Tell Me (Dru Hill song)

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"Tell Me"
Dru hill tell me cover.jpg
Single by Dru Hill
from the album Dru Hill and Eddie (soundtrack)
ReleasedAugust 20, 1996
Recorded1995
GenreR&B, soul
Length4:13
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Stanley Brown, Myron A. Cantrall
Producer(s)Stanley Brown
Dru Hill singles chronology
"Tell Me"
(1996) 		"In My Bed"
(1997)
Music video
"Tell Me" on YouTube

"Tell Me" is the debut single by Dru Hill. In the US, the song peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the R&B chart. It sold 600,000 copies domestically, earning a gold certification from the RIAA.[1][2] It reached number 30 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is also the first single from the group's eponymous debut album.

The song first appeared on the soundtrack of the 1996 film, Eddie.[3] The music video was filmed in September and premiered on T.V. two months later.[4]

The group also performed the song while guest-starring in the third-season premiere of the American sitcom Moesha aired in August 1997, as well as a fourth-season episode of another sitcom, The Parent 'Hood, aired in November 1997.

Music video[]

The music video, directed by Terry Heller, features the group performing the song in a club.

Track listing[]

US CD single[5]
No.TitleLength
1."Tell Me"4:13
2."Tell Me (Acappella)"3:58
3."Tell Me (Executive Mix)"4:12
US 12" vinyl promo[6]
No.TitleLength
1."Tell Me"4:13
2."Tell Me (Acappella)"3:58
3."Tell Me (Instrumental)"4:13
4."Tell Me Tell Me (Executive Mix)"4:12

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 109 (3): 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "American certifications – Dru Hill – Tell Me". Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. ^ "Ebony". Johnson Publishing Company. February 1998.
  4. ^ http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=9114
  5. ^ "Dru Hill – Tell Me US CD, Single". Discogs. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "Dru Hill – Tell Me US 12" Promo". Discogs. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  8. ^ "Dru Hill Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  9. ^ "Dru Hill Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  10. ^ "1996 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 108 no. 52. December 28, 1996. p. YE-40. Retrieved June 29, 2021.

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