Tell Him I'm Not Home

Cash Box (January 12, 1963):

Jackson who's currently cashing in "Gettin' ready For The Heartbreak" sends up another striking contender for dual-market chartdom. It's a pulsating, cha cha like romantic heartbreaker, tagged "Tell Him I'm Not Home," that Chuck wrings every once of emotion out of. Standout ork-choral backdrop (with exciting back-and-forth vocal play) conducted by Tony Bruno. The soulful undercut finds a tantalizing rock-a-waltz-like setting. {{Cite journal|date=January 12, 1963|title=Record Reviews: Pick of the Week|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-01-12.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=10}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Tell Her I'm Not Home

| cover = Ike-tina-tell-her-im-not-home.jpg

| type = Single

| artist = Ike & Tina Turner

| B-side = I'm Thru With Love

| released = *February 1965 (US)

• July 1966 (UK)

| genre = *R&B

• soul
• northern soul

| length = 3:20

| label = *Loma (US)

• Warner bros. (UK)

| writer = Tony Bruno

| producer = Bob Krasnow

| prev_title = He's The One

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = Somebody Needs You

| next_year = 1965

}}Ike & Tina Turner covered recorded a version of the song title "Tell Her I'm Not Home." It was produced by Bob Krasnow, head of Loma Records, and released as a non-album track on Loma in 1965. Tina Turner promoted the song on Shindig! in April 1965.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/shindig/show-30-april-7-1965-tina-turner-marvin-gaye-lesley-gore-larry-hovis-martha-and-the-vandellas-righteous-brothers-99928/|title=Shindig: Show 30: April 7, 1965 - Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, Lesley Gore, Larry Hovis, Martha and the Vandellas, Righteous Brothers|website=TV.com}} The single peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 108 on Bubbling Under The Hot 100.{{Cite magazine|date=May 1, 1965|title=Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-05-01.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=46}}{{Cite magazine|date=March 20, 1965|title=Bubbling Under The Hot 100|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-03-20.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=24}}

After the success with "River Deep – Mountain High" in England, the song was released as a single by Loma's parent label, Warner Bros. Records, in the United Kingdom in 1966. It reached No. 48 on the UK Singles chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/tell-her-i%27m-not-home/|title=Tell Her I'm Not Home {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=Official Charts|language=en}} In 1975, the song was reissued as a single on Warner Bros. in Germany. It later appeared on the compilation albums Finger Poppin'…The Warner Brothers Years (Edsel Records, 1988) and The Ike & Tina Turner Story: 1960–1975 (Time Life, 2007).

The single received positive reviews, including a 4-star rating from Billboard.{{Cite news |last=Wigg |first=David |date=1966-07-16 |title=Startling Departure For Bob Dylan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-echo-ike-tina-turner-tell-h/139028502/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |work=The Liverpool Echo and Evening Express |pages=4}}{{Album ratings

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| rev1Score = {{rating|4|4}}{{Cite magazine|date=February 13, 1965|title=Singles Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-02-13.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=55}}

}}

Cash Box (February 13, 1965): "Soulful blues sound follows a telephone talk opening. Could break big in the R&B areas, and spread to a wide range of record buyers. Bob Krasnow produced the tune, and might well see fine results."{{Cite journal|date=February 13, 1965|title=Record Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-02-13.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=16}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Tell Him I'm Not Home

| cover = Normie-rowe-tell-him-im-not-home.jpg

| type = Single

| artist = Normie Rowe

| A-side = Call On Me

| released = November 1965

| genre = Pop

| length = 2:14

| label = Sunshine Records

| writer = Bruno, Bellini

| producer = Paul Aulton

| prev_title = Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = The Breaking Point

| next_year = 1966

}}

Australian singer Normie Rowe's cover of "Tell Him I'm Not Home" was released as a B-side single in November 1965. It peaked at No. 3 on the Australian Singles chart and was a top 5 hit in most Australian mainland capitals, reaching No. 4 in Sydney, No. 2 in Melbourne, No. 2 in Adelaide and No. 1 in Melbourne.{{Cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=198|title=Tell Him I'm Not Home - Normie Rowe (1965) - Pop Archives - Sources of Australian Pop Records from the 50s, 60s and 70s|website=www.poparchives.com.au}} The song was ranked the 13th biggest hit of 1965 on the Kent Music Report list of the Top 25 singles for 1965 in Australia.

{{Ike & Tina Turner}}

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