Squeeze
Squeeze is an English rock band formed in London, England in 1974 that came… Read Full Bio ↴Squeeze is an English rock band formed in London, England in 1974 that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the new wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording in the 1980s, 1990s and 2010s
As one of the most traditional pop bands of the new wave, Squeeze provided one of the links between classic British guitar pop and post-punk. Inspired heavily by the Beatles and the Kinks, Squeeze were the vehicle for the songwriting of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, who were hailed as the heirs to Lennon and McCartney's throne during their heyday in the early '80s. Unlike Lennon and McCartney, the partnership between Difford and Tilbrook was a genuine collaboration, with the former writing the lyrics and the latter providing the music. Squeeze never came close to matching the popularity of the Beatles, but the reason for that is part of their charm. Difford and Tilbrook were wry, subtle songwriters that subscribed to traditional pop songwriting values, but subverted them with literate lyrics and clever musical references. While their native Britain warmed to Squeeze immediately, sending singles like "Take Me I'm Yours" and "Up the Junction" into the Top Ten, the band had a difficult time gaining a foothold in the States; they didn't have a U.S. Top 40 hit until 1987, nearly a decade after their debut album. Even if the group never had a hit in the U.S., Squeeze built a dedicated following that stayed with them into the late '90s, and many of their songs -- "Another Nail in My Heart," "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)," "Tempted," "Black Coffee in Bed" -- became pop classics of the new wave era, as the platinum status of their compilation Singles 45's and Under indicates.
Chris Difford (b. April 11, 1954; guitar, vocals) and Glenn Tilbrook (b. August 31, 1957; vocals, guitar) formed Squeeze in 1974. Tilbrook answered an advertisement Difford had placed in a store window, and the pair began writing songs. By the spring of 1974, the duo had recruited pianist Jools Holland (b. Julian Holland, January 24, 1958) and drummer Paul Gunn, and had named themselves Squeeze, after the disowned Velvet Underground album that featured none of the group's original members. Squeeze began playing the thriving pub rock circuit, although their songs were quirkier and more pop-oriented than many of their peers. By 1976, the band had added bassist Harry Kakoulli and replaced Gunn with Gilson Lavis (b. June 27, 1951), a former tour manager and drummer for Chuck Berry. They had also signed a contract with Miles Copeland's burgeoning BTM record label and management company. Squeeze had already recorded several tracks for RCA, including two cuts with Muff Winwood, that the label rejected. BTM went bankrupt before it could release the band's debut single, "Take Me I'm Yours" in early 1977, but Squeeze were able to work with John Cale on their debut EP, due to a contract Copeland had arranged with Cale.
Squeeze released their debut EP, Packet of Three, on Deptford Fun City Records, in the summer of 1977 and soon arranged an international contract with A&M Records, becoming the label's first new wave act since their disastrous signing of the Sex Pistols. The band entered the studio with producer Cale later that year to work on their debut album, provisionally titled Gay Guys by the group's producer. Cale had the group throw out most of their standard material, forcing them to write new material; consequently, the record wasn't necessarily a good representation of the band's early sound. By the time the album was released in the spring of 1978, the group and A&M had abandoned the record's working title, and it was released as Squeeze. In America, the band and album had to change their name to UK Squeeze in order to avoid confusion with an American band called Tight Squeeze; by the end of the year, they had reverted back to Squeeze in the U.S.. Preceded by the hit single "Take Me I'm Yours," the album became a moderate success, but the group's true British breakthrough arrived in 1979, when they released their second album, Cool for Cats. More representative of the band's sound than their debut, Cool for Cats generated two number two singles in the title track and "Up the Junction." Later in 1978, the EP 6 Squeeze Songs Crammed Into One Ten-Inch Record EP was released. Squeeze tried for a seasonal hit that year with "Christmas Day," but the single failed to chart. Kakoulli was fired from the band after the release of Cool for Cats and was replaced by John Bentley.
