{{Short description|1985 single by 'Til Tuesday}} {{about|the song}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox song | name = Voices Carry | cover = Voicescarry-single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = 'Til Tuesday | album = Voices Carry | B-side = Are You Serious? | released = {{Start date|1985|03|28}} | recorded = 1985 | studio = R.P.M. Sound Studios<br/>{{small|(New York City)}} | genre = {{hlist|Pop|new wave}} | length = 4:20 | label = Epic | writer = {{hlist|Robert Holmes|Aimee Mann|{{nobr|Michael Hausman{{·}}Joey Pesce}}}} | producer = Mike Thorne | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Looking Over My Shoulder | next_year = 1985 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|uejh-bHa4To|"Voices Carry"}}}} }}
"'''Voices Carry'''" is a song by the American rock band 'Til Tuesday. It was produced by Mike Thorne for the band's debut studio album, ''Voices Carry'' (1985).<ref>{{allmusic|id=mt0003089389|title="Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday}}</ref> The accompanying music video, directed by D.J. Webster, received wide exposure on MTV and positive reactions from critics. It was nominated for numerous awards and is thought to be the reason behind the song's success. It was released in North America in March 1985. "Voices Carry" became the band's highest-charting single and their only top ten hit in the U.S., peaking at number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Internationally it reached the top twenty in Canada and Australia.
== Writing and lyrics == One claim for the inspiration for the song says that an argument between Michael Hausman and bandmate/former girlfriend Aimee Mann inspired the song's lyrics,<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Rock Discography |publisher=Mojo Books |year=2000 |isbn=1-84195-017-3 |edition=5th |location=Edinburgh |page=603}}</ref> but producer Mike Thorne disputes this and states the lyrics originally had Mann singing to another woman and that the gender was changed due to pressure from Epic Records.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 7, 2008 |title=The making of Til Tuesday's Voices Carry |url=http://www.stereosociety.com/voicescarry.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908113009/http://www.stereosociety.com/voicescarry.html |archive-date=September 8, 2008 |access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref> Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen claims that the song was inspired by a brief relationship he had with Mann while living in Boston.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Prato, Greg |date=July 8, 2013 |title=Ministry Frontman Al Jourgensen on His Sex- and Drugs-Heavy New Autobiography |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ministry-frontman-al-jourgensen-on-his-sex-and-drugs-heavy-new-autobiography-238890/ |access-date=March 20, 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> Mann later stated that she wrote the song about a female acquaintance, and wrote the song from a male's point of view. Mann also stated that the rewritten verse in the studio version that begins with "He wants me but only part of the time" was based "on something I was going through with a relationship at the time."<ref>"BOSTON BAND 'TIL TUESDAY LEAVING NOTHING TO CHANCE", South Florida Sun-Sentinel, November 22, 1985</ref>
==Recording and production== {{Listen|pos=left|filename=VoicesCarry-TilTuesday.ogg|title="Voices Carry"|description=A 26-second sample from "Voices Carry", featuring Mann singing the last part of the song while the rest of the band provides the background vocals.|format=Ogg}} "Voices Carry" was recorded in 1985 at RPM Sound Studios in New York.<ref name="stereoso"/> The song is about past sour relationships,<ref name="theledger"/> and was originally written and sung by Aimee Mann as to a woman.<ref name="stereoso"/> 'Til Tuesday rehearsed that format in Boston the previous summer, but Epic was unhappy with the lyrics; they thought that it was a "very powerful, commercial song", and wanted to remove the lesbian components to appeal to the mainstream market.<ref name="stereoso"/>
Despite the pressure to replace the lyrics, producer Mike Thorne thought that "it didn't matter any to the impact of the song itself", though the band eventually changed the gender of the love interest.<ref name="stereoso"/> At the beginning, 'Til Tuesday and Thorne were undecided between "Love in a Vacuum" and "Looking Over My Shoulder" to be released as the first single, but ultimately Epic's artist and repertoire (A&R) executive Dick Wingate chose "Voices Carry", because it "define[d] precisely the band and its style".<ref name="stereoso"/> According to Thorne, his contract stated that he had the right to be the first to remix the song for the 7" single release. He was then told that it had been remixed by Bob Clearmountain; about this he commented, "not what the rules were ... but it sounded pretty good, as well it might coming from one of the finest American engineer/producers".<ref name="stereoso">{{cite web|last=Thorne|first=Mike|title=The making of 'Til Tuesday's Voices Carry|url=http://www.stereosociety.com/voicescarry.html|publisher=The Stereo Society|date=March 1999|access-date=August 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607133330/http://www.stereosociety.com/voicescarry.html|archive-date=June 7, 2008}}</ref>
