It became the group's breakout hit, topping charts in their home country for several weeks and consequently winning Song of the Year at the 2007 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
[8] An electronic dance track combined with hip-hop elements,[9] "Lies" begins with a dial tone, and that builds up around a "subtle piano, brassy percussion, and a clapping beat.
"[12] Korean website Star News published an article commenting that BigBang's music "stands out" from other K-pop boy groups, because of their "impressive melody lines" in tracks like "Lies".
[13] Tamar Herman of Billboard wrote that the "melodic, surging chorus and some rapid-fire rap" of "Lies" placed BigBang "down the path into the realm of avant-garde experimentalism that they've become known for over the past few years"[10] and called one of South Korea's "most memorable songs.
"[21] "Lies" is recognized as the song "that made Big Bang who they are today", the ground for the following releases of the group,[2] and the "decisive moment" that influenced K-pop idols to produce their own music by themselves.
[22] In 2016, "Lies" was voted the top K-pop male idol song in the past 20 years in a poll involving 2,000 people and 30 music industry experts by South Korean magazine Dong-a Ilbo.
[23] Billboard ranked the single third on their list of Top 10 Songs from the group in honor of their tenth anniversary,[1] as well as the third greatest K-Pop chorus of the century.