Messed Around

"Messed Around"
File:Squeeze messed around cover.jpg
Single by Squeeze
from the album East Side Story
Released	1981 (US)
Format	7" vinyl
Recorded	1980
Genre	Rock, new wave
Length	2:40
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook Producer = Roger Bechirian & Elvis Costello
Squeeze singles chronology
"Labelled With Love" (1981) "Messed Around" (1981) "Black Coffee in Bed" (1982)

"Messed Around" is a US single released from Squeeze's fourth album, East Side Story.

Background

Author Jim Drury stated that the song was one which ex-Squeeze member Jools Holland may have enjoyed playing on, to which Glenn Tillbrook said, "Yeah. There was definitely a feeling of 'See what you're missing out on, Jools. Look at all the fun you could be having.' Paul [Carrack] did a great job on it and we recorded it virtually live in the studio." Tillbrook also said that the "song showed what a great band we had at the time, one of Squeeze's strongest line-ups."

Chris Difford said "[i]t actually sounds like Jools [Holland] playing on it. It's a breathtaking solo by Paul. Piano playing does not get any better than that. When we recorded this I felt as though I'd finally arrived, that I was in a proper band with real men. Glenn's guitar sounds very Scotty Moore, with a distant amplifier. It's reminiscent of one of Glenn's earlier solos from when we were younger and a great way to end an album."

Track listing

1. "Messed Around" (2:40)
2. "Yap Yap Yap" (4:13)

External links

• Squeeze discography at Squeezenet