Squeeze Box (The Who song)

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"Squeeze Box"

Single by The Who
from the album The Who By Numbers
B-side(s)	Success Story
Released	October 1975
Recorded	May 30, 1975 on the Shepperton Studios' soundstage using Ronnie Lane's mobile studio
Genre	Rock
Length	2:42
Label	Polydor Records (UK) MCA Records (U.S.)
Writer(s)	Pete Townshend
Producer(s)	Glyn Johns
Chart positions
#16 USA, #10 UK
The Who singles chronology
Long Live Rock (1974) (Italy, Israel & Japan)	Squeeze Box (1975)	Slip Kid (1976) (US)

"Squeeze Box" is a song by The Who. "Squeezebox" is a slang term for accordions and related instruments, but it is also slang for breasts. The band just wanted to see if they could get away with singing explicitly about the joys of sex. It was written by Pete Townshend. It was originally intended for a Who television special planned for 1974 where the song was to be performed by The Who accompanied by 100 topless lady accordianists.^{[citation needed]}

1 Lyrics
2 Cover Versions
3 Pop Culture References
4 See also

[edit] Lyrics

Mama's got a squeeze box she wears on her chest

and when Daddy comes home, he never gets no rest.

'Cause she's playin' all night

And the music's alright.

Mama's got a squeeze box,

Daddy never sleeps at night.

Well the kids don't eat

And the dog can't sleep.

There's no escape from the music

In the whole damn street.

'Cause she's playin' all night

And the music's all right.

Mama's got a squeeze box,

Daddy never sleeps at night.

She goes in and out and in and out

and in and out and in and out.

'Cause she's playin' all night

And the music's all right.

Mama's got a squeeze box,

Daddy never sleeps at night.

[edit] Cover Versions

Although the song would not appear to be an obvious choice for a female artist, it was covered by Laura Branigan on her 1983 album Branigan 2.
Slovenian-American accordionist Lynne Marie Rink covered the song.
The song is covered by English accordionists John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson on their album Sultans of Squeeze.
Poison (band) did a version of the song on the album "Hollyweird" in 2002
Glam metal band Roxy Blue covered the song on their album "Want Some?" in 1992.

[edit] Pop Culture References

The song is featured in the Freaks and Geeks episode Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers, where Mr. and Mrs. Weir preview a Who album to see if there are any objectionable lyrics.

In The Simpsons episode A Tale of Two Springfields, Homer reminds The Who of some of their songs, but mistakenly terms Squeeze Box as being an example of "the Angry Defiant Who".