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Loose Ends was a successful English R&B band that had several urban contemporary hits. The trio was formed in London in 1980, initially comprising vocalist and guitarist Carl McIntosh, vocalist Jane Eugene, and keyboard player Steve Nichol. The latter two left the group in 1989, bringing an end to the band's most successful phase.

The group was originally called Loose End, and signed with Virgin Records in 1981. Their debut material was written for them by Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo, who had had UK Singles Chart success of their own in the 1970s, with their group The Real Thing. The trio changed its name to Loose Ends in 1983 and signed with the American MCA label in 1984.

By this time most of the band's material was supplied by McIntosh and Eugene. They achieved this with their most famous and best-selling number "Hangin' On A String (Contemplating)" in 1985. The disc was produced in the U.S., as was their 1986 hit "Slow Down". Later that year, a track they had written and produced for Five Star, "Let Me Be The One", reached number two in the same listings. Subsequent falling sales saw the threesome notch up their final transatlantic hit in 1988 with "Watching You".

The group shuffled its line-up in 1990 due to differences in musical direction for the group, with Eugene & Nichol wanting to remain true to the groups sound and McIntosh wanting to be more experimental. Jane and Steve decided to leave. For the release of what turned out to be the final studio album released under the Loose Ends name, Look How Long, singers Linda Carriere and Sunay joined McIntosh. McIntosh himself went on to work behind the recording desk following the group's peak popularity, and the new trio disbanded. He has produced several artists' work, most notably that of Caron Wheeler.