Squeeze
Squeeze performing in 2021
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	New wave pop rock post-punk power pop
Years active	1974–1982 1985–1999 2007–present
Labels	A&M I.R.S. Ark 21 Reprise Quixotic Records
Spinoffs	Difford & Tilbrook Glenn Tilbrook & the Fluffers
Members	Glenn Tilbrook Chris Difford Stephen Large Simon Hanson Steve Smith Melvin Duffy Owen Biddle Danica Dora
Past members	Jools Holland Harri Kakoulli Paul Gunn Gilson Lavis John Bentley Paul Carrack Don Snow Keith Wilkinson Andy Metcalfe Matt Irving Carol Isaacs Steve Nieve Pete Thomas Andy Newmark Aimee Mann Kevin Wilkinson Hilaire Penda Ash Soan Chris Holland Nick Harper Chris Braide Lucy Shaw Yolanda Charles Sean Hurley
Website	squeezeofficial.com

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.^[5] The band were also noted as a launchpad for the successful careers of their keyboard players, Jools Holland and Paul Carrack.

The band reunited for tours through the United States and United Kingdom in 2007.^[3] In 2010, they issued Spot the Difference, an album of newly recorded versions of older material. The band's first album of all-new material since 1998, Cradle to the Grave, was released in October 2015,^[6] followed by another album, The Knowledge, in October 2017.^[7]