Tell Me Where It Hurts (The Real Milli Vanilli song) explained

"Tell Me Where It Hurts" is a song written by Diane Warren originally recorded by the Real Milli Vanilli for their 1991 album The Moment of Truth. The song has been covered by many artists in the subsequent years.

Try 'N' B version

Tell Me Where It Hurts
Type:single
Artist:Try 'N' B
Album:Sexy Eyes/Try 'N' B
Released:1992
Recorded:1992
Genre:Pop
Length:4:05 (Radio Mix)
4:00 (LP version)
Label:RCA
Producer:Frank Farian
Prev Title:Sexy Eyes
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Ding Dong
Next Year:1993

The song was first covered by German group Try 'N' B. The group was formed by two members of the Real Milli Vanilli with two new members, and their album was essentially an updated version of that group's album. The group were the first to release the song as a single in 1992, as the second single of their album (titled "Sexy Eyes" in Europe and self-titled in America), but it failed to chart.

Kathy Troccoli version

Tell Me Where It Hurts
Type:single
Artist:Kathy Troccoli
Album:Kathy Troccoli
Released:1994
Recorded:1994
Length: (radio mix)
(LP version)
Label:Reunion
Producer:Keith Thomas
Prev Title:You've Got a Way
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:If I'm Not in Love
Next Year:1994

Christian music artist Kathy Troccoli covered the song for her 1994 album Kathy Troccoli and released it as the lead single. It became her second song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 88. The song fared better on the Adult Contemporary charts, where it peaked at No. 16.

Chart performance

Tommy Shane Steiner version

Tell Me Where It Hurts
Type:single
Artist:Tommy Shane Steiner
Album:Then Came the Night
Released:2002
Recorded:2002
Genre:Country
Length:4:04
Label:RCA Nashville
Producer:Jimmy Ritchey
Prev Title:What If She's an Angel
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:What We're Gonna Do About It
Next Year:2002

Country singer Tommy Shane Steiner covered the song on his debut album Then Came the Night. The cover was the second single from the album and reached No. 43 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

Chart performance

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 402. 978-0-89820-177-2.