Squeeze Box (The Who song)

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“Squeeze Box”
Single by The Who
from the album The Who By Numbers
B-side 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 Glyn Johns
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 a slang term for an old-fashioned sex toy. The song is actually sexual innuendo, talking about mama's "squeeze box she wears on her chest" (her breasts)and how mama and daddy have sex all night long stating "mama's got a squeeze box daddy never sleeps at night." The band wanted to see if they could get away with singing explicitly about the joys of sex. Written by Pete Townshend, the song was originally intended for a Who television special planned in 1974 [1]

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[edit] Pop Culture References

  • An episode of Two and a Half Men which featured a spoof version of CSI, "Stiffs", used "Squeeze Box" as the theme song, parodying the practice of the CSI franchise of using Who songs as theme songs.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Hypertext Who › Liner Notes › The Who By Numbers

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