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{{Infobox song
| name       = Liar (It Takes One to Know One)
| cover      = Liar_(It_Takes_One_to_Know_One).jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Taking Back Sunday]]
| album      = [[Louder Now]]
| released   = November 6, 2006
| recorded   = September 2005 – January 2006
| studio     = Barefoot, [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]]
| length     = 3:09
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| writer     = [[Adam Lazzara]], [[Fred Mascherino]], Mark O'Connell, Eddie Reyes, Matt Rubano
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/422377995|title=ASCAP Songview repertory entry for this song |work=|accessdate=December 7, 2023}}</ref>
| producer   = [[Eric Valentine]]
| prev_title = Twenty-Twenty Surgery
| prev_year  = 2006
| next_title = What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?
| next_year  = 2006
}}
"'''Liar (It Takes One to Know One)'''" is a song by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Taking Back Sunday]]. The song was released as the third single from the band's third studio album ''[[Louder Now]]''.
==Release==
"Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" was released to radio on September 19, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |title=FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock |publisher=Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated |access-date=January 16, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142732/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |archive-date=March 22, 2013 }}</ref> The song was released as a single almost two months later on November 6.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/liar-it-takes-one-to-know/id202956981|title=Liar (It Takes One to Know One) - Single by Taking Back Sunday|work=iTunes|publisher=Apple Inc|access-date=January 16, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924044049/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/liar-it-takes-one-to-know/id202956981|archive-date=September 24, 2016}}</ref>
==Reception==
[[AllMusic]] reviewer Corey Apar praised the wordplay between [[Adam Lazzara]] and [[Fred Mascherino]], selecting the song as an AllMusic reviewer's pick.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |last=Apar |first=Corey |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/louder-now-mw0000416438 |title=Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now |access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' reviewer Scott Heisel said that "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" is "hands down, the best song on ''Louder Now''."<ref name=AltPreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/loudernow|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104074741/http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/loudernow|title=Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now|work=Alternative Press|author=Heisel, Scott|date=May 24, 2006|archive-date=November 4, 2010|access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> ''[[Gigwise]]'' was more negative, saying the song "sounds like a [[Hot Hot Heat]] b-side, and nothing like the Taking Back Sunday we have come to know and love."<ref name=GWreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/16820/taking-back-sunday-%E2%80%93-louder-now-warner-released-240406|title=Taking Back Sunday – Louder Now|work=Gigwise|author=Glynn, Lee|date=May 8, 2006|access-date=January 16, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927015119/http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/16820/taking-back-sunday-%E2%80%93-louder-now-warner-released-240406|archive-date=September 27, 2016}}</ref>
==Music video==
The song's music video was directed by [[Tony Petrossian]].<ref name=LNP1Booklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=Louder Now: PartOne |others=[[Taking Back Sunday]] |year=2006 |type=Booklet |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]|id=9362-44440-2}}</ref> The music video was released on September 29, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_1326|title=Taking Back Sunday release "Liar" video|work=Alternative Press|date=September 29, 2006|access-date=January 16, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822105052/http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_1326|archive-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> The video shows the arm of a person hooked up to a [[polygraph|lie detector]] test, as sketches within the polygraph show the band performing the song. At the end of the video, the figure hooked up to the machine is revealed to be frontman [[Adam Lazzara]], while behind a [[one-way mirror]] stands the other band members, who appear to be the ones that gave him the test.
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| headline = American single
| title1   = Liar (It Takes One to Know One)
| length1  = 3:09
| title2   = Spin
| note2    = Live
| length2  = 3:54
}}
{{track listing
| headline = European single
| title1   = Liar (It Takes One to Know One)
| length1  = 3:09
| title2   = Twenty-Twenty Surgery
| note2    = Live
| length2  = 3:38
}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Scotland|65|date=20061119|accessdate=January 16, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|83|date=2006-11-19|accessdate=September 25, 2015|refname=UK|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|21|artist=Taking Back Sunday|accessdate=January 16, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardbubbling100|12|artist=Taking Back Sunday|accessdate=January 16, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Taking Back Sunday}}
[[Category:2006 songs]]
[[Category:2006 singles]]
[[Category:Taking Back Sunday songs]]
[[Category:Warner Records singles]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Eric Valentine]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Tony Petrossian]]