"Tied Up Too Tight" is the second single from Hard-Fi's debut album Stars of CCTV. It was released on 14 March 2005. It reached #15 in the UK charts and was set to follow the success of Hard-Fi's debut single "Cash Machine" - a track which picked up "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.