| "I've Returned" | ||||
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| Single by Squeeze | ||||
| from the album Sweets from a Stranger | ||||
| Released | 1982 (Netherlands) | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 2:36 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford | |||
| Producer(s) | Squeeze & Phil McDonald | |||
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"I've Returned" is a single in the Netherlands, released from Squeeze's fifth album, Sweets from a Stranger .
Glenn Tillbrook said of the song, "It's slightly grandiose-sounding, which is not my cup of tea really. On the whole it's not a bad version. It's a bit like Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run'. And yet another song about drinking." [1] Chris Difford said, "'I've Returned' could have been on East Side Story . It's a lyric that reflects our early writing, so I suppose we were beginning to repeat ourselves. We were cocooned in a web of touring and it was suffocating our skills. We didn't have any time to observe". [1]
The song also was a popular live number at the time. Tillbrook said, "We used to do this as the first number in the set, to replace 'In Quintessence'." [1]
Cash Box praised its " sheer playfulness," calling it a "quick 'n clever slab of wry pop/rock." [2]