1983 No. 1 Country Song, Performed by a Coca-Cola Jingle Singer, Still Holds Up 43 Years Later

Country singer Janie Fricke topped the charts with her fan-favorite single “Tell Me a Lie” in 1983 — a song that was actually a cover.

The beloved track was originally recorded by Lynn Anderson in 1974 for her album What a Man My Man Is, but the late country singer and television personality never released it as a single. In the same year, the now-retired pop singer Sami Jo released a version of the tune, which reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Almost a decade later, Fricke put her own spin on the song. Released as a single in Sept. 1983, the song was a track off her eighth studio album, Love Lies, which was released a month later in Oct. 1983.

The song, written by Mickey Buckins and Barbara Wyrick, soared to the top of the charts, taking the No. 1 spot on several charts, including the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and the Radio & Records chart.

Per American Songwriter, the song tells the tale of a person who is attracted to someone who is clearly off-limits. Part of the lyrics read, “Tell me a lie / Say you’re not a married man / ‘Cause you don’t know I saw you / Slip off your wedding band.”

According to her website, Fricke started out by singing in a “little church up the road” where her mother played piano. The two-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year began her career as a successful jingle singer for huge household names such as Coca-Cola, United Airlines, and Red Lobster.

Her first No. 1 hit, “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me Baby,” was released in April 1982 and was reportedly written in two unconventional locations — by a candy machine and while sitting on a front porch.

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