==Critical reception== "Voices Carry" received generally positive reviews from pop music critics. In a review of the band's second album ''Welcome Home'', David Wild from ''Rolling Stone'' magazine said that their "debut [album], ''Voices Carry'', had its icy charms", calling the song "wonderfully eerie".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Wild|first=David|author-link=David Wild|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tiltuesday/albums/album/124706/review/5945610/welcome_home|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709024448/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tiltuesday/albums/album/124706/review/5945610/welcome_home|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 9, 2008|title='Til Tuesday: Voices Carry: Music Reviews|date=November 6, 1986|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=RealNetworks|access-date=August 20, 2009}}</ref> Allmusic's Stewart Mason said that "'Voices Carry' is one of the most distinctive radio singles of its era"; he also praised the production saying that it "does wonders both for Mann's breathy voice and the ... chorus, which brilliantly releases the tension that builds throughout the stark, paranoid verses".<ref>{{cite web|last=Mason|first=Stewart|title=Song Review: Voices Carry|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t2844841|pure_url=yes}}|work=AllMusic|access-date=August 20, 2009}}</ref> Joe Viglione also from Allmusic, in a review of their debut album said that the song is "captivating", and praised its production saying that Mike Thorne did “excellent work.”<ref>{{cite web|last=Viglione|first=Joe|title=Album Review: Voices Carry|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r20216|pure_url=yes}}|work=AllMusic|access-date=August 19, 2009}}</ref> Phillip Mottaz of The Tripwire believed that the song "has everything that makes a song fun and effective", and felt that it is a "testament to honest production and emotional quality".<ref name="tripwire">{{cite web|last=Mottaz|first=Phillip|title=Greatest Song At This Moment – 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry"|url=http://www.thetripwire.com/blog/2008/11/17/greatest-song-at-this-moment-til-tuesdays-voices-carry/|publisher=The Tripwire|date=November 17, 2008|access-date=August 19, 2009|archive-date=June 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618122523/http://www.thetripwire.com/blog/2008/11/17/greatest-song-at-this-moment-til-tuesdays-voices-carry/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Dennis Hunt of the ''Los Angeles Times'' said that Mann has "a distinct naturalism [that] governs her vocals" and that "the frailty, roughness and lack of great range in her voice ... [is] genuinely appealing", adding that if she were a "polished singer, songs like 'Voices Carry' ... wouldn't be half as appealing";<ref name="angelestimes"/> while Robert Hilburn of the same newspaper said that Mann "exhibits winning vocal authority on record", adding that the "only thing she needs is another Dave Stewart to give her more tailored and absorbing arrangements and material".<ref name="roberthilburn"/> Lynn Van Matre of the ''Chicago Tribune'' said that "much of the group's material falls into the dance rock category", adding that the "bluesy title cut, ... 'Voices Carry', was particularly impressive".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Van Matre|first=Lynn|title=Hall & Oates Entertainingly Funky|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/25069189.html?dids=25069189:25069189&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+08%2C+1985&author=Lynn+Van+Matre%2C+Pop+music+critic&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=HALL+%26+OATES+ENTERTAININGLY+FUNKY&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022125755/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/25069189.html?dids=25069189:25069189&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+08,+1985&author=Lynn+Van+Matre,+Pop+music+critic&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=HALL+&+OATES+ENTERTAININGLY+FUNKY&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2012|work=Chicago Tribune|date=April 8, 1985|access-date=August 20, 2009}}</ref> Brent Mann, in his book ''99 Red Balloons...'' called it "the quintessential New Wave song", and felt that "Mann's cool, dark lead vocals were right in step with the style".<ref name="mann">Mann, 2003. p. 47.</ref>
