Slap and Tickle

"Slap And Tickle"
Single by Squeeze
from the album Cool for Cats
Released August 31, 1979 (UK)
Format 7" vinyl
Recorded 1978
Genre Rock
Length 4:19
Label A&M
Producer John Wood & Squeeze
Squeeze singles chronology
"Up the Junction"
(1979)		 "Slap And Tickle"
(1979)		 "Christmas Day"
(1979)

"Slap And Tickle" was the fourth and final single released from Squeeze's second album, Cool for Cats. "Slap and tickle" is a British euphemism for sexual activity, but the phrase also refers to the funky style of bass guitar played by Harry Kakoulli on this track.

Track listing

  1. "Slap And Tickle" (4:19)
  2. "All's Well" (2:25)
Squeeze
Chris Difford • Glenn Tilbrook • John Bentley • Stephen Large • Simon Hanson
Paul Gunn • Harry Kakoulli • Jools Holland • Gilson Lavis • Paul Carrack • Don Snow • Chris Holland • Keith Wilkinson • Andy Metcalfe • Matt Irving • Pete Thomas • Kevin Wilkinson • Ashley Soan • Hilaire Penda • Steve Nieve
Management and Producers
Miles Copeland III • John Cale • John Wood • Roger Bechirian • Elvis Costello • Dave Edmunds • Nick Lowe • Phil McDonald • Alan Tarney • Laurie Latham • Eric "ET" Thorngren • Pete Hammond • Steve Forward • Tony Berg • Peter Smith • Andrew J. Jones
Studio albums
EPs
Singles
"Take Me I'm Yours" • "Bang Bang" • "Goodbye Girl" • "Cool for Cats" • "Up the Junction" • "Slap and Tickle" • "Christmas Day" • "Another Nail in My Heart" • "If I Didn't Love You" • "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" • "Farfisa Beat" • "Is That Love" • "Tempted" • "Labelled With Love" • "Messed Around" • "Black Coffee in Bed" • "When the Hangover Strikes" • "I've Returned" • "Annie Get Your Gun" • "Last Time Forever" • "No Place Like Home" • "Hits of the Year" • "Heartbreaking World" • "By Your Side" • "King George Street" • "Hourglass" • "Trust Me to Open My Mouth" • "The Waiting Game" • "853-5937" • "Footprints" • "If It's Love" • "Love Circles" • "Annie Get Your Gun" • "Sunday Street" • "Satisfied" • "Crying in My Sleep" • "Cool for Cats" • "Third Rail" • "Everything in the World" • "Some Fantastic Place" • "Loving You Tonight" • "It's Over" • "This Summer" • "Electric Trains" • "Heaven Knows" • "This Summer (Remix)" • Down in the Valley"
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