Music video description
The hit "Would I Lie To You?" is a song by American duo Charles & Eddie, which was written by Mike Leeson and Peter Vale and produced by Josh Deutsch. The song was the debut single of this pop-soul duo and comes from their first studio album titled Duophonic. The song became a huge hit and achieved international commercial success. It reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart and was also No. 1 in New Zealand, Germany, Australia and Zimbabwe. It reached the top five in several other European countries, and ranked 13th on the US Billboard Hot 100 list.
The song "Would I Lie To You" garnered a lot of favorable reviews from music critics, who appreciated its sound reminiscent of classic soul and called it modern, groundbreaking and extremely lively. The song's composers Lesson and Vale won the 1992 Ivor Novello Award for Best Melody and Lyrics. The video for the song depicts Charles and Eddie at various locations in New York City, singing their song. Despite the fact that the video was only added to YouTube in March 2009, it still has more than 47 million views to date, proving that the song is quite timeless.