Released in the spring of 1980, Argybargy received the strongest reviews of any Squeeze album to date, and produced moderate U.K. hits with "Another Nail in My Heart" and "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)." Both songs, plus "If I Didn't Love You," became hits on college radio and new wave clubs in America, increasing the band's profile considerably; it was the first Squeeze album to chart in America, reaching number 71. Jools Holland, whose fascination with boogie-woogie piano was beginning to sit uncomfortably with Difford and Tilbrook's increasingly sophisticated compositions, left the band in late 1980 to form the Millionaires; he was replaced by Paul Carrack, formerly of the pub rock band Ace. Following Argybargy, critics in both the U.K. and U.S. were calling Difford and Tilbrook "the new Lennon and McCartney," and in order to consolidate their growing reputation, Squeeze made an attempt at their own Sgt. Pepper's with 1981's East Side Story. Initially, the album was to be produced by Dave Edmunds, but the group scrapped those sessions to work with Elvis Costello and Roger Bechirian. Upon its summer release, East Side Story was hailed with excellent reviews, but it didn't become a huge hit as expected. Nevertheless, it found an audience, peaking at number 19 in the U.K. and number 44 on the U.S. charts. The soulful, Carrack-sung "Tempted" failed to reach the U.K. Top 40, but it did become the group's first charting U.S. single, reaching the Top 50. The country-tinged "Labeled with Love" became the group's third, and last, British Top Ten hit that fall. Carrack left at the end of 1981 to join Carlene Carter's backing band; he was replaced with Don Snow, a classically trained pianist who formerly played with the Sinceros.
Ever since the release of their debut, Squeeze had been touring and recording without break, and signs of weariness were evident on Sweets from a Stranger. Though it was the group's highest-charting U.S. album, reaching number 32 shortly after its spring release, Sweets from a Stranger was uneven. In the U.K., it was a considerable disappointment, reaching number 37, with its single "Black Coffee in Bed" stalling at number 51. Nevertheless, the band had earned a considerable fan base, and were able to play Madison Square Garden that summer. Tired of touring and its frustrating commercial fortunes, Difford and Tilbrook decided to disband Squeeze late in 1982, releasing the compilation Singles 45's and Under, shortly after its announcement. Ironically, Singles peaked at number three on the British charts; it would later go platinum in the U.S.
Though they had disbanded Squeeze, Difford and Tilbrook had no intention of ending their collaboration -- they simply wanted to pursue other projects. In particular, they saw themselves as songwriters in the classic tradition of Tin Pan Alley or the Brill Building, and began writing for Helen Shapiro, Paul Young, Billy Bremner and Jools Holland. They also worked on Labelled with Love, a musical based on their songs, which played briefly in Deptford, England early in 1983. The duo released an eponymous album in the summer of 1984, showcasing a sophisticated new sound, as well as long, flowing haircuts and coats. The record was a moderate success, but the duo were already thinking of re-forming Squeeze. Early in 1985, the band reunited to play a charity gig, which prompted Difford, Tilbrook, Holland, and Lavis (who had been driving a cab) to permanently re-form, adding bassist Keith Wilkinson. Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti was released in the fall of 1985 to positive reviews and moderately successful sales. During 1986, Andy Metcalfe, a member of Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians, joined the band as a second keyboardist. Babylon and On followed in the fall of 1987, and the album became a surprise hit, reaching number 14 in the U.K. and generating their biggest American hits -- "Hourglass," which reached number 15 on the strength of MTV's heavy rotation of the song's inventive video, and the Top 40 "853-5937." After completing an international tour, which featured another concert at Madison Square Garden and a headlining spot at the Reading Festival, Metcalfe left the band, and he was not replaced.
Babylon and On may have been a hit, but Squeeze's renewed success wasn't long-lasting. The group's next album, Frank, was released in the fall of 1989 and it wasn't given much a promotional push by A&M. Consequently, it flopped in both the U.S. and the U.K. During the supporting tour for Frank, A&M dropped Squeeze, leaving the band in the cold. Following the tour, Holland left the band to concentrate on his career as a recording artist, as well as a television host for the BBC. Squeeze released a live album, A Round & a Bout, on IRS Records in the spring of 1990. Early in 1991, the band signed with Reprise Records and began recording a new album, hiring Steve Nieve, Bruce Hornsby and Matt Irving as session keyboardists. The resulting album, Play, was released in the fall of 1991 to little attention, partially because it received no support from the label. During the Play tour, the band hired Don Snow and Carol Isaacs as keyboardists. Over the course of 1992, Difford and Tilbrook began to play the occasional acoustic concert, as Squeeze revamped its touring lineup again, hiring Steve Nieve as their touring keyboardist. Longtime drummer Gilson Lavis left the band later that year to play in Jools Holland's big band; he was replaced by Pete Thomas who, like Nieve, was a member of the Attractions.
