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| Single by Taylor Dayne | ||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Tell It to My Heart | ||||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | Instrumental or remix | |||||||||||||||||||
| Released | November 6, 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Format | Cassette single, 7" single, 12" single, CD single | |||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Dance-pop, Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:41 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Arista | |||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Seth Swirsky / Ernie Gold | |||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Ric Wake | |||||||||||||||||||
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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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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 would also write, along with Arnie Roman, Dayne's follow-up single "Prove Your Love".
"Tell It To My Heart" reached Taylor Dayne when Dane contacted Chappell Music and asked to be sent some demos which had been overlooked - although the song had been recorded in early 1987 by Louisa Florio for a self-titled Canadian album release - and Dayne would recall feeling an immediate affinity with the song: "I thought there was something about the hook - it's a happy hook." The track was recorded at Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, Long Island; when Seth Swirsky received a copy of the original master track from Arista Records president Clive Davis, Swirsky opined that having four bars before the bridge was too short and Davis obliged Swirsky's requested addition of four bars to allow the bridge to "breathe".
The track took off so unexpectedly in the fall of 1987, that Taylor was forced to complete her debut album - at Cove City Sound - 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.[1]
Dayne was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal, Female for her performance on "Tell It to My Heart" in 1988. Producer Ric Wake said in a 1994 interview with Vibe magazine that Tell It To My Heart "...really blew people away".[2] Commenting on Taylor Dayne's voice he said "They thought she was, like, black or some kind of ethnic...".[2]
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.
"Tell It to My Heart" appeared in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 the week of 14 November 1987, rising to #39 from #43. Ten weeks later, the single peaked in the number seven spot, during the week of 23 January 23, 1988. The song was on the Hot 100 for 26 weeks.
In the UK "Tell It To My Heart" reached #3 to be ranked as the 23rd best-selling single of 1988 in the UK, one of the best selling singles that didn't get to number one that year.
"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.
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 second album New Attitude.
Spanish duet Amistades Peligrosas included a cover of this song called "Díselo a mi corazón" in their 1993 album La última tentación.
Kelly Llorenna's cover version was released as a single and reached #9 in the UK in October 2002.
In 2005, the song was covered by Laura Ponzo for the album MusicStars[3] and in 2006 by Thomas Anders on his album Songs Forever.
In 2008, the song was covered by Korean hip hop group YMGA and featured Uhm Jung Hwa.[4]
Devendra Banhart has been covering the song as part of his 2010 tour.
In 2010, the song was covered by American Theatrical Dance-pop recording artist, Raquela.[5]
(Released as track 2 on U.S. promotional "Beautiful" CD single)
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(Released as track 2 on U.S. Promotional "Beautiful" CD single) |
Peak positions
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Year-end charts
Certifications
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| Preceded by "Always on My Mind" by Pet Shop Boys "I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie Minogue |
Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single February 27, 1988 - March 5, 1988 (2 weeks) April 2, 1988 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Together Forever" by Rick Astley "I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie Minogue |
| Preceded by "My Love is a Tango" by Guillermo Marchen |
German number-one single March 4, 1988 – April 1, 1988 (5 weeks) |
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 (4 weeks) April 24, 1988 (1 week) |
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| Preceded by "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" by Billy Ocean |
Dutch number-one single April 2, 1988 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" by Eddy Grant |
| Preceded by "Curacao" by Yiasou |
Austrian number-one single May 1, 1988 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Curacao" by Yiasou |