==Chart performance== "Voices Carry" was released in the United States in March 1985. It first appeared on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number four, the next week it debuted at number eighty-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1985-04-13/hot-100?order=gainer|title=Hot 100: Week of April 13, 1985 – Voices Carry|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|date=April 13, 1985|access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> It reached a peak position of number eight in its fourteenth week, and stayed twenty-one weeks on the chart,<ref name="usa"/> becoming the band's first and only top ten single in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist='til tuesday|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Artist Chart History – 'Til Tuesday|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> The success of the single helped their debut album reach the top twenty on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart,<ref>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title='Til Tuesday> Biography|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5659/biography|pure_url=yes}}|work=AllMusic|access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> and pushed it past the gold mark.<ref name="theledger">{{Cite news|last=Assael|author-link=Shaun Assael|first=Shaun|title=Aimee Mann talks quietly about success|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aukSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hPsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3030,3074220&dq=voices-carry+gold|date=November 21, 1985|work=The Ledger|access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref>
In Canada, the single entered the ''RPM'' singles chart in June 1985 at number ninety-four,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0530&volume=42&issue=12&issue_dt=June%2001%201985&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=Top Singles – Volume 42, No. 12, June 01, 1985|work=RPM|publisher=RPM Music Publications Ltd|date=June 1, 1985|access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> peaked at number fifteen for two weeks in August 1985,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0563&volume=42&issue=23&issue_dt=August%2017%201985&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=Top Singles – Volume 42, No. 23, August 17, 1985|work=RPM|publisher=RPM Music Publications Ltd|date=August 17, 1985|access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> stayed twenty-two weeks in total,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0591&volume=43&issue=7&issue_dt=October%2026%201985&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=Top Singles – Volume 43, No. 7, October 26, 1985|work=RPM|publisher=RPM Music Publications Ltd|date=October 26, 1985|access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> and was certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=1&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25%27%27til+tuesday%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=37&csearch=20&nextprev=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115074901/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=1&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+'%25%27'til+tuesday%25'+ORDER+BY+cert_date,+cert_award+&rcnt=37&csearch=20&nextprev=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2013|title=Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) – 'Til Tuesday|publisher=Canadian Recording Industry Association|date=September 30, 1985|access-date=October 15, 2009}}</ref> In Australia, "Voices Carry" entered the Kent Music Report on June 17, 1985; it peaked at number fifteen, and spent fourteen weeks on the chart.<ref name="Kent"/>
==Music video== thumb|left|Mann's character lashes out at her boyfriend during a concert at Carnegie Hall. She stands up from her seat and removes her cap to reveal her spiky hair, stunning the audience. The music video for "Voices Carry" was directed by D.J. Webster,<ref name="videoslant">{{cite magazine|last=Gonzalez|first=Ed|author2=Cinquemani, Sal |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/features/greatestmusicvideosiv.asp|title=100 Greatest Music Videos|magazine=Slant Magazine|year=2003|access-date=August 5, 2009}}</ref> and filmed at Dorchester's Strand Theater, Davio's Restaurant, and W. Brookline St in Boston.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Morse|first=Steve|title='Til Tuesday Pushing the Fast Forward Button|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEB291CA38274&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|date=November 28, 1985|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=August 17, 2009|archive-date=October 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020122224/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEB291CA38274&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=dead}}</ref> The video inserts several spoken or silent short, dramatic scenes on top of the song. The band's lead singer, Aimee Mann, plays a musician with an abusive boyfriend, played by actor Cully Holland.<ref>{{cite web|title=Other Works – Cully Holland|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390644/|publisher=IMDb|access-date=August 19, 2009}}</ref> He demeans her music "hobby", demands she change her look to fit his respectable, 1980s professional caste lifestyle and demands, "Why can't you for once do something for me?"<ref name="videoslant"/> before essentially forcing himself upon her. The conclusion shows them formally dressed in an elite Carnegie Hall audience, the boyfriend giving Mann a disgusted look when he finds a visibly counter-culture rattail peeking from her black lace cap. Finally having enough, Mann begins singing the song in her seat, increasing in volume and creating a scene. Her character is no longer submissive as she defiantly stands to belt the final lyrics, "He said, shut up! He said, shut up! Oh God, can't you keep it down?...".<ref name="keithvideo">{{Cite news|last=Thomas|first=Keith|title=What Spokane is Viewing|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kekRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EO8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6768,2453367&dq=voices-carry|date=June 4, 1985|work=The Spokesman-Review|publisher=Cowles Publishing Company|access-date=August 12, 2009}}</ref>
