Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Mono

In this song, Ben E. King is fighting memories of a failed relationship. Hearing their old song reminds him of better times with his ex-lover and, even worse, that it was all a lie.

The chorus finds King's backup singers delivering the line, "Darling I love you" in the style of a girl group like The Shirelles or The Crystals. King gives his retort after each line: You Know that you lied!

The song is credited as being written by Atlantic honcho Ahmet Ertegun and King's wife, Betty Nelson, although the The Billboard Book of Number One R&B Hits claims King used Nelson's name as a pseudonym.