About Til Tuesday
'Til Tuesday is considered by some as a one-hit wonder because of the success of its debut single, "Voices Carry" (from the 1985 album of the same name); the song is said to have been inspired by an argument between Mann and Hausman, who had broken off a relationship before the album's release.
The band became an early MTV staple with the "Voices Carry" video, which depicts an oppressive boyfriend trying to convert Mann to his upper-class lifestyle; she finally lashes out at him during a concert at Carnegie Hall, standing up from her seat in the audience and belting the lyrics ("He said, shut up! He said, shut up! Oh God, can't you keep it down?...") as she removes her cap to reveal her signature spiky, rat-tailed hair. As a result, the group won that year's MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist.
By the 1986 follow-up Welcome Home, Mann was beginning to write more of the songs herself and was moving away from the slick New Wave sound of the band's debut, but the album failed to produce any big hits. After its release Pesce left the band and was replaced by Michael Montes, and guitarists Jon Brion and Clayton Scoble joined the group.