Labelled With Love

Squeeze

About Labelled With Love

"Labelled With Love" was the third single released from Squeeze's fourth album, East Side Story. It was the last Squeeze single to reach the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 4 in 1981. Difford and Tilbrook later used the title for a short-lived 1983 stage musical adapted from their songs.


Year:
1998
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She unscrews the top from her new whiskey bottle
Shuffles about in her candle lit hovel
Like some kind of witch with blue fingers and mittens
She smells like a cat and the neighbors she sickens
Black and white TV has long seen a picture
The cross on the wall is a permanent fixture
The postman delivers the final reminders
She sells off her silver and poodles and in china

Drinks to remember
I made it myself the chimes of the clock and the dust from the shelf
Home is a love that I miss very much
So the past has been bottled and labeled with love

During the wartime and American pilot
Made every air-raid a time of excitement
She moved to his prairie and married a Texan
She looked from a distance our love was a lesson
He became drinker and she became mother
She knew that one day she'd be one or the other
He ate himself older drunk himself dizzy
Proud of her features she kept herself pretty

Drinks to remember
I made it myself the chimes of the clock and the dust from the shelf
Home is a love that I miss very much
So the past has been bottled and labeled with love

He like a cowboy died drunk in a slumber
Out on the porch in the middle of summer
She crossed the ocean back home to her family
But they had retired to roads that were sandy
She moved home alone without friends or relations
Lived in a world full of age reservations
A moth eaten object she'd say that she'd sod all her friends
Who had left her to drink from her bottle

Drinks to remember
I made it myself the chimes of the clock and the dust from the shelf
Home is a love that I miss very much
So the past has been bottled and labeled with love

Drinks to remember
I made it myself the chimes of the clock and the dust from the shelf
Home is a love that I miss very much
So the past has been bottled and labeled with love
The past has been bottled and labeled with love
The past has been bottled and labeled with love

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Squeeze

Squeeze are a British band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s. They are known in the UK for their hit songs "Cool for Cats", "Up the Junction", "Tempted", "Labelled With Love", "Black Coffee In Bed", "Another Nail in My Heart","Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" and "Hourglass". Though not as commercially successful in the U.S., Squeeze had American chart hits with "Tempted", "Hourglass" and "853-5937", and they have a dedicated following there and continue to attract new fans. All of Squeeze's hits were written by band members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, with the former penning the lyrics and the latter handling the composition. The duo we… more »

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Written by: Christopher Difford, Glenn Tilbrook

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14 facts about this song

Song Composition
"Labelled with Love" is the signature country and western ballad composed by the British rock band, Squeeze.
Year of Release
The song was commercially released on the 9th of October 1981.
Album Feature
It appears on the band's fifth studio album, "East Side Story".
Chart Performance
"Labelled with Love" reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the group's highest-charting single in their home country.
Song Inspiration
The song was heavily inspired by the style of late American country singer Hank Williams.
Heartrending Story
The lyrics of the song tell a heart-wrenching tale of a woman from Dallas whose sailor husband dies, leaving her alone with a bottle for solace.
Songwriting Credits
The songwriting credits for "Labelled with Love" go to band members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.
Successful Combination
The combination of comprehensive lyrical story-telling and powerful melody made the track one of the band's most enduring hits.
Original Record Label
The song was originally distributed under the label of A&M Records.
Cover Versions
The song has been covered by other artists like Cathy Dennis who also included it in the soundtrack for the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
Part of Play
"Labelled with Love" was incorporated into a stage musical by the same name in 2012, featuring the songs of Squeeze.
Genre Blending
The song uniquely showcases Squeeze's ability to blend genres, particularly between pop and country music.
Music Video
The music video for "Labelled with Love" depicts the band members performing the song in cowboy costumes, fitting in with the Country Western-style of the song.
Frequently performed Song
Despite Squeeze’s changing lineup over the years, "Labelled with Love" has remained a constant in their live performances.

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