Tell Me Why (Spice Girls song)

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"Tell Me Why"
Single by Spice Girls
from the album Forever
Released	2001
Genre	Pop
Length	Radio Edit - 3.44
Label	Virgin Records
Writer(s)	Emma Bunton Victoria Beckham Melanie Brown Rodney Jerkins LaShawn Daniels Fred Jerkins III
Chart positions
Alternate cover
UK CD Promo 1
UK CD Promo 2
Australia CD Promo
Canadian CD-R Promo

"Tell Me Why" was listed as the second single (througout Europe) to be lifted from Spice Girls' album Forever. However due to poor sales of Forever, the single was later cancelled. Promotional singles had already been circulating throughout Europe and Australia and other countries. Even though the single was canceled in the end, it fared well and became a club hit.

The lyrics are a bitter response to the other side of a broken relationship, although it may or may not be a romantic one. Due to the vaguity of the pronouns may in fact be about the departure of group member Geri Halliwell: "We started with dreams/We started a team/But you weren't as true as you always seemed/You promised to love/No matter what/Yet you turned your back and walked out on me."

[edit] Promotional track listing

• UK Promo CD1

1. "Tell Me Why" (Radio Edit) 3:42

• UK Promo CD2 and Australian Promo CD

1. "Tell Me Why" (Radio Edit) 3:42
2. "Tell Me Why" (Thunderpuss Edit) 3:39
3. "Tell Me Why" (Thunderpuss Club Mix) 10:55
4. "Tell Me Why" (Jonathan Peters Edit) 3:25
5. "Tell Me Why" (Jonathan Peters Club Mix) 9:19

• Canadian Promo CD-R

1. "Tell Me Why" (Radio Edit) 4:10
2. "Tell Me Why" (Album Version) 4:13

• UK Promo Thunderpuss Remixes CD-R

1. "Tell Me Why" (Thunderpuss Club Anthem) 10:55
2. "Tell Me Why" (Thunderpuss Mixshow) 7:31
3. "Tell Me Why" (Thunderpuss Tribe-A-Pella) 8:02
4. "Tell Me Why" (Thunderdub) 8:46
5. "Tell Me Why" (Thunderpuss Radio) 3:39
6. "Tell Me Why" (Thunderpuss Radio - Vox Up) 3:39
7. "Tell Me Why" (TV Track) 3:45
8. "Tell Me Why" (Live Performance Track) 3:44
9. "Tell Me Why" (Radio Instrumental) 3:44
10. "Tell Me Why" (12” Instrumental) 10:55

• UK Promo 12"

1. "Tell Me Why" (Thunderpuss Club Anthem) 10:55
2. "Tell Me Why" (Jonathan Peters Club Mix) 9:19