Tied Up Too Tight

"Tied Up Too Tight"
Single by Hard-Fi
from the album Stars of CCTV
Released	18 April 2005 (2005-04-18)[1]
Recorded	Staines, 2004
Genre	indie rock, post-punk revival
Length	3:33
Label	Necessary, Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Richard Archer
Producer(s)	Wolsey White, Richard Archer
Hard-Fi singles chronology
"Cash Machine" (2005) "Tied Up Too Tight" (2005) "Hard to Beat" (2005)

"Tied Up Too Tight" is the second single from English band Hard-Fi's debut album, Stars of CCTV (2005). It was released on 18 April 2005. The song reached number 15 in the UK charts and was set to follow the success of Hard-Fi's debut single "Cash Machine"—a track that received "single of the week" accolades from the likes of NME, Time Out and Radio 1's Zane Lowe, who tagged "Tied Up Too Tight" as "the hottest record in the world" while receiving great support from XFM and Jo Whiley.