Hands Tied

"Hands Tied"
Single by Toni Braxton
from the album Pulse
Released	February 23, 2010
Length	3:55
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Heather Bright Warren "Oak" Felder Harvey Mason Jr.
Producer(s)	Oak Felder Mason
Toni Braxton singles chronology
"Yesterday" (2009) "Hands Tied" (2010) "Make My Heart" (2010)

"Hands Tied" is a song by American singer Toni Braxton, taken from her sixth studio album Pulse (2010). It was written by Heather Bright, Warren "Oak" Felder, and Harvey Mason Jr., while production was helmed by Oak and Mason. A mid-paced contemporary R&B ballad, the instrumentation of "Hands Tied" consists essentially of synthesizers, electric guitar, and a cascading piano line. Lyrically, it features Braxton as the protagonist talking about how she could love a man with her hands tied, singing in double entendres with repeated phrases in the chorus of "Hands Tied."

The song was released as the second single from Pulse along with the uptempo track "Make My Heart" and issued by Atlantic Records to urban radio stations on February 23, 2010 in the United States.^[1] The track entered the top 30 of the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, peaking at number 29, while also reaching number six on the US Adult R&B Songs. Braxton reunited with director Bille Woodruff to film the music video for "Hands Tied" which depicts the singer as a pole dancer on stage. Actors Michael Jai White, Cory Hardrict and others make a cameo appearance in the video.