Squeeze resigned from A&M Records in early 1993 and recorded their new album, Some Fantastic Place, with Thomas on drums and Paul Carrack on keyboards. Released in the September of 1993, the album became a moderate British hit, debuting at number 26; it was ignored in the U.S.. During 1994, Thomas left the band to join the reunited Attractions; by the end of the year, the group had replaced him with Andy Newmark. Prior to the recording of 1995's Ridiculous, Kevin Wilkinson -- no relation to bassist Keith Wilkinson -- became the group's drummer. Released in the U.K. in the fall of 1995, Ridiculous became a moderate hit, generating the hits "This Summer" and "Electric Trains." The album was released in America in the spring of 1996 on IRS. Under the name John Savannah, Don Snow contributed keyboards on Ridiculous and the album's supporting tour.
During 1996, Squeeze released two compilations, the single-disc Piccadilly Collection in the U.S. and the double-disc Excess Moderation in the U.K.. The following year, A&M U.K. issued the box set Six of One..., which contained remastered versions of their first six albums, plus two bonus tracks on each disc. A second box, covering the second six albums, was scheduled for release in 1998, but it was canceled after the label folded. By that time, Squeeze had finished their contractual obligation for new studio albums with the label. They signed with independent Quixotic Records, releasing a new album, Domino, in November of 1998. Domino was recorded with a new lineup, featuring Difford and Tilbrook, plus Jools Holland's brother Chris Holland on keyboards, bassist Hilaire Penda, and drummer Ashley Soan, a former member of Del Amitri. Following the supporting tour, Squeeze went their separate ways again at the close of 1999.
Difford and Tilbrook pursued solo projects during the course of the 2000s, contributing to some Squeeze-related projects -- notably the excellent 2004 book by Jim Drury, Squeeze: Song by Song -- but they didn't reunite the band, not even when they were goaded by VH1's Band Reunited program in 2004. Squeeze started to lurch back into activity in 2007, as Universal reissued a deluxe edition of Argybargy and a new hits collection; Difford and Tilbrook formed a new version of the band, largely relying on players from Glenn's Fluffers, for a U.S. tour later captured on the live album 5 Live: On Tour in America. From that point on Squeeze toured fairly regularly, with the band announcing in 2010 that Difford and Tilbrook were working on new songs, but before that album was released came Spot the Difference, a 2010 record where the band re-recorded many of its biggest hits.
Over the next five years, Difford and Tilbrook worked steadily on new songs while touring with a lineup consisting of John Bentley, Stephen Large, and Simon Hanson; Bentley was swapped out for Lucy Shaw in 2015. Squeeze finally unveiled their new studio album, Cradle to the Grave -- their first album in 17 years -- in the autumn of 2015. After its release, Shaw left the band and was replaced by Yolanda Charles; Steve Smith, formerly of Dirty Vegas, also joined the group as a percussionist. This lineup debuted on The Knowledge, which appeared in October 2017.
Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
As one of the most traditional pop bands of the new wave, Squeeze provided one of the links between classic British guitar pop and post-punk. Inspired heavily by the Beatles and the Kinks, Squeeze were the vehicle for the songwriting of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, who were hailed as the heirs to Lennon and McCartney's throne during their heyday in the early '80s. Unlike Lennon and McCartney, the partnership between Difford and Tilbrook was a genuine collaboration, with the former writing the lyrics and the latter providing the music. Squeeze never came close to matching the popularity of the Beatles, but the reason for that is part of their charm. Difford and Tilbrook were wry, subtle songwriters that subscribed to traditional pop songwriting values, but subverted them with literate lyrics and clever musical references. While their native Britain warmed to Squeeze immediately, sending singles like "Take Me I'm Yours" and "Up the Junction" into the Top Ten, the band had a difficult time gaining a foothold in the States; they didn't have a U.S. Top 40 hit until 1987, nearly a decade after their debut album. Even if the group never had a hit in the U.S., Squeeze built a dedicated following that stayed with them into the late '90s, and many of their songs -- "Another Nail in My Heart," "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)," "Tempted," "Black Coffee in Bed" -- became pop classics of the new wave era, as the platinum status of their compilation Singles 45's and Under indicates.
Chris Difford (b. April 11, 1954; guitar, vocals) and Glenn Tilbrook (b. August 31, 1957; vocals, guitar) formed Squeeze in 1974. Tilbrook answered an advertisement Difford had placed in a store window, and the pair began writing songs. By the spring of 1974, the duo had recruited pianist Jools Holland (b. Julian Holland, January 24, 1958) and drummer Paul Gunn, and had named themselves Squeeze, after the disowned Velvet Underground album that featured none of the group's original members. Squeeze began playing the thriving pub rock circuit, although their songs were quirkier and more pop-oriented than many of their peers. By 1976, the band had added bassist Harry Kakoulli and replaced Gunn with Gilson Lavis (b. June 27, 1951), a former tour manager and drummer for Chuck Berry. They had also signed a contract with Miles Copeland's burgeoning BTM record label and management company. Squeeze had already recorded several tracks for RCA, including two cuts with Muff Winwood, that the label rejected. BTM went bankrupt before it could release the band's debut single, "Take Me I'm Yours" in early 1977, but Squeeze were able to work with John Cale on their debut EP, due to a contract Copeland had arranged with Cale.
