the rock band the Zombies , [ 1 ] and went on to form the band Argent after the first break-up of the Zombies.
"Liar" is a number-one R&B single by group Profyle. The hit song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number fourteen on the US Pop chart. The hit song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number fourteen on the US Pop chart.
The video edit of "Liar" was featured in the song's music video and features a different vocal track and slightly different lyrics in the opening section. Directed by Anton Corbijn, the video itself features alternating depictions of vocalist Henry Rollins. During the song's verses, he wears glasses and a plain black T-shirt and speaks in a ...
The video for "Liar" was directed by Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn in a desert location and featured Rollins dressed as a devil, a nun, Superman and a police officer, with the latter three being meant to represent "icons of truth". [3] The video was heavily featured on MTV's alternative program 120 Minutes and the metal program Headbangers ...