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Tangled is the third studio album by Jane Wiedlin, released in 1990 on EMI Records. It was also her third solo album after leaving new wave group The Go-Go's.

After the American Top 10 success of the 1988 single "Rush Hour" from the album Fur, Tangled took two years to complete and upon release failed to gain any commercial success and sold poorly, which in turn eventually led to Wiedlin's departure from EMI Records. Wiedlin would later state that this was largely due to EMI who failed to promote it. The album was supported by a Summer tour in America, with plans for the tour being announced as early as May 1990.

Two singles were released from the album. The leading and main single "World on Fire," was released with a semi-controversial music video. The single was issued in America, Japan and Italy. The second single was the promotional-only American single "Guardian Angel", which aimed solely at radio airplay. It was issued as a one-track promo picture CD with custom back insert and remains scarce today.

Tangled was produced entirely by Peter Collins, except for the track "99 Ways" which was produced by Collins and Andy Hill. Hill co-wrote the song with Wiedlin and Chris Thompson.

The title track "Tangled" would appear in the 1990 romantic comedy film Pretty Woman. It would be included on the film's soundtrack album release in January 1990.

Despite the album's limited success, EMI would release the 1993 compilation The Very Best of Jane Wiedlin which would include "Tangled", "Flowers on the Battlefield", "Paper Heart", "Guardian Angel", "Big Rock Candy Mountain", "99 Ways" and "World on Fire".

In the August 1990 issue of the Orange Coast Magazine, Wiedlin spoke of the song "Paper Hearts", which was written by Wieldin, Cyndi Lauper and Richard Orange: "It was sort of a song written by mail, more or less. I'd gotten a demo of the song in the mail and felt that it was real strong. She'd written it with another writer, but I wasn't that happy with the lyrics. I usually don't feel very comfortable singing other people's lyrics anyway. It's difficult to bring the right emotion into it. So, I asked them how they'd feel about me rewriting the lyrics, and they said, 'Go ahead and try, and we'll let you know what we think.' So I did, and they seemed to think the lyrics were OK. I recorded it, and I think the song came out great. You can't tell that it wasn't written at the same time." The song's lyrics, written by Wieldin, were inspired by Wieldin learning that her former best friend, who she was no longer in contact with, had become a heroin addict.

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