Tell Me Why (Exposé song)

"Tell Me Why" is a single by Exposé, released on December 9, 1989. It was written and produced by Lewis Martineé. The song was included on Exposé's second album, What You Don't Know. Lead vocals on "Tell Me Why" were sung by Gioia Bruno.

Reception

Released as the third single from What You Don't Know, "Tell Me Why" continued a successful streak for the group on the Billboard Hot 100 chart when it peaked at #9 in early 1990.^[1] It was Exposé's seventh consecutive top ten hit on the Hot 100, dating back to "Come Go with Me" in April 1987. Remixes of the song were popular in U.S. dance clubs, allowing it to reach #3 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, the group's fifth top ten single on this survey.^[2] The song reached the lower region of the UK Singles Chart, spending one week at #97.^[3]

Music video

The music video shows the members of Exposé lip-synching the song interspersed with scenes implying urban gang violence. Lyrics such as Give me a reason for all this senseless crime / We can change it, why they have to die support an ultimate message of appealing to stop these sorts of activities. The video concludes with images of children playing and singing together on a playground.

Track listing

U.K. 12" vinyl

A1 - "Tell Me Why" 12" Remix (6:28)

B1 - "Tell Me Why" Extended Remix (6:38)

B2 - "Let Me Down Easy" (4:07)

Tracks

United States 12 "Single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tell Me Why" (No Name Mix Part 1 (Dub) / Part 2 (Vocals))	10:22
2.	"Let Me Down Easy" (Radio Mix)	4:50
3.	"Tell Me Why" (Groovehouse Mix)	7:37
4.	"Tell Me Why" (Extended Remix)	6:40

U.S. Promo CD Single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tell Me Why"	4:26
2.	"Tell Me Why" (Radio Edit)	4:27
3.	"Tell Me Why" (Extended Remix)	6:39
4.	"Tell Me Why"	5:21

UK Promo CD Single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tell Me Why" (Dakeyne and Steve Anderson Remix)	3:59
2.	"Tell Me Why"	6:28
3.	"Let Me Down Easy"	4:50

Performance on the charts

Record chart (1989/1990)	Best position
Canada (RPM (magazine))^[4]	15
Canada (RPM Top 100 Singles) ^[5]	34
United States ( Billboard Hot 100)^[6]	9
United States (Hot Dance Music/Club Play)^[6]	3
United States (Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales)^[6]	26
Netherlands (MegaCharts)^[7]	78
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart)^[8]	97

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 215.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 94.
↑ UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
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↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.

External links

UK 12" single info from discogs.com

Exposé

Gioia Bruno Ann Curless Jeanette Jurado Kelly Moneymaker Sandeé Alé Laurie Miller

Studio albums	Exposure (1987) What You Don't Know (1989) Exposé (1992)

Compilations	Greatest Hits (1995) Master Hits (1999) The Encore Collection: Seasons Change (2001) Exposé's Greatest Dance Mixes (2002) Dance Mixes (2005)

Singles	"Point of No Return" (1985) "Exposed to Love" (1985) "Come Go with Me" (1986) "Point of No Return" (re-release) (1987) "Let Me Be the One" (1987) "Seasons Change" (1987) "What You Don't Know" (1989) "When I Looked at Him" (1989) "Tell Me Why" (1989) "Your Baby Never Looked Good In Blue" (1990) "Stop, Listen, Look & Think" (1990) "I Wish the Phone Would Ring" (1992) "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me" (1993) "As Long as I Can Dream" (1993) "In Walked Love" (1994) "I Specialize in Love" (1995) "I'll Say Good-Bye for the Two of Us" (1995)

Related topics	Discography Lewis Martineé Arista Records

Book:Exposé

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