Taylor Dayne - Tell It to My Heart

What this video is

Released July 24, 1987 on Arista Records, 'Tell It to My Heart' launched Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman) from the Long Island club circuit to national pop stardom, catching the wave of late-80s dance music and Hi-NRG crossover. The single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1987, peaked at #7 in January 1988, and spent 25 weeks on the chart. It earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal, Female, and…

Why it matters

A landmark Hi-NRG / freestyle dance-pop crossover record, 'Tell It to My Heart' helped define the sonic and visual template for late-1980s female dance-pop on MTV. Rolling Stone later ranked it #148 in their '200 Best 80s Songs,' describing it as 'Miami freestyle hits the Long Island bar-mitzvah…

The director

Scott Kalvert (August 15, 1964 – March 5, 2014) was a New York-born American director who earned a film degree from Emerson College in 1985 and won an early MTV video contest as a student. He built a career directing high-profile music videos for artists…