Veteran Composer Louie Ocampo Shares What Urged Him to Write the Song Tell Me
LOUIE OCAMPO – The veteran song composer revealed the unexpected story behind his 1984 hit song “Tell Me”.
When it comes to the Philippine music industry, one of the most well-known personalities is veteran song composer Louie Ocampo. He is the composer behind several hit songs including Tell Me, It’s Over Now, Points of View, Memories, Yakapin Mo Ako, and You Threw It All Away.
Louie has worked with almost all the biggest stars in the Philippine music industry. He gained multiple awards from his masterpieces in the industry as well. This February, he will be having his 45th anniversary concert and it will be star-studded.
Based on an article on Pep, the 45th anniversary concert of Louie Ocampo will be held on February 4 and 5 at The Theatre and Solaire. Among those who are expected to perform at the event are Basil Valdez, Martin Nievera, Sharon Cuneta, Sarah Geronimo, Zsa Zsa Padilla, and Regine Velasquez.
However, based on the article, Joey Albert who was the cover of several of the songs composed by Louie will not be able to come home due to a conflict in schedule. They have collaborated in several hit songs including Tell Me which was a 1984 hit song.
At the press conference of his 45th anniversary concert entitled Composer Ka Lang, Louie Ocampo revealed the unexpected story behind his 1984 hit song Tell Me. According to the veteran composer, he wrote the song when he got his heart broken in 1983 when his girlfriend, “Anna”, broke up with him.
Louie shared that he was 23 years old then while Anna was 15 years old. He admitted that he was “head over heels” then and there was a time that he had to leave for the States for a concert tour. He was sad and was not comfortable with the distance between him and his then girlfriend so he called her every day. However, on the day he was going home, she told him that she did not love him anymore.
“Haaa? Teka… how can that be? What did I do? How can you say just like that? Tell me, what did I do? Why? Why?… Sa eroplano, hu hu hu! Iyak ako nang iyak,” the song composer revealed.
Louie Ocampo further shared that he went straight to Anna’s house when he arrived home. He had a lot of questions but she did not want to talk to him and answer him.
“I said exactly, ‘Tell me. Where did I go wrong? What did I do? How can you change your mind just like that when you have said that this will be forever,'” he said.
According to the veteran composer, Anna knows that the song Tell Me was about what happened to them. They saw each other 10 years ago and she’s proud of him.
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