View source for 'Til Tuesday

{{Short description|American new wave band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{more citations needed|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = 'Til Tuesday
| image             = 
| caption           = 'Til Tuesday in 1985
| alias             = 
| origin            = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S.
| years_active      = {{hlist|1982–1990|2025}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[New wave music|New wave]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[pop rock]]|[[alternative rock]]}}
| label             = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| website           = 
| current_members   = [[Aimee Mann]]<br/>[[Robert Holmes (musician)|Robert Holmes]]<br/>Joey Pesce<br/>[[Michael Hausman]]
| past_members      = [[Jon Brion]]<br/>[[Michael Montes]]
| background        = group_or_band
}}

'''{{'}}Til Tuesday''' was an American [[New wave music|new wave]] band formed in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], United States.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|pages=1180/1}}</ref> The band, consisting of [[Aimee Mann]] (lead vocals, bass), [[Robert Holmes (musician)|Robert Holmes]] (guitar), Joey Pesce (keyboards), and [[Michael Hausman]] (drums), was active from 1982 to 1989.<ref name="Larkin"/> They are best known for their 1985 hit single "[[Voices Carry]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bleggi|first=Doug|date=2018-11-21|title=Aimee Mann Interview On 25 Years Of Going Solo|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2021942/aimee-mann-early-solo-albums-interview/interviews/qa/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Stereogum|language=en}}</ref> 'Til Tuesday disbanded in 1990 when Mann left to begin a solo career.

==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 Hausman 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" />

==Personnel==
*[[Aimee Mann]] – [[lead vocals]], [[bass guitar]], acoustic guitar (1982–1989, 2025)
*[[Robert Holmes (musician)|Robert Holmes]] – [[guitar]], [[backing vocals]] (1982–1989, 2025)
*Joey Pesce – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[synthesizer]], [[piano]], [[backing vocals]] (1982–1987, 2025)
*[[Michael Hausman]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[percussion]] (1982–1989, 2025)
*[[Michael Montes]] – keyboards (1987–1989)

===Touring members===
*[[Jon Brion]] – guitar, bass guitar
*Clayton Scoble – guitar
*Dave Darby – bass guitar

==Discography==
=== Studio albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Album details
! colspan="3" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Certifications
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite magazine|title={{-'}}Til Tuesday Chart History, Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/til-tuesday/chart-history/tlp/|access-date=September 6, 2021|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name="Australian Charts">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref name="RPM Album Chart">RPM album chart positions:
* ''Voices Carry'': {{cite magazine|date=September 7, 1985|title=RPM 100 Albums|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=334&|magazine=RPM|volume=42|issue=26|access-date=September 6, 2021}}
* ''Welcome Home'': {{cite magazine|date=November 29, 1986|title=RPM 100 Albums|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=554&|magazine=RPM|volume=45|issue=10|access-date=September 6, 2021}}
</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Voices Carry (album)|Voices Carry]]''
|
* Released: 1985
* Label: [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| 19
| 81
| 29
|
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: Gold<ref name="RIAA">{{Cite web|title=Gold & Platinum ("Til Tuesday" Search)|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|access-date=September 7, 2021|website=Recording Industry Association of America|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Music Canada|MC]]: Gold<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gold/Platinum ("Til Tuesday" Search)|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/|access-date=September 7, 2021|website=Music Canada|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Welcome Home ('Til Tuesday album)|Welcome Home]]''
|
* Released: 1986
* Label: Epic
| 49
| —
| 65
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Everything's Different Now]]''
|
* Released: 1988
* Label: Epic
| 124
| —
| —
|
|-
|}

=== Compilation albums ===
* ''[[Coming Up Close: A Retrospective]]'' (1996, Epic)

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="3" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref name="Hot 100">{{cite magazine|title={{-'}}Til Tuesday Chart History, Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/til-tuesday/chart-history/hsi/|access-date=September 6, 2021|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name="Australian Charts" />
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%" |[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref name="RPM Singles Chart">RPM singles chart positions:

* "Voices Carry": {{cite magazine|date=August 17, 1985|title=RPM 100 Singles|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=329&|magazine=RPM|volume=42|issue=23|access-date=September 6, 2021}}
* "What About Love": {{cite magazine|date=November 8, 1986|title=RPM 100 Singles|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=604&|magazine=RPM|volume=45|issue=7|access-date=September 6, 2021}}
</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Voices Carry]]"
| rowspan="3" |1985
| 8
| 15
| 15
| rowspan="3" |''Voices Carry''
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Looking Over My Shoulder]]"
| 61
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Love in a Vacuum]]"
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" |"[[What About Love ('Til Tuesday song)|What About Love]]"
| rowspan="2" |1986
| 26
| 92
| 55
| rowspan="2" |''Welcome Home''
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Coming Up Close]]"
| 59
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" |"[[(Believed You Were) Lucky]]"
| rowspan="3" |1988
| 95
| —
| —
| rowspan="3" |''Everything's Different Now''
|-
! scope="row" |"Rip in Heaven"
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" |"Everything's Different Now"
| —
| —
| —
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|nm3072676}}


{{Aimee Mann}}
{{MTV Video Music Award for Push Best New Artist}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Til Tuesday}}
[[Category:1982 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1982]]
[[Category:1989 disestablishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1989]]
[[Category:American new wave musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Boston]]
[[Category:Aimee Mann]]
[[Category:Epic Records artists]]
[[Category:American alternative rock groups]]
[[Category:Female-fronted musical groups]]
[[Category:Mixed-gender musical quartets]]