Tease Me is the fourth album by Jamaican reggae duo Chaka Demus & Pliers, released in 1993 by Mango Records. It peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart[3] and was a one-hit wonder there. All six singles from the album were top 30 hits in the UK, with "Twist and Shout" reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart.

Tease Me
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1993
Genre
LabelMango Records
Chaka Demus & Pliers chronology
Ruff This Year
(1992)
Tease Me
(1993)
For Every Kinda People
(1996)
Singles from Tease Me
  1. "Murder She Wrote"
    Released: 1992 / 1993
  2. "Tease Me"
    Released: 11 June 1993
  3. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
    Released: 1993
  4. "She Don't Let Nobody"
    Released: 1993
  5. "Twist and Shout"
    Released: 17 December 1993
  6. "Gal Wine"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
NME7/10[1]
Smash Hits[2]

Track listing

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Songs written by John Taylor (Chaka Demus), Everton Bonner (Pliers), Lloyd Willis, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, unless otherwise noted.[4]

  1. "Tease Me"
  2. "She Don't Let Nobody" (Curtis Mayfield, Dino Fekaris)
  3. "Nuh Betta Nuh Deh"
  4. "Bam Bam" (Frederick Hibbert)
  5. "Friday Evening"
  6. "Let's Make It Tonight"
  7. "One Nation Under a Groove" (Gary Shider, George Clinton, Walter Morrison)
  8. "Tracy"
  9. "Sunshine Day"
  10. "Murder She Wrote" (Bonner, Taylor, Willis, Dunbar)
  11. "Roadrunner"
  12. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
  13. "Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Berns)
  14. "Gal Wine"

Charts

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Chart (1993–1994) Peak
position
Australia Albums (ARIA)[5] 45
New Zealand (RIANZ)[6] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 1

References

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  1. ^ George, Iestyn (19 June 1993). "Long Play". NME. p. 31. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ Hotten, Simone (19 January 1994). "New Albums". Smash Hits. p. 56. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Chaka Demius and Pliers - Tease Me". Official Charts Company. 1993. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Chaka Demus & Pliers – Tease Me (1993, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 79.
  6. ^ "Discography Chaka Demus & Pliers". charts.nz. Hung Medien.