Tell It to My Heart

Infobox Single
Name = Tell It To My Heart


Caption =
Artist = Taylor Dayne
from Album = Tell It to My Heart
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1987
Format = Cassette single
7" single
12" single
CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Dance-pop
Length = 3:41
Label = Arista
Writer = Seth Swirsky / Ernie Gold
Producer = Ric Wake
Certification =
Last single = -
This single = "Tell It To My Heart"
(1987)
Next single = "Prove Your Love"
(1988)
Misc = Extra chronology
Last single = Say A Prayer
(1995)
This single = "Tell It To My Heart (remix)"
(1995)
Next single = "Whatever You Want"
(1998)Extra album cover 2


Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single
Lower caption = 1995 remix single cover

"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.

Background

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 also wrote (along with Arnie Roman), Dayne's follow-up single "Prove Your Love".

When the song was originally mastered, Arista Records sent a copy to Seth Swirsky who thought that having four bars before the bridge was too short. He called Arista President Clive Davis to have him add an additional four bars to allow the bridge to breathe, which Davis did, scraping the mastering.

The song took off so unexpectedly in the fall of 1987, that Taylor was forced to make the rest of her debut album 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.Fact|date=August 2007

Dayne was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal, Female for her performance on "Tell It to My Heart" in 1988.

Music video

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.

Chart performances

"Tell It To My Heart" appeared in the Top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the week of November 14, 1987, rising to number 39 from number 43. Ten weeks later, the single peaked in the number seven spot, during the week of January 23, 1988. The song was on the Hot 100 chart for 26 weeks. The song also reached number three in the UK.

"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.

"Tell It to My Heart'" was number two in the United World Chart, knocked-off the top spot by George Michael's "Father Figure".

Cover versions

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 sophomore album "New Attitude".

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" ["MusicStars", track listing and charts [http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=MusicStar&titel=New+Generation&cat=a Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved September 19, 2008)] and in 2006 by Thomas Anders on his album "Songs Forever".

Remixes

; 1987
*House of Hearts Mix – 9:10
*Dub of Hearts Mix – 7:10

; 1995
*Kopia Resonance Mix – 4:44
*Love to Infinity Subway Anthem – 10:49
*Tony De Vi Remix
*T–Empo Radio Remix – 3:47
*T-Empo Club Mix - 8:47
*1995 Remix

; 2008
*Tell It To My Heart (2008 Version) - 3:41(Released as Track 2 on U.S. Promotional 'Beautiful' CD-Single)

Track listings

; 7" single
# "Tell It to My Heart" — 3:38
# "Tell It to My Heart" (instrumental) — 3:15

; 12" maxi
# "Tell It to My Heart" (club mix) — 6:46
# "Tell It to My Heart" (percapella mix) — 3:21
# "Tell It to My Heart" (single mix) — 3:24
# "Tell It to My Heart" (dub mix) — 5:47; 12" maxi - Remix
# "Tell It to My Heart" (house of hearts mix) — 8:43
# "Tell It to My Heart" (radio edit) — 3:31
# "Tell It to My Heart" (dub of earts mix) — 6:43

; 2008 CD single Promo
# "Tell It to My Heart" (2008 version) — 3:41(Released as track 2 on U.S. Promotional "Beautiful" CD single)

Certifications

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