TELL
HER ABOUT IT
BILLY
JOEL
SONGWRITER: BILLY JOEL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: AN INNOCENT MAN
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1983
William Martin Joel(born May 9, 1949) is an
American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer. Commonly nicknamed the
"Piano Man" after his first major hit and signature song of the same name as well as the similarly named 1973 album,
he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s,
having released 12 studio albums from 1971 to 1993 as well as one studio album
in 2001. He is one of the best-selling
music artists of all time, as well as the
seventh-best-selling recording artist and the fourth-best-selling solo artist
in the United States, with over 150 million records sold worldwide. His
1985 compilation album, Greatest Hits
Vol. 1 & 2, is one of the best-selling albums in the United States.
Joel
was born in 1949 in the Bronx, New York, and grew up in Long Island, both
places that influenced his music. Growing up, he took piano lessons at his
mother's insistence. After dropping out of high school
to pursue a musical career, Joel took part in two short-lived bands, The Hassles and Attila,
before signing a record deal with Family Productions and kicking off a solo
career in 1971 with his first release Cold Spring
Harbor. In 1972, Joel caught the attention of Columbia Records after a live radio performance of the song "Captain Jack"
became popular in Philadelphia, prompting him to sign a new record deal with
the company and release his second album, Piano Man,
in 1973. After releasing the albums Streetlife
Serenade and Turnstiles in 1974 and 1976 respectively, Joel released his critical and
commercial breakthrough album, The Stranger,
in 1977. This album
became Columbia's best-selling release, selling over 10 million copies and
spawning several hit singles, including "Just the Way You Are",
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "Only the Good Die Young", and "She's Always a Woman"; another song
on this album, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant",
is Joel's favorite of his own songs and has become a staple of his live shows.
"Tell Her About It" is a 1983 hit
song written and performed by Billy Joel, from
the album An Innocent Man. Written
in homage to the Motown Sound and specifically, The Supremes, the
song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for one week on September 24, 1983, replacing the Phil Ramone-produced
song, "Maniac"
by Michael Sembello. The
single was certified Gold by the RIAA for US sales of
over 500,000 copies. In interviews, Joel has indicated that the song, heard out
of context of the An Innocent Man album, sounds more like a Tony Orlando
and Dawn record than the Motown sound he
intended.
Listen boy
I don't want to see you let a good thing
Slip away
You know I don't like
watching
Anybody make the same mistakes
I made
She's a real nice
girl
And she's always there for you
But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do
Listen boy
I'm sure that you think you got it all
Under control
You don't want
somebody telling you
The way to stay in someone's soul
You're a big boy now
You'll never let her go
But that's just the kind of thing
She ought to know
Tell her about it
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason to accept
That you're for real
Tell her about it
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means
Listen boy
It's not automatically a certain guarantee
To insure yourself
You've got to provide communication constantly
When you love someone
You're always insecure
And there's only one good way
To reassure
Tell her about it
Let her know how much you care
When she can't be with you
Tell her you wish you were there
Tell her about it
Every day before you leave
Pay her some attention
Give her something to believe
'Cause now and then
She'll get to worrying
Just because you haven't spoken
For so long
Though you may not have done anything
Will that be a consolation when she's gone
Listen boy
It's good information from a man
Who's made mistakes
Just a word or two
that she gets from you
Could be the difference that it makes
She's a trusting soul
She's put her trust in you
But a girl like that won't tell you
What you should do
Tell her about it
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason
To accept that you're for real
Tell her about it
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means
Tell her about it
Tell her how you feel right now
Tell her about it
The girl don't want to wait too long
You got to tell her about it
Tell her now and you won't go wrong
You got to tell her about it
Before it gets too late
You got to tell her about it
You know the girl don't want
To wait, you got to
Tell her about it.
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