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"Messed Around" is a US single released from Squeeze's fourth album, East Side Story.

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"Messed Around"
Single by Squeeze
from the album East Side Story
Released	1981 (US)
Recorded	1980
Genre	Rock, new wave
Length	2:40
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook
Producer(s)	Roger Bechirian, Elvis Costello
Squeeze singles chronology
"Labelled With Love" (1981) "Messed Around" (1981) "Black Coffee in Bed" (1982)

Background

Author Jim Drury posed that the song was one which ex-Squeeze member Jools Holland may have enjoyed playing on, to which Glenn Tilbrook said, "Yeah. There was definitely a feeling of 'See what you're missing out on, Jools. Look at all the fun you could be having.' Paul [Carrack] did a great job on it and we recorded it virtually live in the studio."[1] Tillbrook also said that the "song showed what a great band we had at the time, one of Squeeze's strongest line-ups."[1]

Chris Difford said "[i]t actually sounds like Jools [Holland] playing on it. It's a breathtaking solo by Paul. Piano playing does not get any better than that. When we recorded this I felt as though I'd finally arrived, that I was in a proper band with real men. Glenn's guitar sounds very Scotty Moore, with a distant amplifier. It's reminiscent of one of Glenn's earlier solos from when we were younger and a great way to end an album."[1]

Tilbrook also claimed that the song was inspired by the Stray Cats.[2]

Track listing

1. "Messed Around" (2:40)
2. "Yap Yap Yap" (4:13)

References

External links

• Squeeze discography at Squeezenet

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