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“Liar (It Takes One to Know One)” by Taking Back Sunday
From the album Louder Now (2006)
“Liar (It Takes One to Know One)” by Taking Back Sunday appears on 11 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2006 and 2010. It was first released in 2006 on the album Louder Now. Its best result is #10 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #99 alternative song of 2006.
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"Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" was the third single cut loose from Louder Now, Taking Back Sunday's 2006 album on Warner Bros., hitting radio in September and landing as a single that November. The whole band takes the writing credit, and Eric Valentine produced, recorded and mixed it, with Matt Radosevich engineering and Chris Roach assisting.
The hook is the sparring between Adam Lazzara and Fred Mascherino, and the critics couldn't agree on it. AllMusic's Corey Apar loved that wordplay and made the song a reviewer's pick, and Alternative Press's Scott Heisel flatly called it the best thing on Louder Now, while Gigwise sniffed that it sounded like a Hot Hot Heat B-side. Tony Petrossian's video straps an arm to a lie detector and lets the band play out in sketches drawn inside the polygraph.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 25 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2006 | 91 |
| 2006 | 83 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
| 2006 | 68 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 92 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006 | 97 |
| 2006 | 81 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2006 | 159 |
| 2006 | 72 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006 | 88 |
| 2007 | 10 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 | 89 |
| 2007 | 101 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 59 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007 | 88 |
| 2007 | 65 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 184 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
Also listed as: Liar; Liar (It Takes One To Know One).
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