"Cuts You Up" is a song by English musician Peter Murphy, released in 1990 as the second single from his third solo studio album, Deep (1989).

[2] Peter Murphy described the song as "having a very driving, acoustic quality to it and lots of sort of hooky, melodic overtones to it with a not-so-straight lyric."

Producer Simon Rogers stated that "Murphy brought the song to the sessions in more-or-less its final form," describing it as "pretty much exactly like the demo.

Nevertheless, he was not satisfied with the live recording of the strings, stating that "it didn't have the atmosphere and was too moody."

"[9] Allmusic staff editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine also labeled the song as "Bowie-esque.