| Looking Over My Shoulder | |
| Cover: | 'Til Tuesday Looking Over My Shoulder 1985 single cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | 'Til Tuesday |
| Album: | Voices Carry |
| B-Side: | Don't Watch Me Bleed |
| Released: | August 6, 1985[1] |
| Genre: | New wave[2] |
| Length: | 3:50 (single version) 4:15 (album version) |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Mike Thorne |
| Prev Title: | Voices Carry |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Love in a Vacuum |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
"Looking Over My Shoulder" is a song by American band 'Til Tuesday, which was released in 1985 as the second single from their debut studio album Voices Carry. The song was written by Aimee Mann, Michael Hausman, Robert Holmes and Joey Pesce, and produced by Mike Thorne. "Looking Over My Shoulder" peaked at No. 61 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[3]
The song's music video was directed by Nick Haggerty and produced by Paul Schiff for N. Lee Lacy & Associates. It was shot during July 1985 in the Manhattan borough of New York City, including at the Convent of the Sacred Heart.[4] The video received active rotation on MTV.[5]
On its release as a single, Billboard described "Looking Over My Shoulder" as a "broad, sweeping tune" and praised Mann for "the best Bowie soundalike vocal yet achieved by a woman".[6] Cash Box considered the song a "certain pop hit". They commented, "The moody verses give way to an infectious, effective chorus. Mann's vocal is strong and similar in intensity to her previous outing."[7] In a retrospective review of Voices Carry, Joe Viglione of AllMusic noted the song's "bubbling intensity which Holmes' guitar adds drama to".[8]
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