Squeeze Box (The Who song)

"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]

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

[edit] Cover Versions

It was covered by Laura Branigan on her 1983 album Branigan 2.
The song is covered by English accordionists John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson on their album Sultans of Squeeze.
Poison did a version of the song on the album Hollyweird in 2002. This was re-released in 2007 on their album Poison'd, where all the tracks are cover songs.
Glam metal band Roxy Blue covered the song on their album Want Some? in 1992.
McBride & the Ride covered the song on their 2002 album Amarillo Sky.

[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".

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.