Her producer, Ric Wake, knew right away the song had potential to cross over from the clubs to radio. The single was Dayne's first major exposure, and she soon became known for her up-tempo, dance-oriented music. Sister Christian" was written by Night Ranger drummer Kelly Keagy, who was imploring his younger sister to be careful in her reckless youth, especially when "motoring" (driving around) with friends.

Taylor Dayne – Tell It To My Heart (1988, Vinyl) - Discogs Taylor Dayne – Tell It To My Heart (1988, Vinyl) - Discogs

In a Songfacts interview with Taylor Dayne, she said: "If you look at the original artwork for 'Tell It To My Heart,' I don't even have a picture on there.This worldwide hit was Taylor Dayne's first single, catching the wave of late '80s dance music in a song about passion and feeling - it's her heart that wants to hear that blue talk.

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Four singles were released and all of them reached the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100: the title track (number 7), " Prove Your Love" (number 7), " I'll Always Love You" (number 3), and " Don't Rush Me" (number 2), with the first two reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart at numbers 3 and 8, respectively. Though the music video for "Tell It to My Heart" was very low budget, it displayed Taylor's aggressive and sexy style, showcasing her as the center focus, with two back-up dancers: one of them being "Cats" musical star Jeffrey Pavey, and another dancer on opposite sides against a white backdrop.The album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments in excess of two million copies in the United States. If you are using the manual code, you'll need to include this code once before the closing body tag of your site. Dayne was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal, Female for her performance on "Tell It to My Heart" in 1988. Taylor told us: "When I signed that dotted line and my dad gave me the money and I knew it wasn't going to happen that way anymore.

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On my side 1 there's 3 songs on the 1st line and 2 on the 2nd ,whereas this one has 4 on the 1st line, then 1 on the 2nd line. There's a long story behind that with Dee Snider and studios and what we were doing, but I guess I wanted to reinvent myself way back then. Which reminds me, on the shell above it looks like the sides are listed as A and B but on mine they are 1 and 2. Two years later, a friend who used to work at Warner Chappell Publishing had them send some demos her way, and "Tell It To My Heart" was on one of the tapes. I absolutely believed then, and I believe now, that if somebody is desperate to do something, if they have a passion to do it, it comes out in the recording and there's no reason to say no to it.Another editor, Matthew Collin, felt that the single showed that Dayne "makes a brilliant disco queen". It is likely that Arista Records reworked the album cover art to help cash in on Dayne's new-found success on the less youth-oriented Adult Contemporary chart after the release of "I'll Always Love You". When Seth Swirsky wrote this song, he was thinking Madonna, but when he heard Dayne sing it, he knew she was the right choice. A Spanish-language version titled "Díselo a mi corazón" was included on Spanish pop group Amistades Peligrosas's 1993 album, La última tentación.