In the video, well-known sites in the city can be seen, as Wenceslas Square, Prague Castle and Wallenstein Garden. The song was originally written for the act, "Fast Arithmetic" (Oakey–Beckett), a side project in development within the Human League environment.

And the (then) mixers du jour Utah Saints sprinkled their magic dust over what was already an accomplished slab of gorgeousness to churn out an even bigger dancefloor stonker. It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart in early 1995, their highest UK chart position since " (Keep Feeling) Fascination" reached number two in 1983, and spent a total of nine weeks on the chart. It also peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, on 15 April 1995, giving the band their last hit to date in the United States. Another NME editor, Paul Moody, viewed it as "sublimely clumsy" with "this killer Human League chorus all over it, the sort that rings around your brain like a nursery rhyme from Mars.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I actually bought this cd for the instrumental track BUS TO CROOKES which is the last track on this cd single and a great tune. People Magazine stated that "their hot new single 'Tell Me When' has made the Human League hip again". Tell Me When" became the Human League's most commercially successful single in nine years and reintroduced the band to many of the British general public.

But isn't that what the League have always had, in abundance, with more than a modicum of electronic auteur thrown in? They added, "But the tune is an infectious anachronism—the synthesizer trio still tinkle about as soullessly as they did in 1982, when they hit No. Tell Me When" is a song by English synth-pop band the Human League, released in December 1994 by East West Records as the first single from their seventh album, Octopus (1995). Music Week rated the single five out of five, describing it as "pristine synth pop as a deep Oakey lead and girl harmonies make this the most joyful single of the week. It topped the Major Market Airplay charts in the UK for two weeks commencing 4 February, registering total plays of 915 for the week of 11 February.Dave Thompson of AllMusic said it echoes earlier material, likening it to " Fascination" and " Mirror Man". To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.