Squeeze

BIOGRAPHy

British band Squeeze came to prominence during the New Wave period of the late 1970s. They are known for their hit songs: “Cool for Cats,” “Up the Junction,” “Tempted,” “Labelled With Love,” “Black Coffee In Bed,” “Another Nail in My Heart,” “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” and “Hourglass.” Though not quite as commercially successful in the US, Squeeze had American chart hits with “Tempted,” “Hourglass” and “853-5937.” All of Squeeze’s hits were written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, with the former penning the lyrics and the latter handling the composition. The duo were hailed as “the heirs to Lennon and McCartney’s throne” during their peak of popularity in the early 1980s. The group formed in Deptford, London, in 1974, and first broke up in 1982. Squeeze then reformed in 1985 and disbanded again in 1999. The band reunited for tours through the United States and United Kingdom in 2007, and this touring version of Squeeze has continued. They released Cradle to the Grave in 2015. Squeeze continues to tour the world.

Career Path

1979"Cool for Cats" and "Up the Junction", written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, became back-to-back UK number-one singles, establishing the pair as the era's sharpest pop songwriters.
1981'East Side Story' introduced "Tempted" and "Labelled With Love", winning the duo comparisons to Lennon and McCartney at the peak of their critical standing.
1982Disbanded after 'Sweets from a Stranger', then reformed three years later in 1985, the first of two career interruptions that never diminished their catalog's cult following.
1987"Hourglass" climbed the US Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their biggest American chart hit and proving their New Wave songcraft translated across the Atlantic.
2007Difford and Tilbrook reunited the full touring band for UK and US dates, relaunching a live version of Squeeze that has continued ever since.
2015Released 'Cradle to the Grave', their first album of new material in 17 years, as the soundtrack to the BBC sitcom of the same name, with Q Magazine calling it 'quintessential Squeeze'.
2017Followed 'Cradle to the Grave' with 'The Knowledge', their third album since the 2007 reunion and a continuation of the Difford-Tilbrook songwriting partnership.
2024Headlined a 27-date 50th Anniversary UK tour, culminating at London's Royal Albert Hall with special guest Badly Drawn Boy.
2026Released 'Trixies', their 16th studio album, built from songs Difford (19) and Tilbrook (16) wrote in 1974 for a fictional nightclub, and launched the accompanying 'Tried, Tested and Trixies' UK and US tour.

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