Squeeze Box (song)

"Squeeze Box"
Solid centre variant of UK vinyl
Single by the Who
from the album The Who by Numbers
B-side"Success Story"
Released
  • November 1975 (US)
  • 9 January 1976 (UK)[1]
Recorded30 May 1975
StudioShepperton soundstage, Surrey, England
Genre
Length2:42
LabelPolydor (UK)
MCA (US)
Songwriter(s)Pete Townshend
Producer(s)Glyn Johns
The Who US singles chronology
"Postcard"
(1974) 		"Squeeze Box"
(1975) 		"Slip Kid"
(1976)
The Who UK singles chronology
"The Real Me"
(1974) 		"Squeeze Box"
(1976) 		"Who Are You"
(1978)

"Squeeze Box" is a song by the Who from their album The Who by Numbers. Written by Pete Townshend, the lyrics are couched in sexual double entendres. Unlike many of the band's other hits, the song features country-like elements, as heard in Townshend's banjo picking.

"Squeeze Box" was a commercial success, peaking at No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart[4] and No. 16 in the US Billboard Hot 100. The song is also their only international number-one hit, reaching No. 1 in Canada, and No. 2 on the Irish singles chart.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 33.
  2. ^ "41 Essential Pop/Rock Songs with Accordion, Page 2". 26 May 2022.
  3. ^ "20 awesome country songs by rock bands". 20 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. 24 January 1976. Retrieved 18 March 2019.