Squeeze released their debut EP, Packet of Three, on Deptford Fun City Records, in the summer of 1977 and soon arranged an international contract with A&M Records, becoming the label's first new wave act since their disastrous signing of the Sex Pistols. The band entered the studio with producer Cale later that year to work on their debut album, provisionally titled Gay Guys by the group's producer. Cale had the group throw out most of their standard material, forcing them to write new material; consequently, the record wasn't necessarily a good representation of the band's early sound. By the time the album was released in the spring of 1978, the group and A&M had abandoned the record's working title, and it was released as Squeeze. In America, the band and album had to change their name to UK Squeeze in order to avoid confusion with an American band called Tight Squeeze; by the end of the year, they had reverted back to Squeeze in the U.S.. Preceded by the hit single "Take Me I'm Yours," the album became a moderate success, but the group's true British breakthrough arrived in 1979, when they released their second album, Cool for Cats. More representative of the band's sound than their debut, Cool for Cats generated two number two singles in the title track and "Up the Junction." Later in 1978, the EP 6 Squeeze Songs Crammed Into One Ten-Inch Record EP was released. Squeeze tried for a seasonal hit that year with "Christmas Day," but the single failed to chart. Kakoulli was fired from the band after the release of Cool for Cats and was replaced by John Bentley.
Released in the spring of 1980, Argybargy received the strongest reviews of any Squeeze album to date, and produced moderate U.K. hits with "Another Nail in My Heart" and "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)." Both songs, plus "If I Didn't Love You," became hits on college radio and new wave clubs in America, increasing the band's profile considerably; it was the first Squeeze album to chart in America, reaching number 71. Jools Holland, whose fascination with boogie-woogie piano was beginning to sit uncomfortably with Difford and Tilbrook's increasingly sophisticated compositions, left the band in late 1980 to form the Millionaires; he was replaced by Paul Carrack, formerly of the pub rock band Ace. Following Argybargy, critics in both the U.K. and U.S. were calling Difford and Tilbrook "the new Lennon and McCartney," and in order to consolidate their growing reputation, Squeeze made an attempt at their own Sgt. Pepper's with 1981's East Side Story. Initially, the album was to be produced by Dave Edmunds, but the group scrapped those sessions to work with Elvis Costello and Roger Bechirian. Upon its summer release, East Side Story was hailed with excellent reviews, but it didn't become a huge hit as expected. Nevertheless, it found an audience, peaking at number 19 in the U.K. and number 44 on the U.S. charts. The soulful, Carrack-sung "Tempted" failed to reach the U.K. Top 40, but it did become the group's first charting U.S. single, reaching the Top 50. The country-tinged "Labeled with Love" became the group's third, and last, British Top Ten hit that fall. Carrack left at the end of 1981 to join Carlene Carter's backing band; he was replaced with Don Snow, a classically trained pianist who formerly played with the Sinceros.
Ever since the release of their debut, Squeeze had been touring and recording without break, and signs of weariness were evident on Sweets from a Stranger. Though it was the group's highest-charting U.S. album, reaching number 32 shortly after its spring release, Sweets from a Stranger was uneven. In the U.K., it was a considerable disappointment, reaching number 37, with its single "Black Coffee in Bed" stalling at number 51. Nevertheless, the band had earned a considerable fan base, and were able to play Madison Square Garden that summer. Tired of touring and its frustrating commercial fortunes, Difford and Tilbrook decided to disband Squeeze late in 1982, releasing the compilation Singles 45's and Under, shortly after its announcement. Ironically, Singles peaked at number three on the British charts; it would later go platinum in the U.S.
