Squeeze discography

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Squeeze discography
Studio albums15
Live albums4
Compilation albums14
Music videos34
EPs1
Singles48

Squeeze are a British rock band active from 1974 to 1982, from 1985 to 1999, and since 2007 to 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. All Squeeze's hits are written by Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
NZ
[4]
SCO
[5]
SWE
[6]
US
[7]
Squeeze
  • Released: March 1978
  • Label: A&M
Cool for Cats
  • Released: 4 April 1979
  • Label: A&M
451832
Argybargy
  • Released: February 1980
  • Label: A&M
322671
East Side Story
  • Released: 15 May 1981
  • Label: A&M
19292544
Sweets from a Stranger
  • Released: 30 April 1982
  • Label: A&M
20262332
Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti
  • Released: August 1985
  • Label: A&M
319757
Babylon and On
  • Released: September 1987
  • Label: A&M
14849536
Frank
  • Released: 24 August 1989
  • Label: A&M
58113
Play 41
Some Fantastic Place
  • Released: 14 September 1993
  • Label: A&M
26182
Ridiculous
  • Released: 13 November 1995
  • Label: A&M/Ark 21
5087
Domino
  • Released: November 1998
  • Label: Quixotic
Spot the Difference
  • Released: 3 August 2010
  • Label: XOXO
Cradle to the Grave 1218 [lower-alpha 1]
The Knowledge
  • Released: 13 October 2017
  • Label: Love
2521

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
CAN
[3]
US
[7]
A Round and a Bout
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: I.R.S./Deptford Fun City
50 [lower-alpha 2] 163
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: A&M
Five Live: On Tour in America
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Love
Live at the Fillmore
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Anchor & Hope

Charted compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
US
[7]
Singles – 45's and Under
  • Released: 22 October 1982
  • Label: A&M
37647
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: A&M
6
Big Squeeze: The Very Best of Squeeze
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: A&M
8
Essential Squeeze
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Love
25

Extended plays

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
Packet of Three
  • Released: July 1977
  • Label: Deptford Fun City
Food for Thought
  • Released: 4 November 2022 [20]
  • Label: Love Records

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
IRE
[21]
NL
[22]
NZ
[4]
US
[23]
US
Main.
Rock

[24]
"Take Me, I'm Yours"197819x Squeeze
"Bang Bang"49x
"Goodbye Girl"63x Cool for Cats
"Cool for Cats"19792583311x
"Up the Junction"23x
"Slap and Tickle"24x
"Christmas Day"xNon-album single
"Another Nail in My Heart"1980175610x Argybargy
"If I Didn't Love You"x
"Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)"44x
"Farfisa Beat"x
"Is That Love"19813525 East Side Story
"Tempted"419545498
"Labelled with Love"4246
"Messed Around"
"Black Coffee in Bed"19825126 Sweets from a Stranger
"When the Hangover Strikes"
"I've Returned"
"Annie Get Your Gun"43521640 Singles – 45's and Under
"Last Time Forever"198545 Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti
"No Place Like Home"83
"Hits of the Year"39
"Heartbreaking World"
"By Your Side"
"King George Street"1986
"Hourglass"198716902324651522 Babylon and On
"Trust Me to Open My Mouth"7250
"The Waiting Game"
"853-5937"198891503237
"Footprints"
"If It's Love"1989 Frank
"Love Circles"1990
"Annie Get Your Gun (Live)" A Round and a Bout
"Sunday Street"199187 Play
"Satisfied"4749
"Crying in My Sleep"
"Cool for Cats" [UK Re-issue]199262Non-album single
"Third Rail"199339 Some Fantastic Place
"Everything in the World"
"Some Fantastic Place"73
"Loving You Tonight"
"It's Over"199489
"This Summer"199536 Ridiculous
"Electric Trains"44
"Heaven Knows"199627
"This Summer (Remix)"32
"Down in the Valley"1998Non-album single
"Happy Days"2015 Cradle to the Grave
"Innocence in Paradise"2017 The Knowledge
"—" denotes releases that failed to chart | "x" denotes that the chart did not exist at the time.

Music Videos

YearTitleDirectorAlbum
1978"Take Me I'm Yours" Squeeze
1979Cool For Cats” (Version 1)Derek Burbridge [28] Cool For Cats
“Cool For Cats” (Version 2)
Up the Junction
"Christmas Day" Brian Grant [29] Non-album single
1980Another Nail in My HeartDerek Burbridge [30] Argybargy
Pulling Mussels from a Shell
1981Is That Love? Barney Bubbles & Chalkie Davis [28] East Side Story
Tempted” (Version 1)
“Tempted” (Version 2)
Messed Around
1982Black Coffee in Bed Steve Barron [28] Sweets from a Stranger
"I've Returned"
1985Last Time ForeverGeoff Wonfor [28] Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti
Hits of the Year
1987Hourglass Adrian Edmonson [28] Babylon and On
Trust Me to Open My Mouth
1988853-5937Adrian Edmonson [31]
FootprintsCarlos Grasso [32]
1989If It’s Love Frank
1990"Annie Get Your Gun (Live)" A Round and a Bout
1991Sunday StreetEnrique Badulescu [33] Play
Satisfied
1993Third Rail Some Fantastic Place
Everything in the World
Some Fantastic Place Peter Orton [34]
Loving You Tonight
1995This Summer Lloyd Stanton [35] Ridiculous
Electric Trains
1996Heaven Knows
2015“Happy Days” Cradle to the Grave
“Cradle to the Grave”
“Nirvana”
2017“Patchouli” The Knowledge

Notes

  1. Cradle to the Grave did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart. [13]
  2. A Round and a Bout did not enter the RPM Album Chart, but the accompanying video album peaked at number 10 on the RPM Long-Form Music Videos chart. [14]

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