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Cover of 6 Squeeze Songs Crammed Into One Ten‐Inch Record by Squeeze
Cover: 6 Squeeze Songs Crammed Into One Ten‐Inch Record

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“Up The Junction” by Squeeze

From the EP 6 Squeeze Songs Crammed Into One Ten‐Inch Record (1979)

“Up The Junction” by Squeeze appears on 21 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1999 and 2022. It was first released in 1979 on the EP 6 Squeeze Songs Crammed Into One Ten‐Inch Record. Its best result is #79 on the Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #849 alternative song of all time.

21countdowns
4stations
#79best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2022years charted

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Chris Difford wrote the words to "Up the Junction" in New Orleans while Squeeze were out on tour, then handed them to Glenn Tilbrook, who set them to music and sang them. It came out on A&M in 1979 as a single from Cool for Cats, the band's second album, produced by John Wood with the band. The title was nicked from Ken Loach's TV play Up the Junction and the film that came after it, both drawn from Nell Dunn's book of short stories.

It unspools like a short story set to a jaunty, rolling tune, and it pulls a trick Difford picked up from Roxy Music's "Virginia Plain": the title doesn't turn up until the very last line. In Britain it stopped at number 2, just as "Cool for Cats" had.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 471 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 471 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 481 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 167 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 481 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 481 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 481 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 165 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 183 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 220 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 79 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) 100
2006 335 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 1111 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1031 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1045 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 751 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 1083 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1120 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1182 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1240 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 113 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908

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