Tell Me! (August and Telma song)
{{Short description|2000 song by August & Telma}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Tell Me!
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = August & Telma
| album =
| B-side =
- "Segðu mér" (by Öggi)
- "Simple Man" (by Öggi)
| released = 2000
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 2:57
| label = Skífan
| composer = Örlygur Smári
| lyricist = Sigurður Örn Jónsson
| producer =
| misc = {{Infobox song contest entry | embed=yes
| song = {{flagicon|Iceland}} "Tell Me!"
| image =
| caption =
| year = 2000
| country = Iceland
| artist = Telma Ágústsdóttir, Einar Ágúst Víðisson
| as = August & Telma
| with =
| language = English
| composer = Örlygur Smári
| lyricist = Sigurður Örn Jónsson
| place = 12th
| points = 45
| lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?2000is from Diggiloo Thrush]
| prev = All Out of Luck
| prev_link = All Out of Luck
| next = Angel
| next_link = Angel (Two Tricky song)
}}
}}
"Tell Me!" was the {{esccnty|Iceland|t=Icelandic|y=2000}} entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed in English by August & Telma. The song is an up-tempo duet, with the singers confessing their love for one another and planning to leave where they are in order to "be together all the time". "Tell Me!" was performed twelfth in the Eurovision Song Contest, following {{esccnty|Cyprus|y=2000}}' Voice with "Nomiza" and preceding {{esccnty|Spain|y=2000}}'s Serafín Zubiri with "Colgado de un sueño". At the close of voting, it had received 45 points, placing 12th in a field of 24. The song was succeeded as Icelandic representative at the 2001 contest by Two Tricky with "Angel".
In Iceland, record label Skífan released "Tell Me!" as a CD single in 2000 backed with the B-sides "Segðu mér" and "Simple Man" by Örlygur Smári (credited as Öggi), who co-wrote "Tell Me!".{{cite AV media notes|title=Tell Me!|others=August & Telma|year=2000|type=Icelandic CD single liner notes|publisher=Skífan|id=OSCD001}} The song received copious airplay in Iceland, topping the country's singles chart for two weeks in May 2000. It ended the year as Iceland's fifth-most-successful single.
Icelandic version
The Icelandic version, titled "Hvert sem er" (translated as "Anywhere"), won Söngvakeppnin 2000{{cite web |title=Iceland 2000 |url=http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Iceland2000.html |website=Eurovision Song Contest National Finals Homepage}}{{cite web |title=Einar Ágúst Víðisson & Telma Ágústsdóttir - Hvert sem er (ESC 2000, ICE) Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins |publisher=YouTube |access-date=28 April 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNstolVdCvM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/qNstolVdCvM |archive-date=19 December 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} with 4318 teveloting votes, over three times more than the runner-up song "Söknuður" performed by Páll Rósinkranz. The Icelandic version was recorded but not released.
Charts
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!Chart (2000) !Peak |
scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/3000521?iabr=on#page/n11/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (18.–25.5 2000)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=12|date=19 May 2000|access-date=2 December 2022}}
|1 |
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=Year-end charts=
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!Chart (2000) !Position |
scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/3010431?iabr=on#page/n9/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 100|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=10|date=5 January 2001|access-date=2 December 2022}}
|5 |
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References
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External links
- [http://www.diggiloo.net/?2000is11 Lyrics of the Icelandic version with translation]
- [http://www.diggiloo.net/?2000is Lyrics of the English version]
{{Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2000}}
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Category:Eurovision songs of Iceland
Category:Eurovision songs of 2000
Category:Number-one singles in Iceland
Category:Male–female vocal duets
Category:Songs written by Örlygur Smári
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