Tell Him (Bert Berns song)

"Tell Him"
Single by The Exciters
from the album Tell Him
B-side	"Hard Way to Go"
Released	October 18, 1962
Recorded	October 1962
Studio	Bell Sound Studios, New York City, New York
Genre	Pop
Length	2:21
Label	United Artists
Songwriter(s)	Bert Berns
Producer(s)	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Exciters singles chronology
"Tell Him" (1962) "He's Got the Power" (1963)

"Tell Him", originally "Tell Her", is a 1962 song that was written and composed by Bert Berns, who, when he did so, used the pen name of Bert Russell, and which was popularized through its recording by the Exciters. The song was recorded as "Tell Her" by Dean Parrish in 1966, and Kenny Loggins in 1989. Billboard named the Exciters version at No. 95 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.^[1] According to Jason Ankeny at AllMusic, the Exciters' version of "Tell Him" "...boasted an intensity that signified a sea change in the presentation and perception of femininity in popular music, paving the way for such tough, sexy acts as the Shangri-Las and the Ronettes."^[2]