Samantha Mumba's Gotta Tell You: From 'Obnoxious Teen' to Pop Fame

Samantha Mumba's Gotta Tell You: From 'obnoxious teen' to pop fame

It was 25 years ago that the Dubliner's life changed forever when she shot to fame as a 17-year-old with debut single Gotta Tell You.

From ‘obnoxious teen’ to pop fame

Samantha Mumba Samantha Mumba released her debut single Gotta Tell You on 2 June 2000 In the summer of 2000, a 17-year-old Dublin girl emerged with a debut single that would redefine the perception of Irish pop music. Here was a voice a far cry from the ethereal, mega-selling Celtic sounds of Enya; the pop-meets-Irish trad mash-up of The Corrs; or slick boy-band contemporaries, like Westlife and Ronan Keating who, between them, had already notc…