Though they had disbanded Squeeze, Difford and Tilbrook had no intention of ending their collaboration -- they simply wanted to pursue other projects. In particular, they saw themselves as songwriters in the classic tradition of Tin Pan Alley or the Brill Building, and began writing for Helen Shapiro, Paul Young, Billy Bremner and Jools Holland. They also worked on Labelled with Love, a musical based on their songs, which played briefly in Deptford, England early in 1983. The duo released an eponymous album in the summer of 1984, showcasing a sophisticated new sound, as well as long, flowing haircuts and coats. The record was a moderate success, but the duo were already thinking of re-forming Squeeze. Early in 1985, the band reunited to play a charity gig, which prompted Difford, Tilbrook, Holland, and Lavis (who had been driving a cab) to permanently re-form, adding bassist Keith Wilkinson. Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti was released in the fall of 1985 to positive reviews and moderately successful sales. During 1986, Andy Metcalfe, a member of Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians, joined the band as a second keyboardist. Babylon and On followed in the fall of 1987, and the album became a surprise hit, reaching number 14 in the U.K. and generating their biggest American hits -- "Hourglass," which reached number 15 on the strength of MTV's heavy rotation of the song's inventive video, and the Top 40 "853-5937." After completing an international tour, which featured another concert at Madison Square Garden and a headlining spot at the Reading Festival, Metcalfe left the band, and he was not replaced.
Babylon and On may have been a hit, but Squeeze's renewed success wasn't long-lasting. The group's next album, Frank, was released in the fall of 1989 and it wasn't given much a promotional push by A&M. Consequently, it flopped in both the U.S. and the U.K. During the supporting tour for Frank, A&M dropped Squeeze, leaving the band in the cold. Following the tour, Holland left the band to concentrate on his career as a recording artist, as well as a television host for the BBC. Squeeze released a live album, A Round & a Bout, on IRS Records in the spring of 1990. Early in 1991, the band signed with Reprise Records and began recording a new album, hiring Steve Nieve, Bruce Hornsby and Matt Irving as session keyboardists. The resulting album, Play, was released in the fall of 1991 to little attention, partially because it received no support from the label. During the Play tour, the band hired Don Snow and Carol Isaacs as keyboardists. Over the course of 1992, Difford and Tilbrook began to play the occasional acoustic concert, as Squeeze revamped its touring lineup again, hiring Steve Nieve as their touring keyboardist. Longtime drummer Gilson Lavis left the band later that year to play in Jools Holland's big band; he was replaced by Pete Thomas who, like Nieve, was a member of the Attractions.
Squeeze resigned from A&M Records in early 1993 and recorded their new album, Some Fantastic Place, with Thomas on drums and Paul Carrack on keyboards. Released in the September of 1993, the album became a moderate British hit, debuting at number 26; it was ignored in the U.S.. During 1994, Thomas left the band to join the reunited Attractions; by the end of the year, the group had replaced him with Andy Newmark. Prior to the recording of 1995's Ridiculous, Kevin Wilkinson -- no relation to bassist Keith Wilkinson -- became the group's drummer. Released in the U.K. in the fall of 1995, Ridiculous became a moderate hit, generating the hits "This Summer" and "Electric Trains." The album was released in America in the spring of 1996 on IRS. Under the name John Savannah, Don Snow contributed keyboards on Ridiculous and the album's supporting tour.
During 1996, Squeeze released two compilations, the single-disc Piccadilly Collection in the U.S. and the double-disc Excess Moderation in the U.K.. The following year, A&M U.K. issued the box set Six of One..., which contained remastered versions of their first six albums, plus two bonus tracks on each disc. A second box, covering the second six albums, was scheduled for release in 1998, but it was canceled after the label folded. By that time, Squeeze had finished their contractual obligation for new studio albums with the label. They signed with independent Quixotic Records, releasing a new album, Domino, in November of 1998. Domino was recorded with a new lineup, featuring Difford and Tilbrook, plus Jools Holland's brother Chris Holland on keyboards, bassist Hilaire Penda, and drummer Ashley Soan, a former member of Del Amitri. Following the supporting tour, Squeeze went their separate ways again at the close of 1999.
Difford and Tilbrook pursued solo projects during the course of the 2000s, contributing to some Squeeze-related projects -- notably the excellent 2004 book by Jim Drury, Squeeze: Song by Song -- but they didn't reunite the band, not even when they were goaded by VH1's Band Reunited program in 2004. Squeeze started to lurch back into activity in 2007, as Universal reissued a deluxe edition of Argybargy and a new hits collection; Difford and Tilbrook formed a new version of the band, largely relying on players from Glenn's Fluffers, for a U.S. tour later captured on the live album 5 Live: On Tour in America. From that point on Squeeze toured fairly regularly, with the band announcing in 2010 that Difford and Tilbrook were working on new songs, but before that album was released came Spot the Difference, a 2010 record where the band re-recorded many of its biggest hits.
