[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.

"Tell Her" was also a single for Ed Townsend in 1962, before Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller produced the version by the Exciters, released as "Tell Him" in October 1962.

In the Netherlands, the Exciters', Billie Davis's, and Alma Cogan's respective singles of "Tell Him" charted in tandem with a peak at No.

Although Billie Davis' version was also more popular in Argentina, the song had previously been recorded under the name "Dile", performed by the singer Juan Ramón in 1962.

A year later, in 1963, Luis Aguilé recorded it , who emigrated to Spain and had resounding success with this song in that country.

[citation needed] Dusty Springfield, en route to Nashville in 1962 to make a country music album with the Springfields, was on a stop-over in New York City when she heard the Exciters' "Tell Him" playing while taking a late night walk by the Colony Record Store[6] on Broadway.

That’s what I wanna do.”[7] In 1983, the Exciters' version of "Tell Him" was featured on the soundtrack for the Lawrence Kasdan film The Big Chill.

In 1963, the song was covered as "Dis-lui" (literally "Tell Her") by French pop singer Claude François, reaching No.

6 via a 1974 remake by Hello, whose producer Mike Leander had cut an earlier version with the Glitter Band, which he felt could be improved upon.

[10] "Tell Him" would return to the UK Singles Chart in 1996 when Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash, who co-starred in the series Men Behaving Badly, hit No.