"Tell Him", originally written as "Tell Her", is a 1962 song written and composed by Bert Berns (also known as Bert Russell), and popularized through its recording by the Exciters. The song was recorded as "Tell Her" by Dean Parrish in 1966, and Kenny Loggins in 1989.

The song was first recorded as "Tell Her" in 1962, by Gil Hamilton aka Johnny Thunder, with Berns producing. "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. "Tell Him" reached No.4 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 26 January 1963. A No.5 R&B hit, "Tell Him" was No.1 in France for two weeks and reached No.5 in Australia.

In the UK the Exciters' single peaked at No.46, whilst a cover version by Billie Davis reached No.10. Another UK cover version by Alma Cogan did not appear in the UK Singles Chart but became the singer's breakout hit in Sweden with a No.10 peak. In the Netherlands the Exciters, Billie Davis and Alma Cogan singles of "Tell Him" charted in tandem with a No.17 peak. Cogan also recorded five alternate versions of "Tell Him" with her vocal being respectively in German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish and French; her French rendition of "Tell Him" reached No.53 in France, where the Exciters version reached No.1 there.

Dusty Springfield was on a stop-over in New York City en route to Nashville to make a country music album with the Springfields in 1962, when she heard the Exciters' "Tell Him" playing while taking a late night walk by the Colony Record Store on Broadway: the experience persuaded Springfield to embark on a solo career with a Pop/Soul direction. She would recall: “The Exciters sort of got you by the throat...out of the blue comes blasting at you 'I know something about love,' and that’s it. That’s what I wanna do.”

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