"Red Tape" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1981 by Ariola Records as the single from her album Incognito.

"Red Tape" was composed and produced by Anthony Monn, Lear's long-time collaborator, and is a pop song with rock influences.

In the song's lyrics, Amanda Lear criticises the so-called "red tape", complaining about its inquisitiveness and the lack of privacy it imposes.

On its parent album, where every song stands for a "deadly sin", "Red Tape" represents bureaucracy.

[1] The music video pictures Amanda clad in a futuristic outfit and sunglasses, playing Rubik's Cube.