Tell Me (I'll Be Around)

"Tell Me (I'll Be Around)"
Single by Shades
from the album Shades
B-side"Love Means More"
ReleasedJune 25, 1996 (1996-06-25)
GenreR&B
Length4:51 (album version)
4:05 (single edit)
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
  • Danielle Andrews
  • Charles Farrar
  • Monique Peoples
  • Troy Taylor
  • Bernard Wright
  • Lenny Wright
  • Shannon Walker Williams
  • Tiffanie Cardwell
Producer(s)
  • Charles Farrar
  • Troy Taylor
Shades singles chronology
"Tell Me (I'll Be Around)"
(1996)
"Serenade"
(1997)

"Tell Me (I'll Be Around)" (originally titled "Tell Me Your Name") is a song performed by Shades, issued as the lead single from their eponymous debut album. The song contains a sample of "Who Do You Love" by Bernard Wright. It was the group's highest chart appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #50 in 1996.