Tell Me (Diddy song)

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"Tell Me"
Single by Diddy with Christina Aguilera
from the album Press Play
Released	November 2006 (U.S., AUS) November 14, 2006 (GER) December 11, 2006 (UK)
Format	Digital download, CD single
Genre	Hip hop R&B
Length	4:05
Label	Bad Boy/Atlantic
Writer(s)	Garrett, Stephen/Wyce, Elizabeth/Combs, Sean/Jones, Shannon/Knight, Jack/Lawrence, Shannon "Slam"/Montgomery, Ryan/Watson, Leroy
Producer(s)	Just Blaze
Chart positions
#1 (Bulgaria, Lithuania, Malta, Philippines) #2 (Finland, Turkey) #5 (Germany) #7 (Switzerland) #8 (Ireland, UK) #13 (Australia, Netherlands) #17 (Belgium) #19 (Austria) #27 (Romania) #44 (Latvia) #47 (U.S.)
Diddy singles chronology
"Come To Me" (2006)	"Tell Me" (2006)	"Last Night" (2007)
Christina Aguilera singles chronology
"Hurt" (2006)	"Tell Me" (2006)	"Candyman" (2007)

"Tell Me" is the second single from Diddy's 2006 album, Press Play. The song features Christina Aguilera. According to All Access, the single hit radio stations on November 7, 2006.

Contents 1 Song information 2 Music video 3 Charts 4 External link

[edit] Song information

This song was originally created as a demo track to test R&B group Danity Kane but Diddy decided to use Christina Aguilera for the song.

The song was co-written by R&B singer / songwriters Steve "Static" Garrett & Yummy Bingham. Diddy's rap was written with Royce Da 5'9.

The song had general succes but failed to be a major hit due to lack of promotion.

[edit] Music video

The video for "Tell Me" was shot during the last week of September in Los Angeles and was directed by Erik White. The video was premiered on TRL October 30th, 2006. The Video entered the TRL charts two days later at number 10.^[1]

In the beginning of the video the stereo equipment shown is the Beocenter 2 DVD player, Beolab 8000 speakers, and the Beo 4 remote control from Bang & Olufsen. The TV that is used is a Panasonic Plasma TV. The Modernist club chair is an iconic LC2 Grand Confort Petite Model Armchair, designed by Le Corbusier in 1928.

In this video, Diddy somewhat represents the Maxell "blown away guy".

The video begins with Diddy in a virtually empty white room except for the stereo equipment mentioned above, with the track "Diddy Rock", another track from Press Play, playing in the background. After his attractive female assistant asks Diddy if he wants her to "press play" (an obvious reference to the album), the speakers and TV turn on and the track begins. While Diddy raps he is blown away by the power of the speakers, and Christina is seen on the television. By the time Christina's catchy hook comes in, the white room has shattered and Diddy and Christina are seen on either side of a fan in some sort of dark wind tunnel. It is now seen that Christina has donned a classy, sexy, yet modern look for the video, in contrast to the 20's and 30's glamorous look she has used to promote her own album.

This setting then shatters in the middle of the second verse to feature clips of the two performers, as well as backup dancers, performing in front of flashing neon lights. As the song ends, the camera zooms out to show that the lights form the promotional "Press Play" symbol associated with the album.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	47
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	31
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	38
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks	14
Australian ARIA Charts	13
Austrian Single Chart	19
Belgium Top 50	17
Bulgarian Airplay Chart	1
Dutch Top 40 Singles	13
European Hot 100 Singles	13
Finnish Singles Chart	2
German Singles Charts	5
Irish IRMA Single Chart	8
Latvian Airplay Top 50	44
Malta Airplay Charts	1
MYX Hit Chart Philippines	1
Poland Airplat Chart	44
Portugal Single Chart	38
South Africa Five Fm Top 40	1
Romanian Airplay Top 100	20
Swiss Single Chart	7
Turkey Singles Chart	2
UK Official Singles Chart	8
UK Official Download Chart	14
United World Chart	24

Preceded by "My Love" by Justin Timberlake feat. Timbaland & T.I.

Bulgarian Airplay Chart January 16, 2007 - January 21, 2007

Succeeded by "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" by Fedde Le Grand

The song debuted on the Top 75 singles chart in the UK at number 20, based on download sales alone, during the week ending Sunday 10th December. It climbed to number 8 the next week. The song peaked at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] External link

• European Hit Radio TOP 40

v • d • e Christina Aguilera
Discography
Albums
Christina Aguilera (1999) • Stripped (2002) • Back to Basics (2006)
Other Albums
Mi Reflejo (2000) · My Kind of Christmas (2000) · Just Be Free (2001)
Singles
"Reflection" · "Genie in a Bottle" · "The Christmas Song" · "What a Girl Wants" · "I Turn to You" · "Come on Over Baby" · "Pero me acuerdo de ti" · "Christmas Time" · "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" · "Falsas Esperanzas" · "Lady Marmalade" · "Dirrty" · "Beautiful" · "Fighter" · "Can't Hold Us Down" · "Infatuation" · "The Voice Within" · "Car Wash" · "Tilt Ya Head Back" · "Ain't No Other Man" · "Hurt" · "Tell Me" · "Candyman"
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