Hourglass (Squeeze song)

"Hourglass"
Single by Squeeze
from the album Babylon and On
ReleasedJuly 1987 (UK)
Length3:16
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford
Producer(s)Eric "ET" Thorngren & Glenn Tilbrook
Squeeze singles chronology
"King George Street"
(1986)
"Hourglass"
(1987)
"Trust Me To Open My Mouth"
(1987)

"Hourglass" is the first single released from Squeeze's seventh album, Babylon and On. Aided by an optical illusion-filled music video directed by Ade Edmondson, it received substantial airplay on MTV, and "Hourglass" became the highest-charting hit the band ever had in the United States, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, while reaching number 16 in the UK Singles Chart.[1]

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 522/3. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.