Song · Squeeze
“Trust Me to Open My Mouth” by Squeeze
From the album Babylon and On (1986)
“Trust Me to Open My Mouth” by Squeeze appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1987 and 1989. It was first released in 1986 on the album Babylon and On. Its best result is #96 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #267 alternative song of 1987 and #7,093 alternative song of all time.
"Trust Me to Open My Mouth" comes from Babylon and On, the seventh Squeeze album, with words by Chris Difford and music by Glenn Tilbrook. Tilbrook sings lead while Difford and Keith Wilkinson add backing vocals; both songwriters play guitar, Jools Holland is on organ, Wilkinson on bass and Gilson Lavis on drums, and Tilbrook produced it with Eric "ET" Thorngren.
The band had officially grown to six with former Soft Boys bassist Andy Metcalfe, brought in to play second keyboards behind Holland, but the album's own track-by-track credits show him on just three songs, and this isn't one of them. Babylon and On reached 14 in the UK, a peak no Squeeze album outside the hits collections would top until 2015, and it gave them their biggest American hit in "Hourglass".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 96 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 451 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
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