The success of the single was largely attributed to the video,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Blauner|first=Peter|journal=New York|publisher=New York Media, LLC|date=July 15, 1985|title=The Story of Mann|volume=18|issue=27|page=28|issn=0028-7369}}</ref> which received wide exposure on MTV and local Boston UHF music video channel V-66,<ref name="theledger"/><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Galante|first=Debbie|title=Twenty Years of MTV|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|date=July 28, 2001|volume=113|issue=30|page=70|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> along with positive reactions from critics and nominations to numerous awards. Keith Thomas of Knight Ridder newspapers called the video "a clever and stunning effort". Praising the dialogue and acting he said that it "looks better than most feature films", adding that "everything about the clip is grand".<ref name="keithvideo"/> Robert Hilburn of the ''Los Angeles Times'' also praised Mann's acting, saying that she appears "marvelously charismatic" in it,<ref name="roberthilburn">{{Cite news|last=Hilburn|author-link=Robert Hilburn|first=Robert|title=Pop Music Disc Derby: Riding the Next 'Wave' Order of Finishwin|date=May 15, 1985|page=58|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> while Dennis Hunt from the same newspaper said that it was "cleverly conceived".<ref name="angelestimes">{{Cite news|last=Hunt|first=Dennis|title=Faces: Aimee Mann's Voice, Lyrics Carry Her|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/676141242.html?dids=676141242:676141242&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+23%2C+1985&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=FACES&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022115705/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/676141242.html?dids=676141242:676141242&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+23,+1985&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=FACES&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2012|date=June 23, 1985|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=August 17, 2009}}</ref> Debbie del Condo of the ''Orlando Sentinel'' called it the "Most Memorable Video of 1985", and added that she will "keep waiting for their next video".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Del Condo|first=Debbie|title=Six Months is Plenty Long Enough to Issue 1985's Videos their Due|date=July 7, 1985|page=7|work=Orlando Sentinel}}</ref> In his book ''Totally awesome 80s'', author Matthew Rettenmund called it a "great story video".<ref>Rettenmund, 1996. p. 159.</ref> Author Brent Mann in his book ''99 Red Balloons...'', called the video "pure New Wave" and added that it was "perfect for MTV and VH1 consumption".<ref name="mann"/>
At the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards, the band won the award for Best New Artist in a video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1985/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830021739/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1985/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards – 1985|date=September 13, 1985|publisher=MTV|access-date=August 5, 2009}}</ref> The same year, at the Fourth Annual American Video Awards, Mann was named the Best Female Performer in a video for "Voices Carry".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Berra|first=Yegi|title='The Boss' Wins Awards|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dQwTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RQYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4403,4628702&dq=american-video-awards|date=November 22, 1985|work=Star-Banner|access-date=August 9, 2009}}</ref> The video was placed number forty on Slant Magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Music Videos",<ref name="videoslant"/> and was listed on ''Pitchfork''{{'}}s "100 Awesome Music Videos", in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Awesome Music Videos|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6364-100-awesome-music-videos/9/|date=June 20, 2006|work=Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork Media, Inc|access-date=August 17, 2009}}</ref>
