Robbed Hit of the Week 11/25/13: Scandal's "Hands Tied"....


Scandal featuring Patty Smyth - "Hands Tied"
from the album The Warrior (1984)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #41

This week's "robbed hit" is by the new wave band Scandal, who had their big break in 1984 with the top-10 pop hit "The Warrior". The follow-up release was co-written by Holly Knight, who also did "The Warrior", and producer Mike Chapman. "Hands Tied" was a bit more straight-forward rock and roll and the video at least featured the rest of the band....


While "Hands Tied" became a moderate success at rock radio, reaching #21, it stopped one notch short of the top-40 at #41 in December of 1984.

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Here's the band ringing in 1985 on Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve...


...and from their appearance on Solid Gold....



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