"Tell Her About It" is a hit 1983 song performed by Billy
Joel, from the hit album
An Innocent Man. An apparent homage to the Motown Sound,
the song was #1 on the Hot 100 charts for one week on September
24, 1983, replacing "Maniac" by Michael Sembello, which like
"Tell Her About It" was produced by Phil Ramone. The single
reached Gold certification from the RIAA for sales in the
US.
In the lyrics of the song, the singer exhorts a young man to
tell the woman he loves how he feels about her before he misses
his chance.
The video for the song shows Joel singing the song as if he
was on
The Ed Sullivan Showof the 1960s. The cover shot for the
UK release of the song was taken from the video, as seen below.
An Ed Sullivan imitator (Will Jordan) introduces Joel after
Topo Gigio, the talking mouse, finishes his skit. At the end of
the song, comedian Rodney Dangerfield is there preparing to go
on "stage" thanking Joel for warming up the crowd.
The song was performed once on LIVE! Tour 2009 by Joel with
finalists Matt Giraud and Scott MacIntyre. Due to fan reaction,
they also performed it on the 2010 season of
American Idolduring the announcement of the top 12.
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12 Gardens Live
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My Lives
"Piano Man" ·
"Worse Comes to
Worst" ·
"Travelin'
Prayer" ·
"The
Entertainer" ·
"New York State of
Mind" ·
"Just the Way You
Are" ·
"Movin' Out (Anthony's
Song)" ·
"Only the Good Die
Young" ·
"She's Always a
Woman" ·
"The Stranger" ·
"My Life" ·
"Big Shot" ·
"Honesty" ·
"Until the
Night" ·
"All for
Leyna" ·
"You May Be
Right" ·
"It's Still Rock and Roll to
Me" ·
"Don't Ask Me
Why" ·
"Sometimes a
Fantasy" ·
"Say Goodbye to Hollywood"
(Live) ·
"She's Got a Way"
(Live) ·
"Pressure" ·
"Allentown" ·
"Goodnight
Saigon" ·
"
Tell Her About It
" ·
"Uptown Girl" ·
"An Innocent
Man" ·
"The Longest
Time" ·
"Leave a Tender Moment
Alone" ·
"This Night" ·
"Keeping the
Faith" ·
"You're Only Human (Second
Wind)" ·
"The Night Is Still
Young" ·
"Modern Woman" ·
"A Matter of
Trust" ·
"Baby Grand" ·
"This Is the
Time" ·
"We Didn't Start the
Fire" ·
"Leningrad" ·
"I Go to
Extremes" ·
"And So It
Goes" ·
"That's Not Her
Style" ·
"The Downeaster
'Alexa'" ·
"Shameless" ·
"All Shook Up" ·
"The River of
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"All About
Soul" ·
"No Man's
Land" ·
"Lullabye (Goodnight, My
Angel)" ·
"To Make You Feel My
Love" ·
"Hey Girl" ·
"All My Life" ·
"Christmas in
Fallujah"
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