What song was inspired by a breakup and a hit single in 1985?
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). The song's lyrics, written by the band's frontwoman Aimee Mann, portray a lover in an affair, and were originally written and sung as if to a woman, but changed due to Epic Records' pressure. The song was inspired by Mann's breakup with 'Til Tuesday drummer, Michael Hausman.
Oh Sheila "Oh Sheila" is a 1985 single by Ready for the World. The song went to number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100, the Hot Black Singles and the Hot Dance Club Play charts. It was the first of two chart toppers for the band on the "Billboard" R&B chart, preceding their 1986 number-one R&B hit, "Love You Down".