Tell Me What You Want Me to Do

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"Tell Me What You Want Me To Do"
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Single by Tevin Campbell
from the album T.E.V.I.N.
ReleasedNovember 12, 1991
GenreR&B, slow jam, pop, soul
Length5:01
LabelQwest/Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Narada Michael Walden, Tevin Campbell, Sally Jo Dakota
Producer(s)Narada Michael Walden
Tevin Campbell singles chronology
"Just Ask Me To"
(1991) 		"Tell Me What You Want Me To Do"
(1991) 		"Goodbye"
(1992)

"Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" is the title of a number-one R&B single by singer Tevin Campbell. To date, the single is Campbell's biggest hit peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending one week at number-one on the US R&B chart. The hit song is also Tevin's one and only Adult Contemporary hit, where it peaked at number 43. The song showcases Campbell's four-octave vocal range from a low note of E2 to a D#6 during the bridge of the song.

Track listings[]

US 7" vinyl

  • A "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" (edit) – 4:16
  • B "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" (instrumental) – 5:00

12" vinyl

  • A "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" (edit) – 4:16
  • B "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" (album version) – 5:02

UK CD

  1. "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" – 4:16
  2. "Goodbye" (7" Remix Edit) – 3:48
  3. "Goodbye" (Sidub and Listen) – 4:58
  4. "Goodbye" (Tevin's Dub Pt 1 & 2) – 6:53

Japan CD

  1. "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" – 4:10
  2. "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" (instrumental version) – 4:10

Germany CD

  1. "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" (edit) – 4:10
  2. "Just Ask Me" (featuring Chubb Rock) – 4:07
  3. "Tomorrow" (A Better You, Better Me) – 4:46

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1992) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 6
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles[2] 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[3] 43

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1992) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 35

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 133.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 99.
  3. ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/Tevin-Campbell/chart-history/adult-contemporary
  4. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Retrieved 2010-07-30.

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