Up the Junction (song)

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"Up the Junction"
Single by Squeeze
from the album Cool for Cats
B-side	"It's So Dirty"
Released	18 May 1979 (1979-05-18)
Genre	New wave power pop
Length	3:10
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Chris Difford Glenn Tilbrook
Producer(s)	Squeeze John Wood
Squeeze singles chronology
"Cool for Cats" (1979) "Up the Junction" (1979) "Slap and Tickle" (1979)

"Up the Junction" was the third single released from Squeeze's second album, Cool for Cats. Sung by Glenn Tilbrook, it is one of the band's most popular and well-remembered songs (especially in the UK), and reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, the same position as its predecessor, "Cool for Cats".^[1]