Tell Her No

"Tell Her No" was a hit single by The Zombies in 1965. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart and was one of three big hits (the others being "She's Not There" and "Time of the Season") by The Zombies. In 1983, Juice Newton scored a Billboard Top-40 hit with her version.

Style

"Tell Her No" has been described as a "standard Beatles" cut,^[1] and has also been called "harmonically and melodically more complex than the best Beatles stuff, and just as catchy and emotional."^[2]

Remake

In 1969, Smith (with vocalist Gayle McCormick) came out with the album "A group called Smith", renaming this song to "Tell him no" (3rd of that album).

In 1983, country-pop singer Juice Newton remade "Tell Her No". Newton's version reached #14 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary singles chart and #27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Newton changed the song's lyrical gender and point of view, which significantly altered the song's meaning.

In October 2011, Tennis released its cover version as a free download available directly from their website.

References

1. ^ Rolling Stone (1992). The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll. Random House. ISBN 0679737286. 
2. ^ ""The Zombies," George Starostin's Classic Rock And Pop Album Reviews". http://starling.rinet.ru/music/zombies.htm.