"No Lie" is a song by Jamaican rapper Sean Paul featuring British-Albanian singer Dua Lipa, from the former's first EP, Mad Love the Prequel (2018).
"No Lie" is an R&B-tinged reggae and tropical pop song, with the lyrics seeing Paul express his attraction to a girl in a club scene.
"No Lie" was written by Sean Paul alongside Andrew Jackson, Emily Warren, its producer Sermstyle, and co-producer Pip Kembo.
After hearing the demo, Paul immediately fell in love with Lipa's voice and went on to finish the song with her vocals.
[20] The song serves as the lead single and closing track from Paul's debut EP Mad Love the Prequel, released 29 June 2018.
Paul and Lipa performed the song for the first time on 3 December 2016 at the Jingle Bell Ball for Capital FM.
[33] Paul and Lipa performed the song for the final time together at the Summertime Ball for Capital FM 2017,[34] while the song was included on Paul's 2017 Pinkpop Festival,[35] 2017 RNB Fridays Live,[36] and Glastonbury Festival 2019 setlists,[37] as well as Lipa's setlist at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball 2017.
[40] For Billboard, Kat Bein named the song a "totally replay-able [...] party jam," as well as calling it "real sexy" and the hook "rump-shaking.
"[6] In her review for V, Mariana Fernandez viewed the song as an "impressive morph of dancehall, reggae, and pop," while also praising the "infectious combination" of Paul and Lipa's vocals.
He went on to compliment Paul's choice of Lipa as a featured artist, and noted how she mirrors the melody of "Puttin' On the Ritz" (1929) by Irving Berlin.
[41] The Singles Jukebox staff gave the song a rating of 4.25/10, with many complimenting Lipa's performance, but many criticizing how Paul was stuck in the past.
[10] In April 2020, Christopher Rosa of Glamour ranked "No Lie" as Lipa's fourth worst song, stating it is "just off.
[42][43] In February 2022, the song was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for track-equivalent sales of 1,200,000 units in the UK.
[44][45] The song entered the top 10 of the charts in Bulgaria,[46] CIS,[47] Czech Republic,[48] Germany,[49] Hungary,[50] India,[51] Italy,[52] the Netherlands,[53] Romania[54] and Scotland.