Over the next five years, Difford and Tilbrook worked steadily on new songs while touring with a lineup consisting of John Bentley, Stephen Large, and Simon Hanson; Bentley was swapped out for Lucy Shaw in 2015. Squeeze finally unveiled their new studio album, Cradle to the Grave -- their first album in 17 years -- in the autumn of 2015. After its release, Shaw left the band and was replaced by Yolanda Charles; Steve Smith, formerly of Dirty Vegas, also joined the group as a percussionist. This lineup debuted on The Knowledge, which appeared in October 2017.
Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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* Tempted I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste A flannel for my…
853 5937 853-5893 Angela can't make it to the phone, If your care to…
A Moving Story She moved from Clapham And didn't look back Her life…
Ain't It Bad No cameras, no lights, no stars in my eyes And no…
All's Well Frankie got the notion, to sail across the ocean, To find…
Annie Get Your Gun She goes for her medical She's passed, its' a miracle She's …
Another Nail for My Heart The case was pulled from under the bed She made a…
Apple Tree Power station by the river Grinding slowly to a stop Clock s…
Bang Bang I can't stop my heart from beating beating Bang bang bang…
Big Beng The liberator of sin The giver of delight I took the drug An…
Black Coffee In Bed There's a stain on my notebook Where your coffee cup was And…
Blood & Guts Sherman Tanks and Tommy Guns, Telegrams and Hot Cross Buns,…
Bonkers I know that I'm bonkers Stupidity conquers Forgive me I…
Break My Heart I hit the bottle I hit the high Blue is…
By Your Side When you're down and you're lonely Come to me I'll…
Can Of Worms She was married and then divorced Things seemed to happen…
Cat On A Wall First thing you know, she′s zipping out of jeans And slippin…
Christmas Day Mary and Joseph drove into town, Searching for a place to…
Cigarette Of A Single Man The cigarette of a single man Burns in the ashtray by…
Cold Shoulder My head was stuck in the cat flap on the…
Cool For Cats The Indians send signals from the rocks above the pass The…
Crying in My Sleep Breaking up Is breaking my heart Is showing me the…
Cupid's Toy He stalks the club with cupid's toy Foremost in his…
Daphne Daphne Don't be ridiculous This silence is killing us Tal…
Domino I knew that I had drunk too much I had…
Donkey Talk Donkey talk I can hear the donkey talk Words chained…
Dr. Jazz Give me iko I want to ball the wall here…
Dutty Love Aaah ha(Boom) Dutty dutty dutty love love love Dutty love lo…
Electric Trains When I was crowned a mummy's boy by friends I…
Elephant Girl She's interested in me I'm interested in her But there's a d…
Everything There are planes coming in And there's planes going out One …
F-Hole I wrote her name on a bar mat She had…
Farfisa Beat Everybody's dancing To the farfisa beat All the girls are cr…
Fingertips You infiltrate my every hour You bug me like a…
First Thing Wrong There's evil in goodness and goodness in bad Remember the fi…
Footprints I spent too much money, I looked far too glad Now…
Frank (Here we go. Glucose.) (Fifteen.) (Somebody count.) (How …
Funny How It Goes Like trying to knock down pins with marbles in my…
Get Smart Get lucky, Get jumping, but get smart Get walking, get lovi…
Go She pulls a face and turns around She says my feet…
Going Crazy And we sleep on the wrong side of bed And you…
Gone to the Dogs Down at the dogs the bets are placed A wad…
Goodbye Girl I met her in a poolroom Her name I didn't catch She…
Got To Me (wilkinson) Love is the liar that no one can blame Everyone…
Great Escape Sitting there at home, he arrived home late With no…
Grouch Of The Day I feel my chin hit my chest As I do my…
Hard To Find I tried to tie you to the bed saliva at…
Heartbreaking World The saddest thing I've ever seen Was a starving face…
Heaven Bar illuminations shiver Shadows on the street The Cypriot…
Heaven Knows You're no dame, I'm no duke Somehow love is a fluke We've…
Here Comes That Feeling Everybody's dancing To the farfisa beat All the girls are cr…
Hesitation You're like a spot on a neck You're like a bounce…
His House Her Home I think to myself when we kiss Your husband is…
Hits Of The Year Off to the airport to check in the bags Proud…
Hop Skip & Jump I wasn’t nervous when I got this date I went along…
Hope Fell Down You're banging your drum You blow your own trumpet Your ship…
Hour Glass I feel like I'm pounding on a big door No one…
House of Love She was full of lies and boredom It came as…
I Can't Get Up Anymore I can't get up anymore, my heart ticks so slow There's…
I Can't Hold On In the corner by the D.J. unit The flag of…
