Tell It to My Heart (song)
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| "Tell It To My Heart" | ||
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| Single by Taylor Dayne | ||
| from the album Tell It To My Heart | ||
| Released | 1987 | |
| Format | Cassette single 7" single 12" single CD single |
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| Genre | Dance-pop | |
| Length | 3:41 | |
| Label | Arista | |
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| Taylor Dayne singles chronology | ||
| - | "Tell It To My Heart" (1987) |
"Prove Your Love" (1988) |
"Tell It To My Heart" was the debut single from dance-pop vocalist Taylor Dayne's debut album of the same name, release in late 1987. The single was Dayne's first major exposure, and she soon became known for her up-tempo, dance-oriented music, showcasing her extraordinary range and flamboyant style of delivery.
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, top ten smash, "Prove Your Love", which was also a #7 hit on the Billboard Pop Charts (as well as a #1 dance song and a top ten hit around the world.)
"Tell It to My Heart'" was re-released by Taylor in 1996 and went to #23 on the British charts. It became a top ten hit again in the U.K. in October, 2002 with Kelly Llorenna's recording of it.
[edit] Charts
"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 #39 from #43. Ten weeks later, the single peaked in the #7 spot, the week of January 23, 1988. The song was on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 26 weeks.
[edit] Trivia
Fergie, (Stacy Ferguson) of The Black Eyed Peas, sang "Tell It to My Heart"[1] when she was a 12-year old member of the TV show Kids Incorporated. Coincidentally, when she was a member of Wild Orchid, Swirsky and her band wrote a song together called "Candlelight".
Taylor was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal, Female for her performance on "Tell It to My Heart" in 1988.
When the song was originally mastered, Arista Records sent a copy to Seth Swirsky who thought that having 4 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 4 mixes of the song on it. That 12-inch sold 900,000 copies alone.
