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Til Tuesday

Band Boston United States Active 1982–1989

Til Tuesday formed in 1982 in Boston, United States and was active until 1989. Til Tuesday has 49 chart appearances on 39 radio countdowns from 17 stations on RockLists, spanning 1985–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Voices Carry”, which appears on 36 lists with a best position of #28. The station that charted Til Tuesday most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 24 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1985.

49appearances
39countdowns
4songs charted
17stations
0#1 finishes
1985–2026years

Til Tuesday were Boston's new wave class of 1982, and they had a secret weapon: Aimee Mann, playing bass and singing in a clear, cool voice that could turn a pop song into a quiet confrontation. Alongside her in the original lineup were Robert Holmes on guitar, Joey Pesce on keyboards and Michael Hausman on drums, and they signed with Epic.

"Voices Carry", the title track of their 1985 debut, is the one everybody knows: a tense, shimmering synth-and-guitar number that simmers and then boils over. It won them the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist that year. Welcome Home followed in 1986 with "What About Love" and "Coming Up Close", a warmer, more reflective record that showed the songwriting was growing up fast.

Other names passed through the band over the years, among them Jon Brion on guitar, Michael Montes on keyboards and Jules Shear. The band came to an end when Mann walked away to start a solo career, which, on the evidence here, was always coming.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Til Tuesday on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Voices Carry
1,974		 36 #28 – 1985
2 Coming Up Close
335		 11 #668 – –
3 Other End of the Telescope
37		 1 #1268 – –
4 What About Love
3		 1 #88 – 1986

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

85 86

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2026 668 Coming Up Close KXT 917 Song Countdown
2026 284 Voices Carry WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s
2023 250 Voices Carry The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2021 210 Voices Carry 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s
2014 1031 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 973 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 928 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 897 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 865 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1975 Coming Up Close CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 842 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1944 Coming Up Close CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 874 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1957 Coming Up Close CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005 1062 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 1138 Coming Up Close CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 311 Voices Carry 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 1062 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 1138 Coming Up Close CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 1062 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1138 Coming Up Close CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 139 Voices Carry Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002 1077 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1153 Coming Up Close CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 251 Voices Carry Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 1078 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1154 Coming Up Close CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1268 Other End of the Telescope WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time
2001 260 Voices Carry WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000 1076 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1152 Coming Up Close CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 144 Voices Carry WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 487 Voices Carry WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)
1999 541 Voices Carry The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 226 Voices Carry WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 1074 Voices Carry CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1150 Coming Up Close CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 716 Voices Carry CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999 39 Voices Carry Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999)
1998 190 Voices Carry KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1996 149 Voices Carry KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1996 423 Voices Carry Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1996 257 Voices Carry WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1995 216 Voices Carry KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1994 133 Voices Carry KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994 210 Voices Carry WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1992 156 Voices Carry KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1986 88 What About Love 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986
1985 28 Voices Carry 91X Top 91 Songs of 1985

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