I Learnt How To Pray She's been good to me And her aim is plain,…
I Must Go (difford/tilbrook) Warning: these lyrics are unconfirmed and…
I Think I'm Go Go Funny words I cannot read Trams and boats where Strauss…
I Want You You took all you could And gave all you had…
I Won When daylight appears through a crack in the curtain I'm lay…
I've Returned I've returned I've returned I've returned Last night I play…
If I Didn If I didn't love you, I'd hate you Watching you play…
if i don't love you With her hair up in his fingers The fish and chips…
If It If it's love that would really explain it How I feel…
Images Of Loving Your initials on the singles That you chose to leave…
In Another Lifetime The case was pulled from under the bed She made a…
In Quintessence He smokes himself into double vision Leaves his mind on…
In The Morning In the morning It is raining And umbrellas block the…
In Today's Room Time is a corridor that winds through my life Out…
Introvert You sit in the corner chewing your finger Looking so stupid…
Is It Too Late I have no reason to lie to her I've been…
Is That Love You've left my ring by the soap, Now is that love? You…
It's Not Cricket She used to do a topless down at the Surrey…
It's Over Hey wait a minute That's not right I didn't want…
It's So Dirty Well you'd better not tell I've had a good night…
Jolly Comes Home She's screaming into his collar Beating him on the chest…
King Geogre Street She left in the middle of the night with the…
Labelled With Love She unscrews the top from her new whiskey bottle Shuffles ab…
Last Time Forever Did you ever read the words That said love would end…
Letting Go She plaits her hair, I bite my nails We balance…
Library Girl She was a girl at the library, keeping her book…
Little King When the little king Rode on his horse Into the…
Long Face I'd lost the plot and roamed around Looked in the…
Looking for a Love What have I done What did I say Am I…
Lost For Words I'm lost for words which is strange for me Stretched out…
Love If it's love that would really explain it How I feel…
Love Circles The first circle comes around You don't want to leave her…
Love's Crashing Waves Malicious gossip will never profit When heresay is its found…
Loving You Tonight The full moon's glowing Blood red in the sky It hangs like…
Maidstone (deciphering the song we have yet to see. Supermarket light…
Melody Motel He drove up to the motel In his town and…
Mess Around I'll take Sally and uh, you take Sue We'll get to…
Messed Around She wants to give up love for good She kicks…
Misadventure Hitched a hiker Up above the border She'd spent some…
Model She's ahead of her time and she's never lazy But…
Mumbo Jumbo Eyebrows plucked and toenails cut, I'll pick you up with…
Night Nurse Tell her try her best just to make it quick Woman…
No Place Like Home I'm faced with the facts And a fist full of threats I…
On My Mind Tonight The moths at the window, They can see the light. The cricket…
Onto The Dance Floor Head on my shoulder Tears on my shirtsleeve What did…
Open Trust me to open my mouth, now everybody knows Trust me,…
Out Of Control I like schoolgirls and lollipops White socks and lemon drop…
Out Of Touch You find a hair on my jacket And you know it's…
Peyton Place In Peyton Place my heart now beats And floor boards…
Piccadilly She's not a picture above somebody's fire She sits in…
Pinocchio Swallow me say swallow me Take me to your nest…
Play On He wants to be glorified And swallowed in fame He…
Points Of View I'm impossible she's exciting Bound together with joined up …
Pulling Mussels They do it down on Camber Sands They do it at…
Remember What I can't remember what happened last night Was there trouble…
Revue You make-believe celebrities Taking bows in front of me In…
Rose I Said Yes I cried the moment that her hand slapped my…
Satisfied They had just made love Silent on the bed This…
Separate Beds Tonight I take her from her parents I came along…
Sex Master Difford-Tilbrook I can't remember what happened last nigh…
She Doesn She was washing the dishes When she burst into tears…
Short Break (DiffordTilbrook) He raped her with his eyes the minute sh…
Slap She was frigid like a Bible When she met her boyfriend…
Slaughtered Gutted and Heartbroken Slaughtered gutted and heartbroken With no spirit or no sou…
Sleeping With A Friend Hand me a tissue Hand me your hand I feel…
Slightly Drunk Slightly drunk once again All alone with my pen I…
Some Americans Some Americans are very pretty Some Americans are very shy S…
Some Fantastic Place She gave to me her tenderness Her friendship and her love …
Someone Else's Bell We talk about each other On our wrap around couch,…
