Tell It to My Heart
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| Single by Taylor Dayne from the album of the same name |
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| Released | 1987 | ||||
| Format | Cassette single 7" single 12" single CD single |
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| Genre | Dance-pop | ||||
| Length | 3:41 | ||||
| Label | Arista | ||||
| Writer(s) | Seth Swirsky / Ernie Gold | ||||
| Producer | Ric Wake | ||||
| Taylor Dayne singles chronology | |||||
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| Say A Prayer (1995) |
"Tell It To My Heart (remix)" (1995) |
"Whatever You Want" (1998) |
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1995 remix single cover
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"Tell It To My Heart" is a song recorded by dance-pop vocalist Taylor Dayne, released as her first single from her debut album of the same name in late 1987. The single was Dayne's first major exposure, and she soon became known for her up-tempo, dance-oriented music.
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[edit] Background
The song was written by Seth Swirsky and Ernie Gold. A Chappell Music staff songwriter, Swirsky almost didn't deliver the song to his publisher after he and his girlfriend decided they didn't think it was good enough. Swirsky also wrote (along with Arnie Roman), Dayne's follow-up single "Prove Your Love".
When the song was originally mastered, Arista Records sent a copy to Seth Swirsky who thought that having four bars before the bridge was too short. He called Arista President Clive Davis to have him add an additional four bars to allow the bridge to breathe, which Davis did, scraping the mastering.
The song took off so unexpectedly in the fall of 1987, that Taylor was forced to make the rest of her debut album in six weeks. For almost two months, people could only buy the 12-inch record of "Tell It to My Heart" with four mixes of the song on it. That 12-inch sold 900,000 copies alone.[citation needed]
Dayne was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal, Female for her performance on "Tell It to My Heart" in 1988.
[edit] Music video
The music video was very low budget but it displayed Taylor's aggressive and sexy style. In the video she follows pretty much the same look featured in the cover of the album.
[edit] Chart performances
"Tell It To My Heart" appeared in the Top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the week of November 14, 1987, rising to number 39 from number 43. Ten weeks later, the single peaked in the number seven spot, during the week of January 23, 1988. The song was on the Hot 100 chart for 26 weeks. The song also reached number three in the UK.
"Tell It to My Heart'" was remixed and re-released in 1995 to promote Dayne's Greatest Hits package. This version climbed to number 23 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Tell It to My Heart'" was number two in the United World Chart, knocked-off the top spot by George Michael's Father Figure.
[edit] Remixes
- 1987
- House of Hearts Mix – 9:10
- Dub of Hearts Mix – 7:10
- 1995
- Kopia Resonance Mix – 4:44
- Love to Infinity Subway Anthem – 10:49
- Tony De Vi Remix
- T–Empo Radio Remix – 3:47
- T-Empo Club Mix - 8:47
- 1995 Remix
[edit] Track listings
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[edit] Cover versions
Fergie, of The Black Eyed Peas, sang "Tell It to My Heart" when she was a 12-year old member of the TV show Kids Incorporated.
Australian group Young Divas covered the song on their sophomore album New Attitude.
Kelly Llorenna's cover version was released as a single and reached #9 in the UK in October 2002.
[edit] Charts
| Chart[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 7 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 1 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 15 |
| French Singles Chart | 11 |
| German Singles Chart | 1 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| United World Chart | 2 |
| Preceded by "My Love is a Tango" by Guillermo Marchen |
German number-one single March 4, 1988 - April 1, 1988 |
Succeeded by "I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie Minogue |
| Preceded by "House Arrest" by Krush "I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie Minogue |
Swiss number-one single March 20, 1988 - April 10, 1988 April 24, 1988 |
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| Preceded by "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" by Billy Ocean |
Dutch number-one single April 2, 1988 |
Succeeded by "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" by Eddy Grant |
| Preceded by "Curacao" by Yiasou |
Norwegian number-one single May 1, 1988 |
Succeeded by "Curacao" by Yiasou |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Lescharts.com entry for "Tell It to My Heart". Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
- ^ De Nederlandse Top 40, week 13, 1988. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
- ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
