"Tongue Tied" is a song by Canadian pop punk band Faber Drive. It was released in August 2007, as the second single from their debut studio album, Seven Second Surgery.[2] It did very well on the charts, peaking at number 17 on the Canadian Hot 100, and outperformed the previous single, "Second Chance", which reached number 26. A music video for the song was released and topped the MuchMusicCountdown in November 2007.
An original version of "Tongue Tied" was first released under the name "It Ends", posted onto MySpace by the band.[3] They eventually re-wrote the song with Chad Kroeger and Brian Howes before recording Seven Second Surgery.[3] The track was produced by Kroeger, Howes and Joey Moi. It was recorded at Mountainview Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia.[4] The song is about a man struggling to keep his relationship together with his girlfriend, and how he cannot find the right words to please her.[5]
Critical reception
In an album review for their album Seven Second Surgery, Chris Fallon of AbsolutePunk.net said the song was "solely written with the intention of giving an audience one more excuse for holding up their Zippos."[6] A writer for TuneLab stated that the track "has smash potential, packing a bit more meat on its bones than many songs of a similar ilk flooding the rock market."[7]
The music video for "Tongue Tied" was released in August 2007, directed by Colin Minihan.[12] The video reached number one on Canada's MuchMusicCountdown on the week of November 29, 2007.[13]
In the video, a girl is taking a bath while a boy knocks on her door with flowers. She opens the door, immediately rejects him, and walks into another room down the hall. The boy throws the flowers across the room angrily, and they land in the bathtub. The band is shown playing in the basement of the apartment complex, with water dripping on their instruments. The video cuts back to the girl getting out of the bath. She proceeds to get dressed and go to sit in her room, where she looks at a picture of her and her boyfriend. It cuts back to the band playing in the basement; rose petals are now falling on the instruments along with the water. When it cuts back to the girl, the boy has just opened the door and is standing in the doorway. They make up, and the boy takes out a ring. The two kiss, and the water dripping into the basement recedes back into the bathtub.
Personnel
Credits for "Tongue Tied" retrieved from CD single liner notes.[4]
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