The 2012 music video for "Labrador", the second single from her album ''Charmer'', features a satirical shot-for-shot remake of "Voices Carry" video within the framing device of Mann having been forced to shoot the video after inadvertently signing complete control of the video over to director Tom Scharpling. The video features Jon Wurster as the Wall Street boyfriend, Jon Hamm as Scharpling, and Ted Leo in a cameo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/aimee-mann-remakes-voices-carry-with-help-from-ted-le-1798233472|title=Aimee Mann remakes 'Voices Carry' with help from Ted Leo, Jon Hamm, Tom Scharpling, and Jon Wurster|website=News}}</ref>
==Formats and track listing== These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Voices Carry": {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *'''7" Single: Australia/North America''' #"Voices Carry" – 4:19 #"Are You Serious?" – 3:15
*'''12" Maxi-Single: Netherlands''' #"Voices Carry" – 4:19 #"Are You Serious?" – 3:15 #"Sleep" – 3:40 {{col-2}} *'''12" Maxi-Single: North America''' #"Voices Carry" {{small|(Long version)}} – 4:19 #"Voices Carry" {{small|(Single mix)}} – 3:59 {{col-end}}
==Credits and personnel== *Aimee Mann – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass *Robert Holmes - electric guitar, backing vocals *Joey Pesce – synthesizers, backing vocals *Michael Hausman – drums
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !|Chart (1985–1986) !|Peak<br />position |- |Australian Kent Music Report<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for singles and albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|15 |- |Canadian ''RPM'' Singles Chart<ref name="canrpm">{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0560&volume=42&issue=22&issue_dt=August%2010%201985&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=Top Singles – Volume 43, No. 5, October 12, 1985|work=RPM|publisher=RPM Music Publications Ltd|date=October 12, 1985|access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|15 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="usa">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1985-07-13/hot-100|title=Hot 100: Week of July 13, 1985 – Voices Carry|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|date=July 13, 1985|access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|8 |- |US Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gghunt.utasites.cloud/charts/chart.html|title=Charts|website=gghunt.utasites.cloud}}</ref> |align="center"|7 |- |US ''Billboard'' Top Rock Tracks<ref name="Mainstream Rock Tracks">{{cite web|title=Voices Carry > Charts and Awards > Billboard Singles|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r20216/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}}|work=AllMusic|access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|14 |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year-end chart (1985) !! Rank |- |US Top Pop Singles (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 28, 1985 |title=1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles |page=T-21 |magazine=Billboard |volume=97 |issue=52 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|68 |} {{col-end}}
==Cover versions== American hardcore punk band Gang Green covered the song on their 1986 album ''Another Wasted Night''.
American singer Tiffany covered the song on her compilation album ''Greatest Hits of the '80s and Beyond'', released on May 30, 2011. The album included a string of '80s song covers.
On July 30, 2018, singer/songwriter Sky Ferreira released a demo of her cover on SoundCloud.<ref>{{cite web |title=VOICES CARRY COVER INFANT DEMO |url=https://soundcloud.com/skyferreira/voices-carry-cover-infant-demo |website=SoundCloud |access-date=22 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sky Ferreira Shares Cover of 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sky-ferreira-shares-cover-of-til-tuesdays-voices-carry-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |date=July 30, 2018 |access-date=22 July 2025}}</ref> Ferreira later released a more produced '(Alternative Version)' which appeared on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sky Ferreira - Voices Carry (Alternative Version) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=__M5KAmbK4Y |website=YouTube | date=May 12, 2022 }}</ref>
On August 28, 2024, American actress and singer/songwriter Kate Hudson released her cover version of the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2igyLjiFl6Qac1VLWleNI4?si=r2kk6evZQ6OBwG9JrLQYUw|title=Kate Hudson - Voices Carry|website=Spotify|date=August 28, 2024|access-date=August 28, 2024}}</ref> Hudson had previously performed the song on The Howard Stern Show in May 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEeaGW38ppk|title=Kate Hudson Covers "Voices Carry" Live on the Stern Show|website=YouTube|date=8 May 2024|access-date=28 August 2024}}</ref>
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==References== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book | last = Mann | first = Brent | title = 99 Red Balloons...and 100 Other All-Time Great One-Hit Wonders | year = 2003 | publisher = Citadel Press | isbn = 0-8065-2516-9 }} * {{cite book | last = Rettenmund | first = Matthew | author-link = Matthew Rettenmund | title = Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of That Decadent Decade | year = 1996 | publisher = St. Martin's Press | isbn = 0-312-14436-9 }} {{refend}}
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