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“Slap And Tickle” by Squeeze
From the EP 6 Squeeze Songs Crammed Into One Ten‐Inch Record (1979)
“Slap And Tickle” by Squeeze appears on 12 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2011. It was first released in 1979 on the EP 6 Squeeze Songs Crammed Into One Ten‐Inch Record. Its best result is #1191 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,574 alternative song of all time.
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"Slap and Tickle" was the fourth and last single Squeeze took from Cool for Cats, out on A&M in 1979 on the heels of "Up the Junction", and it's the oddest of the bunch. Glenn Tilbrook wrote the music, and the arrangement is all buzzing, pulsing synthesizers borrowed from the Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder playbook, like a disco machine that wandered into a British boozer and decided to stay.
Chris Difford's words come from the rough company the band had fallen in with once success arrived, the sort of people he'd steered clear of at school and could now run with. He borrowed the clipped rhythms of Ian Dury and of Elvis Costello, who would later produce Squeeze, and the title is British slang for a spot of hanky-panky. It climbed to number 24 in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1199 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1200 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1207 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1206 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1191 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1191 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1191 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1881 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1848 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1874 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1930 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 2003 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
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