"Tell Him" - Official Topic

[SuperLove4Celine]

Hey all,

 

A couple days ago I was browsing around on eBay and I found the American promo single to the song, "Tell Him," for sale. It was brand new so I snatched it up! It's a beautiful looking promo.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Barbra-STREISAND-Celin...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

My question for all of you out there is what is the difference (or differences) between the "Radio Edit" and the "Album Version?" I listened to the CD today and for the life of me I can't figure out what even one difference is! The tracks clock in at the same amount of time and the instrumentation sounds identical in both versions.

 

Help shed some insight into this one for me, guys!

 

Thanks!

 

...Joe...

Edited May 31, 2008 at 02:36 AM by JosephTNielsen

[CelineAndRene]

This is NEW info to me, i'll have to look into it...

[Nando Férri]

Some people say that there is a difference... If I'm not wrong, it's the drums... But I don't remember if I've ever listen to this version.

[Black Kitten]

the Radio Edit version's intruments are slightly modified. listen to the bridge:

 

Love is light that surely glows

--the a weird intrument appears before celine sings-- In the hearts of those who know

[Chula]

the Radio Edit version's intruments are slightly modified. listen to the bridge:

 

Love is light that surely glows

--the a weird intrument appears before celine sings-- In the hearts of those who know

 

 

Yes, I think so!! I think a high sound abruptly emerges at this second.

[SuperLove4Celine]

Hmmmmmmm...I'll have to listen to that part again. I swear the two tracks sounded completely identical.

 

Oh, btw, the cool thing about this promo is that it states the new album coming from Celine is The Reason. The CDs were manufactured before the album's name was changed. It's a real collector's item!

 

- Joe

[Black Kitten]

Hmmmmmmm...I'll have to listen to that part again. I swear the two tracks sounded completely identical.

 

Oh, btw, the cool thing about this promo is that it states the new album coming from Celine is The Reason. The CDs were manufactured before the album's name was changed. It's a real collector's item!

 

- Joe

yeah. the original title of "Let's Talk About Love" is The Reason. i have the promo poster of the album. though the title is LTAL, "Where is the Love" is not present in the tracklisting and it was replaced by "Is Nothing Sacred (Anymore)". pretty weird...

Edited May 31, 2008 at 06:49 AM by dhena

[Alex_Incognito]

The TELL HIM CD single was RECALLED in the United States for that reason: It said "The Reason" was the album title. After the recall they decided not to release them.

 

WHICH REALLY MADE ME ANGRY! (11 years ago! LOL)

 

Somehow somebody got a copy on eBay and I bought it then, too.

[Chula]

The TELL HIM CD single was RECALLED in the United States for that reason

 

No, it wasn't. The song was dropped due to low public support.

[marie_claire]

sounds new... haven\t heard of Tell Him Radio Edit

[tonybower]

Funnily enough, I was browsing a Barbara Streisand discography last night searching for a particular song, and I came across a small piece of info about Tell Him. It did say that there was little to no difference between the album edit and radio edit. It mentioned something about Celine and Barbara's solo versions but I imagine that just meant their vocals (which I think were recorded separatley) before they were mixed together. I don't imagine that there are two solo versions of the song lying around anywhere... Edited June 27, 2008 at 10:54 AM by tonybower

[Hilda]

yeh i remember being puzzled by this for ages saying to myself "but it says here radio edit....and it sounds the same" haha but yeh all i could notice if i remember rightly was one drum beat at the start of the first or second chorus.

[SensationalCeline]

I've never heard the radio edit but I do know that this is one of my absolute favorite duets of Celine's. In her Celine Dion:For Keeps book, it said that the first time Barbara heard Celine's voice she said "Holy s***".

[Chula]

Barbra is rude

[Black Kitten]

Barbra is rude

why? i don't think it's rude. i guess she was just so impressed with celine's voice that's why she reacted that way.

[SuperLove4Celine]

I still have yet to hear the difference between these two versions. Maybe I'm getting too old? LOL

[Gabriel81]

the Radio Edit version's intruments are slightly modified. listen to the bridge:

 

Love is light that surely glows

--the a weird intrument appears before celine sings-- In the hearts of those who know

 

Yeah that is the difference, but I don't think it's a weird instrument; I think it's Celine belting out a note, or maybe a second voice.

