Editing 'Til Tuesday (section)

==History==
'Til Tuesday first gained fame six months after its formation when it won [[Boston]]'s [[WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble]] in 1983. Their original composition "[[Love in a Vacuum]]" (credited to all members of the group) received a fair amount of airplay on the station, and the group was eventually signed to [[Epic Records]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter='til tuesday – Voices Carry (Epic)|first=E. |last=Brooks |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ugCQfxwym0C&q=spin+magazine+1985+til+tuesday&pg=PA29 |title=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |access-date=2010-08-21 |date=May 1985}}</ref>

"Love in a Vacuum" was re-recorded for the Epic debut album, 1985's ''[[Voices Carry (album)|Voices Carry]]''; however, the title track became their breakthrough song.<ref name="Larkin"/> The "Voices Carry" single peaked at number eight on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name="Hot 100" /> and is said to have been inspired by an argument between Mann and Hausman, who had broken off a relationship before the album's release.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} According to producer [[Mike Thorne]] on his Stereo Society web site, "The title track was originally written and sung by Aimee as if to a woman.... The record company was predictably unhappy with such lyrics."<ref>{{cite web|title=The making of Til Tuesday's Voices Carry |first=Mike |last=Thorne |url=http://www.stereosociety.com/voicescarry.html |work=StereoSociety.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908113009/http://www.stereosociety.com/voicescarry.html |archive-date=2008-09-08 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-06-17 |date=March 1999 }}</ref>

The band became an early [[MTV]] staple with the "[[Voices Carry (song)|Voices Carry]]" video, which depicts a domineering boyfriend trying to convert Mann to his upper-class lifestyle; she finally lashes out at him during a concert, standing up from her seat in the audience and removing her cap to reveal her signature spiky, rat-tailed hair. The group won that year's [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist]].

By the 1986 follow-up ''[[Welcome Home ('Til Tuesday album)|Welcome Home]]'', Mann was beginning to write more of the songs herself and the band was moving away from the slick new wave sound of their debut.<ref name="Larkin"/> But while critical reaction was generally strong, the #26 placement for the lead single, "[[What About Love ('Til Tuesday song)|What About Love]]", was a commercial disappointment, especially after the top-ten success of "Voices Carry". The album entered the U.S. top 50,<ref name="Billboard 200" /> also a letdown after the #19 placing for their debut.<ref name="Billboard 200" />

After the album's release Pesce left the band and was replaced by [[Michael Montes]].  At about the same time, Mann's two-year relationship with singer-songwriter [[Jules Shear]],<ref name="Larkin"/> whom she had been dating since the release of the ''Voices Carry'' album, came to an end.<ref>{{cite news |title={{-'}}Til Tuesday: Art From a Broken Heart |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-20-ca-221-story.html |first=Chris |last=Willman |date=November 20, 1988 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2011-12-31}}</ref> This breakup somewhat informed the band's final album, 1988's ''[[Everything's Different Now]]'',<ref name="Larkin"/> particularly in the song "J for Jules", though Mann insisted that not every song on the LP was about the relationship. Shear collaborated with [[Matthew Sweet]] on the album's title track; it also featured "[[The Other End (Of the Telescope)]]", a collaboration between Mann and [[Elvis Costello]] on which Costello provided a guest vocal.<ref name="Larkin"/> Holmes and Montes played on every track, but Holmes left before its release; for live dates, Til Tuesday was now a duo of Mann and Hausman, supported by session musicians.

While critical praise continued to flow, ''Everything's Different Now'' album peaked at No.&nbsp;124 in the U.S.,<ref name="Billboard 200" /> while the lead single "[[(Believed You Were) Lucky]]" (co-written with Shear) reached number 95.<ref name="Hot 100" /> 'Til Tuesday broke up in 1990 when Mann left to start her solo career.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book |author=Strong, Martin C. |title=The Great Rock Discography |publisher=MojoBooks |year=2000 |isbn=1-84195-017-3 |edition=5th |location=Edinburgh |page=603}}</ref> She said later that her musical interests had changed, and that she was more interested in "acoustic guitar music" than the new wave pop of 'Til Tuesday.<ref name="stereogum">{{cite web |author=Bleggi |first=Doug |date=November 21, 2018 |title='Til Today: 25 years after her solo debut, Aimee Mann looks back |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2021942/aimee-mann-early-solo-albums-interview/franchises/interview/ |access-date=February 8, 2019 |website=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref> Hausman, her former boyfriend, became her manager.<ref name="Wiltz-2001">{{Cite news |last=Wiltz |first=Teresa |date=2001-02-18 |title=Her own Mann: independent-minded singer sheds labels |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2001/02/18/her-own-mann-independent-minded-singer-sheds-labels/6f54e736-a133-47ef-9ecf-b6319a561465/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In 2025, Mann said: "To be honest, I was the weakest link. My vocals were super high and kind of weird and sort of punky ... I'm surprised we ever got a record deal. But it's an era where we were right in the wave of a certain sound at a certain time, and I think we did that really well for a while."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2025-05-16 |title=Aimee Mann on being 'freaked out' at reuniting 'Til Tuesday after 35 years for a single gig at LA's Cruel World festival |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/aimee-mann-til-tuesday-reunion-cruel-world-festival-interview-1236401135/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

On May 17, 2025, 'Til Tuesday reunited to perform at the [[Cruel World Festival]] in [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]].<ref name="Jones-20252">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Abby |date=2025-05-18 |title=Watch 'Til Tuesday reunite for first show in 33 years at Cruel World |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2308484/watch-til-tuesday-reunite-for-first-show-in-33-years-at-cruel-world/news/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=[[Stereogum]] |language=en}}</ref> It was their first show in 33 years, and the first with the original lineup of Mann, Holmes, Pesce and Haumsan in 35 years. They performed songs from all three of their albums, plus a cover of the 1984 single "[[Drive (The Cars song)|Drive]]" by [[the Cars]].<ref name="Willman-2025">{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2025-05-16 |title=Aimee Mann on being 'freaked out' at reuniting 'Til Tuesday after 35 years for a single gig at LA's Cruel World festival |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/aimee-mann-til-tuesday-reunion-cruel-world-festival-interview-1236401135/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Mann said she enjoyed the challenge of preparing for the performance, and had to relearn how to sing the songs, as her voice and style had changed.<ref name="Willman-2025" />