Tell Me the Way

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"Tell Me the Way"
Cappella-Tell Me the Way.jpg
Single by Cappella
from the album War in Heaven
Released10 July 1995 (1995-07-10)
Genre Eurodance
Length3:55
Label Media
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Gianfranco Bortolotti
Cappella singles chronology
"Move It Up"
(1994)
"Tell Me the Way"
(1995)
"I Need Your Love"
(1996)
Music video
"Tell Me the Way" on YouTube

"Tell Me the Way" is a song by Italian musical group Cappella, released in July 1995 as the first single from their third studio album, War in Heaven (1996). It features new singer Alison Jordan, who replaced Kelly Overett after she left the group. The song was a hit in many European countries, peaking at number eight in Italy, number 15 in Finland, number 17 in the UK and number 20 in the Netherlands. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it reached number 33.

Contents

Critical reception

In his weekly UK chart commentary in Dotmusic , James Masterton remarked that "Tell Me the Way", "no great departure from any of their previous hits", becomes their seventh Top 20 hit since 1989. [1] Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote that "as long as Cappella is around you can postpone Euro dance's funeral. The one-line chorus is simple but utterly effective, while the pumping synths will turn dancefloors into trampolines." [2] James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update described it as a "distinctive high-pitched title line chant". [3]

Track listings

  1. "Tell Me the Way" (House Mix) – 5:50
  2. "Tell Me the Way" (R.A.F. Zone Mix) – 6:48
  3. "Tell Me the Way" (T.S.O.B. Mix) – 5:53
  4. "Tell Me the Way" (Tekno Kingdom Mix) – 5:58
  1. "Tell Me the Way" (R.A.F. Zone Mix) – 6:53
  2. "Move on Baby" (Armand Van Helden Mix) – 5:51
  3. "U Got 2 Let the Music" (DJ Professor Mix) – 6:01
  4. "Don't Be Proud" (CCQT Mix) – 6:03
  1. "Tell Me the Way" (Radio) – 3:38
  2. "Tell Me the Way" (House Mix - Extended) – 5:28
  3. "Tell Me the Way" (House Mix - Radio) – 3:55
  4. "Tell Me the Way" (T.S.O.B. Mix) – 5:53
  5. "Tell Me the Way" (Mars Plastic Mix) – 6:40
  6. "Tell Me the Way" (Prof-X-Or Club Mix) – 7:10

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Germany10 July 1995CD ZYX Music [14]
United Kingdom4 September 1995
  • CD
  • cassette
Systematic [17]

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