[celinefanonline]

Yeah that is the difference, but I don't think it's a weird instrument; I think it's Celine belting out a note, or maybe a second voice.

 

that's what i thought too!!! but it can be an instrument or Celine's voice who knows.... lol

 

and for solo version since they both record their vocal separately i wouldn't be surprised if there's solo version of Celine and Barbra!

[CelinesDIVO5]

No, it wasn't. The song was dropped due to low public support.

 

The only reason "Tell Him" fell by the wayside was because of the success of "My Heart Will Go On." Had Babs not been sick..or "sick" for The Grammys in 1998, "Tell Him" would have catapulted into the diva hit of the decade.

Edited January 8, 2015 at 06:34 PM by CelinesDIVO5

[DionFanAlways]

 

 

The only reason "Tell Him" fell by the wayside was because of the success of "My Heart Will Go On." Had Babs not been sick..or "sick" for The Grammys in 1998, "Tell Him" would have catapulted into the diva hit of the decade.

"sick"

[QueenCeline87]

I adore this song so much!! Two of my all time faves!

Wish they would work together again some day!!

[chocolatechip15]

The only reason "Tell Him" fell by the wayside was because of the success of "My Heart Will Go On." Had Babs not been sick..or "sick" for The Grammys in 1998, "Tell Him" would have catapulted into the diva hit of the decade.

 

This is a great song, but I disagree that it would have been a big success if not for MHWGO. Tell Him was released with great fanfare in early October 1997, but just didn't make any kind of impact. Titanic didn't come out until late December '97, so there were more than two months when it could have shone on its own but it didn't. And this was right after Celine had had 3 big hits in a row (BYLM, IACBTMN and ABM) and right before she had the massive smash with MHWGO, so it certainly wasn't a question of her popularity -- it was just that the song fell flat with the American public. (I know it did better in Europe).

[DionFanAlways]

This is a great song, but I disagree that it would have been a big success if not for MHWGO. Tell Him was released with great fanfare in early October 1997, but just didn't make any kind of impact. Titanic didn't come out until late December '97, so there were more than two months when it could have shone on its own but it didn't. And this was right after Celine had had 3 big hits in a row (BYLM, IACBTMN and ABM) and right before she had the massive smash with MHWGO, so it certainly wasn't a question of her popularity -- it was just that the song fell flat with the American public. (I know it did better in Europe).

This is true. I never got into this song. I never listen to it. I use to feel guilty because she loves Babs so much and got to sing with her but I sooo wish it would have been a different song (like what Babs did with Donna Summer) I wanted to love this song but just couldn't. Edited January 9, 2015 at 04:31 AM by DionFanAlways

[CelinesDIVO5]

This is a great song, but I disagree that it would have been a big success if not for MHWGO. Tell Him was released with great fanfare in early October 1997, but just didn't make any kind of impact. Titanic didn't come out until late December '97, so there were more than two months when it could have shone on its own but it didn't. And this was right after Celine had had 3 big hits in a row (BYLM, IACBTMN and ABM) and right before she had the massive smash with MHWGO, so it certainly wasn't a question of her popularity -- it was just that the song fell flat with the American public. (I know it did better in Europe).

 

MHWGO became an instant hit because of all of the hype surrounding the movie. They were talking about the big budget, projected opening week sales at the box office, etc. There was a lot of hype surrounding "Titanic" and everyone was talking about it. MHWGO was an instant success. A lot of songs back then took a little while to reach a broad audience. Back then it really was about the airplay of a song, and the promotion of a song, and the demand to hear a song. "Tell Him" was released on November 3, 1997, and "My Heart Will Go On" was released on December 8, 1997. "Tell Him" barely had a month to make a splash and then MHWGO took over the airwaves. This duet was hyped up before it was even released, or even before anyone knew what the song was even going to be. People were talking about Celine and Barbra recording a duet and how it would have been the diva duet of the decade. I'm not saying that "Tell Him" would have been as massive a hit as MHWGO, but had they actually performed it at The Grammys, I'm 99% sure that kind of promotion would have brought "Tell Him" well into the top 5 on the top 40.

 

Edit: What they should have done with "Tell Him" is to have re-released it as a single AFTER "My Heart Will Go On" success...Celine was literally the "it" girl and she was cool, and she was everywhere. Even with Barbra attached to the song and not being a top 40 songstress at the time, the song would have done well because Celine's name was attached to it at the time. Not because Celine is more popular than Barbra, I'm not saying that all. It's just that Celine's time was then. Celine's time was 1997-1999 and anything with her name on it was golden.

