1987 FLASHBACK Rick Astley M|A|R|R|S U2 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield Squeeze Squeeze are an English rock band 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. In the UK, their singles "Cool for Cats", "Up the Junction", and "Labelled with Love" were top-ten chart hits. Though not as commercially successful in the United States, Squeeze had American hits with "Tempted", "Black Coffee in Bed", and "Hourglass",[1] and were considered a part of the Second British Invasion.[2]
In the vast majority of their material, lyrics are written by Chris Difford and music by Glenn Tilbrook, who are guitarists and vocalists in the band. The duo were hailed as "the heirs to Lennon and McCartney's throne" during the band's initial popularity in the late 1970s.[3] The group formed in Deptford, London, in 1974,[4] and first broke up in 1982. Squeeze then reformed in 1985, and disbanded again in 1999.
