Bad Liar (Selena Gomez song)
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| Single by Selena Gomez | ||||
| Released | May 18, 2017 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Length | 3:34 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Ian Kirkpatrick | |||
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"Bad Liar" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez. She co-wrote the song with Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, and its producer Ian Kirkpatrick. The track samples the bassline from Talking Heads' 1977 single "Psycho Killer", written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. "Bad Liar" was released by Interscope Records and Polydor Records as a single on May 18, 2017. A vertical music video accompanied the release, becoming the first music video to premiere on Spotify.
"Bad Liar" was written by Selena Gomez, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, and Ian Kirkpatrick, who also produced the song. Its initial inspiration came from the American band Talking Heads who Gomez and Michaels are fans of. During a session with Gomez and Tranter, Michaels suggested that they should write a song over the bassline of the band's 1977 single "Psycho Killer", specifically interpolating band member Tina Weymouth's riff. The minimal bassline from the song was used as a starting point for "Bad Liar" from which its topline melody developed. In an interview for Variety magazine, Tranter recalled that it was "one of those magical moments where the song just comes together very quickly and felt so good."Warner/Chappell Music executive Greg Sowder played "Bad Liar" to Talking Heads member David Byrne who liked the track and Gomez's vocal performance, and along with Weymouth and Chris Frantz granted permission for it to sample "Psycho Killer".
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