Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off


"Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off", often shortened to "Lying Is the Most Fun...", is a single by American rock band Panic! at the Disco, from the album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out. Released on August 7, 2006, it is the third commercially released single from that album and fourth overall. The song impacted radio on October 17, 2006.
The song's title was taken from a line of dialog in the 2004 film Closer. The line, spoken by Natalie Portman's character, Alice, is, "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off, but it's better if you do." "But It's Better If You Do", another song by Panic! at the Disco, was released as a single prior to "Lying is the Most Fun...".
In the United States, the song peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, number 96 on the Pop 100, and number 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
The song also reached number 39 on the UK Singles Chart, in the process becoming the longest un-bracketed title of a song to enter the UK Top 40. While it also reached number 26 on the ARIA Charts and number 33 in New Zealand.
The song was also featured on the Saints Row 2 soundtrack.

Music video

The music video was directed by Travis Kopach and filmed on June 19, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. The video was premiered on MTV2 on July 14, 2006. It features people with fish tanks on their heads. The video only shows the band in one scene, because the band felt that their looks were distracting from their music.
Panic! at the Disco has stated that the music video is simply a '50s period short film and the man and woman are a couple, but not necessarily married.
The music video includes a 15-second intro instead of starting the vocals right at the beginning.
The band explained on Steven's Untitled Rock Show that they chose Kopach for the video because they felt his treatment was the most unconventional of the ones they had been offered.

Track listings

UK CD/Digital (August 2006)

  1. "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"
  2. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"

    UK enhanced CD (August 2006)

  3. "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"
  4. "Build God, Then We'll Talk"
  5. "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"
  6. "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"

    UK 7" picture disc (August 2006)

  7. "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"
  8. "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage"

    WMI CD/Digital (January 2007)

  9. "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"
  10. "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"
  11. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
  12. "Build God, Then We'll Talk"

    Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

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