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In Australia, the same name change was used due to legal conflicts arising from an existing Sydney-based band also called "Squeeze". Albums in Australia were credited to UK Squeeze up to and including 1985's Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti .
Squeeze are a British rock band active from 1974 to 1982, from 1985 to 1999, and from 2007 to the present date. Founded by Glenn Tilbrook (guitar, vocals), Chris Difford (guitar, vocals), Jools Holland (keyboards) and Paul Gunn (drums), the group have released 15 studio albums, 14 compilation albums, 4 live albums, 1 extended play, 48 singles and 34 music videos.
Squeeze is the debut studio album released by English group Squeeze.The album title was simply Squeeze in the United Kingdom, but in the United States, Canada, Australia and other countries, the album, like the band, was marketed under the name U.K. Squeeze to avoid confusion with similarly-named American and Australian groups.
"Cool for Cats" is a song by English rock band Squeeze, released as the second single from their album of the same name. The song features a rare lead vocal performance from cockney-accented Squeeze lyricist Chris Difford, one of the only two occasions he sang lead on a Squeeze single A-side (the other was 1989's "Love Circles").
The band continuing for the rest of the year as a quartet. [27] Jim Kimberley replaced Soan as drummer for several shows mid-tour, and for the final few shows of the tour Holland was replaced by Chris Braide. [28] After the tour concluded in November, Squeeze disbanded and Tilbrook and Difford continued working on separate projects. [29]
"Tempted" was released as the second single from the band's 1981 album East Side Story.The single was only a moderate success on the charts, reaching number 41 in the UK, [12] number 45 in Canada, number 49 in the US, number 90 in Australia.
"Hourglass" is the first single released from Squeeze's seventh album, Babylon and On. Aided by an optical illusion-filled music video directed by Ade Edmondson, it received substantial airplay on MTV, and "Hourglass" became the highest-charting hit the band ever had in the United States, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, while reaching number 16 in the UK Singles Chart.
The band was then sent to producer Alan Tarney, for whom Tilbrook played the song. [1] When the band was brought back by Tarney they found the producer had already completed the backing track to the song, only needing Tilbrook and Chris Difford's vocals. [1] Glenn Tilbrook reflected on the song's recording, "It was like we were in The Monkees ...