Tell Me 'Bout It

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“Tell Me 'Bout It”
“Tell Me 'Bout It” cover
Single by Joss Stone
from the album Introducing Joss Stone
B-side "My God"
Released 6 February 2007 (digital download)
2 March 2007 (Germany)
5 March 2007 (UK, U.S.)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded Compass Point Studios
(Nassau, Bahamas)
Genre Soul, R&B, funk
Length 2:49
Label Relentless, Virgin
Writer(s) Joss Stone, Raphael Saadiq, Robert Ozuna
Producer Raphael Saadiq
Joss Stone singles chronology
"Cry Baby Cry"
(2006)		 "Tell Me 'Bout It"
(2007)		 "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now"
(2007)
Introducing Joss Stone track listing
"Headturner"
(3)		 "Tell Me 'Bout It"
(4)		 "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now"
(5)
Alternate cover
A Yam Who? Rework cover
A Yam Who? Rework cover

"Tell Me 'Bout It" is a soul–R&B–funk song written by English singer-songwriter Joss Stone, Raphael Saadiq, and Robert Ozuna for Stone's third studio album, Introducing Joss Stone (2007). Released in March 2007 as the album's lead single, it received its first play on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 1 show on 22 January 2007.

The single debuted at number twenty-eight on the UK Singles Chart on 11 March 2007, but it fell to number forty the week after, staying on the chart for three weeks only. Having previously topped the U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, "Tell Me 'Bout It" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number eighty-three in late March, becoming her first solo single to enter the Hot 100.

The song was used in the second episode of The CW's series Gossip Girl, "The Wild Brunch", originally aired on 25 September 2007.

Contents

[edit] Music video

Stone in the hip hop-themed video.
Stone in the hip hop-themed video.

The music video for "Tell Me 'Bout It" was directed by Bryan Barber and filmed on location at 5 Pointz, an industrial building used as a graffiti space located in Queens, New York City. In December 2006, the place's owner, graffiti artist Jonathan "Meres" Cohen, received a phone call from a representive for Stone, asking him to use 5 Pointz as the backcloth for the single's video. He was initially unaware of who Stone was, but he eventually gave permission to her crew after speaking to her. Cohen would later be in charge of Stone's body painting for the cover art and the photo shoot of Introducing Joss Stone.[1]

Accompanying its setting, the video is noted for its hip hop-related elements such as graffiti and breakdancers. It features cameo appearances by producer Raphael Saadiq, who appears at the beginning playing the bass, and Jonathan Cohen, who is shown at the end doing a mural of Stone's face (reminiscent of her face on the cover of 2004's Mind, Body & Soul).

[edit] Track listings and formats

European CD single
  1. "Tell Me 'Bout It" – 2:53
  2. "My God" – 3:48
European, U.S., and Mexican promo CD single
  1. "Tell Me 'Bout It" (Radio Edit) – 2:41
  2. "Tell Me 'Bout It" (Album Version) – 2:50
A Yam Who? Rework digital single
  1. "Tell Me 'Bout It" (A Yam Who? Rework) – 4:21
  2. "Tell Me 'Bout It" (A Yam Who? Club Rework) – 9:38

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Production

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007)[2] Peak
position
Ö3 Austria Top 40 60
Brazilian Hot 100 Songs & Tracks[3] 13
Croatian Airplay Chart[4] 24
Dutch Top 40 8
Dutch Mega Top 50[5] 1
European Hot 100 Singles[6] 46
Euro 200[7] 96
German Singles Chart 64
Greek Singles Chart 29
Hungarian Singles Chart[8] 10
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Italian Singles Chart[9] 12
Lithuania Airplay Chart[10] 20
LCC Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[11] 4
Portuguese National Top 50 46
Swiss Singles Chart 33
UK Singles Chart 28
UK R&B Singles Chart 11
United World Chart 27
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 83
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[12] 73

[edit] Official versions

  • Album Version – 2:49
  • Radio Edit – 2:43
  • A Yam Who? Rework – 4:21
  • A Yam Who? Club Rework – 9:38

A remix by French electronica producer DJ Mehdi was made and was supposed to appear on the single, but was scrapped at the very last minute and replaced by "My God" on the CD single.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kiper, Dmitry (2 August 2007). The Gatekeeper of New York's 'graffiti mecca,' 'Meres' decides who paints – and how long it stays. The Johnstown Breeze. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
  2. ^ Joss Stone – Tell Me 'Bout It – Music Charts. αCharts.us. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  3. ^ Chart Data: Joss Stone. Mariah-Charts.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  4. ^ e!Hot50 Chart (Croatian). e!Hot50. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
  5. ^ Mega Top 50 (see "week 13 – year 2007"). Hitlistweb. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
  6. ^ European Hot 100 Singles. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  7. ^ Euro 200 archives. APC-stats. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  8. ^ Single (track) Top 10 Lista – 2007. 15. hét (Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
  9. ^ Classifiche Mix e Singoli (Italian). FIMI. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  10. ^ Lithuanian Airplay Chart (Lithuanian). Lithuania Charts Company. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  11. ^ LCC Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Lithuanian). Lithuania Charts Company. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  12. ^ Pop 100. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
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