"I Let Her Lie" is the title of a song written by Tim Johnson and recorded by American country music artist Daryle Singletary

Daryle Singletary

Daryle Bruce Singletary is an American country music singer. Between 1995 and 1998, he recorded for Giant Records, for which he released three studio albums: Daryle Singletary in 1995, All Because of You in 1996 and Ain't It the Truth in 1998...

. It was released in July 1995 as the second single from the album Daryle Singletary

Daryle Singletary (album)

Daryle Singletary is the self-titled debut album of American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released in 1995 via Giant Records Nashville...

. The song reached #2 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

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Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Singletary has a "stone country voice that does justice to the lyric, as pain turns to resignation."

Music video

The music video was directed by Steven T. Miller with R. Brad Murano and premiered in mid-1995.

Chart performance

"I Let Her Lie" debuted at #66 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 29, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2