American Songwriter looks back at 'Til Tuesday's 1985 hit "Voices Carry" and the music video that helped cement its legacy, focusing on the moment singer Aimee Mann stands up in a concert audience to defiantly belt out the chorus. The retrospective highlights how the video elevated the song by building a narrative around an overbearing, controlling boyfriend, turning Mann's on-screen act of standing up into a symbol of independence that resonated with viewers on MTV.

The Boston band's debut single reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 following its 1985 release, aided by the D.J. Webster-directed video in which Mann plays a musician whose partner belittles her band, pressures her to change her image and ultimately becomes physically aggressive, before she asserts herself in the video's climax. The article notes uncertainty over the song's original inspiration, with various accounts suggesting it stemmed from a real relationship, while Mann herself has said it was based partly on a male friend's relationship as well as her own experiences; 'Til Tuesday never matched this single's success, but Mann went on to a celebrated solo songwriting career.