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"Tell Me" is the second single from Diddy's 2006 album, Press Play. The song features Christina Aguilera and is produced by Just Blaze. According to All Access, the single hit radio stations on November 7, 2006.

"Tell Me"
Single by Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera
from the album Press Play
ReleasedNovember 14, 2006 (2006-11-14)
GenreHip hop
Length4:10
Label
  • Bad Boy
  • Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Just Blaze
Diddy singles chronology
"Come to Me"
(2006)		 "Tell Me"
(2006)		 "We Fly High (Remix)"
(2006)
Christina Aguilera singles chronology
"Hurt"
(2006)		 "Tell Me"
(2006)		 "Candyman"
(2007)

Background and composition


The song was co-written by R&B singer–songwriters Static Major and Yummy Bingham. Diddy's rap was written with Royce da 5'9".[1] "Tell Me" is written in the key of A♭ minor[2] with a tempo of 99 beats per minute.[3]


Critical reception


Andy Kellman of AllMusic highlighted this song on album.[4] Los Angeles Times editors Natalie Nichols and Serena Kim wrote that Diddy gives Aguilera a "task on the club-thumping."[5] Mike Joseph of PopMatters wrote that: "Pop princess Christina Aguilera serves as little more than hook girl on her guest spot."[6]


Commercial performance


It reached the top 10 in the UK at #8 (becoming Aguilera's 14th top 10 hit in the UK), and went top 20 in 15 different countries. The song debuted on the Top 75 singles chart in the UK at number 20, based on download sales alone, during the week ending Sunday 10 December.[citation needed]

"Tell Me" in the United States charted at only #47 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his lowest charting single since "Diddy" hit #66 back in 2001.[citation needed] Most critics gave the track good reviews and were sure that it would become another top 40 hit for him, but that was not that case.[according to whom?] Some think that it was lack of promotion, some think that "Hurt" which Aguilera's other song at the time disrupted the song's performance.[according to whom?]


Music video


The video for "Tell Me" was shot during the last week of September 2006 in Los Angeles and was directed by Erik White. The video was premiered on TRL October 30, 2006. The video entered the TRL charts two days later at number 10.[7] In the UK the video was premiered on the November 17, 2006 being the same day Aguilera kicked off her world tour.[citation needed]

The video begins with Diddy in a virtually empty white room except for the stereo equipment mentioned above, with the track "Diddy Rock" (feat. Timbaland), another track from Press Play, playing in the background. After his attractive female assistant asks Diddy if he wants her to "press play", the speakers and TV turn on and the track begins. While Diddy raps he is blown away by the power of the speakers, and Aguilera is seen on the television. By the time Aguilera's catchy hook comes in, the white room has shattered and Diddy and Aguilera are seen on either side of a fan in some sort of dark wind tunnel. It is now seen that Aguilera has donned a classy, ****, yet modern look for the video, in contrast to the 1920s and 30s glamorous look she has used to promote her own album.

This setting then shatters in the middle of the second verse to feature clips of the two performers, as well as backup dancers, performing in front of flashing neon lights. As the song ends, the camera zooms out to show that the lights form the promotional "Press Play" symbol associated with the album.


Track listing


CD single

  1. "Tell Me" (Explicit Album Version) (featuring Christina Aguilera) - 4:06
  2. "Tell Me" (Instrumental) (featuring Christina Aguilera) - 4:26
  3. "Tell Me" (A Cappella) (featuring Christina Aguilera) - 4:36
  4. "Come to Me" (Explicit Version) (featuring Nicole Scherzinger, Yung Joc, Young Dro & T.I.) - 3:51

Charts



References


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  2. "Karaoke: P. Diddy & Christina Aguilera – Tell Me (Key-Abm) | Pligg". pligg.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
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  4. "Press Play - Diddy, P. Diddy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  5. "Archives". Los Angeles Times.
  6. "Diddy: Press Play < PopMatters". www.popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19.
  7. It also premiered on BET's 106 & Park on November 1, 2006.
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На других языках

- [en] Tell Me (Diddy song)

[es] Tell Me

«Tell Me» —en español: Cuéntame— es el segundo sencillo del álbum Press Play de Diddy, lanzado durante el último cuarto del 2006. La canción cuenta con la colaboración vocal de la cantante de pop estadounidense Christina Aguilera.

[ru] Tell Me (песня Diddy)

«Tell Me» (рус. «Скажи мне») — это второй сингл с альбома 2006 года Diddy, Press Play. Песня создана при участии Кристины Агилеры, её продюсер — Just Blaze. Согласно «All Access», сингл прорвался на радиостанции 7 ноября 2006 года.


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