Song · Squeeze
“Messed Around” by Squeeze
From the album East Side Story (1981)
“Messed Around” by Squeeze appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1981 on the album East Side Story. Its best result is #1956 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,446 alternative song of all time.
Squeeze put "Messed Around" on East Side Story, their fourth album, in 1981, and in the US it went out as a single. Glenn Tilbrook sings lead and wrote it with Chris Difford, and he has said the Stray Cats sparked it; Elvis Costello and Roger Bechirian produced, and the band cut it more or less live in the studio.
The showpiece is Paul Carrack's piano solo, which Difford ranked as keyboard work at its peak and thought could pass for former member Jools Holland. Tilbrook admitted the track carried a little dig at Holland about all the fun he was missing. Difford heard Scotty Moore in Tilbrook's guitar, played through a distant amp, and with John Bentley on bass and Gilson Lavis on drums, Tilbrook heard one of Squeeze's strongest lineups at work. Difford called it a great way to end an album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1956 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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