Someone Else's Heart I got nosy and I read her letters I read…
Sound Asleep Tonight there's wind Tonight there's rain Tonight I sleep …
Spanish Guitar Talking to demons that fly through the room When I'm home…
Squabs on Forty Fab (difford/tilbrook) I've come across the desert To greet you…
Squeeze Don't think we lacking Because we be rapping Nigga we can ge…
Stranger Than the Stranger on the Shore Acid casualties and angry young men The litmus test of a…
Striking Matches Striking matches and I'm smoking cigarettes Putting on the k…
Strong In Reason You get your trunks Out of the drawer You see…
Sunday Street I'm down the lane on Sunday morning Hung over and…
Take Me I'm Your's I've come across the desert To greet you with a smile My…
Talk To Him Give me a plate and I'd break it Show me a…
Temptation For Love What have I done What did I say Am I…
Tempted I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste A flannel for my face…
Tempted by the Fruit of Another I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for my…
That's What I Like Raise up a cup up for all my day ones Two…
The Apple Tree Power station by the river Grinding slowly to a stop Clock s…
The Axe Has Now Fallen The axe has now fallen, prospects are cuter I′ll distill the…
The Call It felt so bad that I'm in pain Then why don't…
The Day I Get Home When this young man comes rolling home The lamp posts move…
The Elephant Ride Today is none of our concern That rewarding cigarette That…
The Fortnight Saga Business as usual at the harmony home Up for the…
The House of Love She was full of lies and boredom It came as…
The Knack Difford-Tilbrook Standing by the curate, Hat over his ey…
The Last Time Did you ever read the words That said love would end…
The Prisoner He's taking her away He's acting like a general Generall…
The Truth I lied to you, I've cheated too So what friend…
The Very First Dance I had finally beat my nerve To watch her on…
The Waiting Game I heard the stomping of feet dancing On the wooden…
THERE There's no tomorrow When you feel sorrow, There's just the…
There At The Top She's independent She's a modern woman She needs no promptin…
There Is a Voice There is a voice within us all That says destruct Go to…
There's No Tomorrow There's no tomorrow When you feel sorrow, There's just the…
Third Rail As much as I love you As much as I…
This Road She sat at the dressing room table He flicked through the…
This Summer Brain engages mouth Mouth expresses thoughts Of how we sha…
To Be A Dad I lost the children But they can be found Home…
Tongue Like A Knife The head of a hunt on the wall by a…
Touching Me Touching You I'm always touching myself I've got nothing else to do And w…
Tough Love There she sits in an empty room The look on…
True Colours To be running so far away To rely on the perfect…
Trust Trust me to open my mouth, now everybody knows Trust me,…
Up The Junction I never thought it would happen With me and the girl…
Vanity Fair She left her school for the factory From pocket money…
Vicky Verky With her hair up in his fingers The fish and chips…
Walk A Straight Line I need some help Help to decide Whether it's our…
Walk Away A black and white photograph Of me up the garden…
Wedding Bells There at the altar i held up my head The sun…
What What's wrong with this picture Her eyes are like moons…
What Have They Done? The wind blows the ash to the furnace The steel men…
What The Butler Saw Pacing through the flickering light A velvet patch upon his…
What's Wrong With This Picture What's wrong with this picture Her eyes are like moons…
What's Wrong With This Picture? What's wrong with this picture Her eyes are like moons…
When Love Goes To Sleep WARNING: These lyrics are unconfirmed and may be inaccurate.…
When The Hangover Strikes When the hangover strikes And I open my post And…
Who Who's that kissin' in the corner? And who's that talkin' on…
Who Are You I could smell the rain Dripping through the fresh cut…
Who's That Who's that kissin' in the corner? And who's that talkin' on…
Who's That? Who's that kissin' in the corner? And who's that talkin' on…
Wicked and Cruel I had the rug pulled from under my feet But I…
Within These Walls Within these walls of without you I feel naked and…
Without You Here I feel so empty As the plane takes off I see the…
Woman's World The crown of the kingdom is given to the woman…
Wrong Side Of The Moon Across the ocean she's been waiting to hear If love's a…
Philip Kassabian
on Goodbye Girl
A fantastic Squeeze song.
Philip Kassabian
on Up The Junction
Yet another excellent song by Squeeze.
Philip Kassabian
on Another Nail In My Heart
Another great Squeeze song.
Philip Kassabian
on Tempted
Tempted is a great song by Squeeze.