Tell Me Something (song)

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All tracks are written by David Dixon and Michael Szumowski, except where noted

"Tell Me Something"
Tell Me Something by Indecent Obsession (AU).jpg
Single by Indecent Obsession
from the album Spoken Words
B-side "Why Do People Fall in Love"
Released18 September 1989 (1989-09-18)
Recorded1989
Genre
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • David Dixon
  • Michael Szumowski
Producer(s)
  • Ian Mackenzie
  • Michael Szumowski
Indecent Obsession singles chronology
"Say Goodbye"
(1989)
"Tell Me Something"
(1989)
"Come Back to Me"
(1989)
Music videos
"Tell Me Something" on YouTube
Australian 7" single
No.TitleLength
1."Tell Me Something" 
2."Why Do People Fall in Love" 
Australian 12" single
No.TitleLength
1."Tell Me Something" (House Mix) 
2."Tell Me Something" (Dub Mix) 
Australian 12" EP
No.TitleLength
1."Tell Me Something" (Dance Mix) 
2."Tell Me Something" (Extended Mix) 
Australian 12" The Global Mixes EP
No.TitleWriter(s)MixingLength
1."Tell Me Something" (7" Mix)  David Leonard  
2."Tell Me Something" (7" USA) Leonard 
3."Never Gonna Stop" (Dance Mix) Mark Berry 
4."Tell Me Something" (Jungle Mix) Daniel Abraham 
5."Say Goodbye" (12" USA)
  • Berry
  • Dixon
  • Szumowski
Abraham 
6."Never Gonna Stop" (Hi NRG Mix) 
  • John Moses John
  • Szumowski
 
UK 7" single / Japan 8cm CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Tell Me Something"3:52
2."Never Really Loved You" (Live)3:18
UK 12" single
No.TitleLength
1."Tell Me Something" (Extended Version)8:34
2."Never Really Loved You" (Live)3:18
3."Tell Me Something" (The Decent Mix)3:52
UK CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Tell Me Something" (7" Version)3:54
2."Never Really Loved You" (Live)3:19
3."Tell Me Something" (The Decent Mix)4:16

Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 17

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Indecent Obsession were an Australian pop rock band formed early in 1987 in Brisbane with founding mainstays Daryl Sims on drums and Michael Szumowski on keyboards. By 1988 the line-up also included Andrew Coyne on lead guitar and David Dixon on lead vocals. They released three studio albums, Spoken Words and Indio, both reached the top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart. In 1990 Spoken Words was repackaged for United States market as Indecent Obsession, which reached the Billboard 200. In May 1989 they issued their debut single, "Say Goodbye", which peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Singles Chart – their highest position in Australia. Their second single, "Tell Me Something" (September), reached No. 17 nationally. When issued in the US it peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. It reached No. 1 in Indonesia and Hong Kong, and Top 10 in Japan and South Africa. For the Asian market the band used the shortened name, Obsession. In 1992 they were the first Western act to tour South Africa after the lifting of the cultural isolation during the apartheid era. They were "greeted by screaming fans and scenes of mass hysteria", both their second album, Indio, and one of its singles, "Kiss Me", peaked at No. 1 on the relevant South African charts. By 1993 Sims and Szumowski were joined by Mark Gray on bass guitar, Richard Hennassey on lead vocals and Graham Kearns on lead guitar. The following year they issued another studio album, Relativity, before disbanding a year later.

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