Edited January 9, 2015 at 05:00 PM by CelinesDIVO5

[Lizzy]

I adore this song so much!! Two of my all time faves!

Wish they would work together again some day!!

 

Me too

[chocolatechip15]

 

 

"Tell Him" was released on November 3, 1997, and "My Heart Will Go On" was released on December 8, 1997. "Tell Him" barely had a month to make a splash and then MHWGO took over the airwaves. This duet was hyped up before it was even released, or even before anyone knew what the song was even going to be. People were talking about Celine and Barbra recording a duet and how it would have been the diva duet of the decade.

 

I understand what you're saying, but I guess i still disagree. And Tell Him was sent to radio in the US on October 7, 1997 (I distinctly remember the "premiere," which was much-hyped on 106.7 in NYC). But it just didn't generate interest among radio listeners.

 

And MHWGO didn't really blow up in popularity until Titanic was released on 12.19.97. So that's about 2.5 months.

Edited January 9, 2015 at 07:00 PM by chocolatechip15

[Gicedi]

There are some differences on the arrangment!

More drums or something. You can notice the difference just before the chorus/refrain.

[tonybower]

The song was quite successful in the UK I think... sure it got to number 3 or something!

 

I don't recall MHWGO being released so soon afterwards. Was it released in December even in the UK? I thought it was Feb/Mar...

 

One more thing... Is it true that Barbra was quite difficult about the whole thing? I heard she only agreed to do the song as long as her album was released first. Then, because of some last minute problem with her album, Let's Talk About Love actually came out first. Obviously you can't believe all the gossip in newspapers but I seem to remember people saying she was quite demanding etc and I always sensed a lack of sincerity in the " Making Of..." video where we see Barbra and Céline together with David Foster etc. it also raises the question as to why the vocals were recorded separately and why Barbra never performed this with Céline.

 

I really hope it's not true ... How awful for Céline if her encounter win her idol was like this...

[couldawouldashoulda]

The song was quite successful in the UK I think... sure it got to number 3 or something!

 

I don't recall MHWGO being released so soon afterwards. Was it released in December even in the UK? I thought it was Feb/Mar...

 

One more thing... Is it true that Barbra was quite difficult about the whole thing? I heard she only agreed to do the song as long as her album was released first. Then, because of some last minute problem with her album, Let's Talk About Love actually came out first. Obviously you can't believe all the gossip in newspapers but I seem to remember people saying she was quite demanding etc and I always sensed a lack of sincerity in the " Making Of..." video where we see Barbra and Céline together with David Foster etc. it also raises the question as to why the vocals were recorded separately and why Barbra never performed this with Céline.

 

I really hope it's not true ... How awful for Céline if her encounter win her idol was like this...

 

I don't know whether or not Barbra was difficult about it but I do know that, at least in America, Barbra's Higher Ground album came out one week before Let's Talk About Love. I remember quite distinctly because, at the time, I had never purchased a Streisand album and the only reason I purchased HG was because Tell Him was on it and it would be another week until I could buy LTAL! I used to be a crazy obsessed fan buying anything with Celine on it.

Edited January 31, 2015 at 07:10 PM by couldawouldashoulda

[chocolatechip15]

The song was quite successful in the UK I think... sure it got to number 3 or something!

 

I don't recall MHWGO being released so soon afterwards. Was it released in December even in the UK? I thought it was Feb/Mar...

 

One more thing... Is it true that Barbra was quite difficult about the whole thing? I heard she only agreed to do the song as long as her album was released first. Then, because of some last minute problem with her album, Let's Talk About Love actually came out first. Obviously you can't believe all the gossip in newspapers but I seem to remember people saying she was quite demanding etc and I always sensed a lack of sincerity in the " Making Of..." video where we see Barbra and Céline together with David Foster etc. it also raises the question as to why the vocals were recorded separately and why Barbra never performed this with Céline.

 

I really hope it's not true ... How awful for Céline if her encounter win her idol was like this...

 

Barbra had Celine & Rene to her home for dinner. And she's only ever praised Celine. Plus she allowed the video of herself to be used in the LTAL tour for Tell Him. I don't think there's any bad feeling there.