Labelled with Love
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{{Infobox song
| name = Labelled with Love
| cover = Squeeze labelled with love cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Squeeze
| album = East Side Story
| released = 25 September 1981 (UK)
| recorded = 1980
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Country{{cite news |last1=Wawzenek |first1=Bryan |title=Y'allternative: 33 Times Alternative Rock went Country |access-date=15 May 2020 |work=Diffuser |url=https://diffuser.fm/alternative-country-rock-songs/ |date=24 October 2016}}
- new wave
|}}
| length = 4:44
| label = A&M
| writer = Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford
| producer = Roger Bechirian, Elvis Costello
| prev_title = Tempted
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Messed Around
| next_year = 1981
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|u0pXzFP2Fno|"Labelled With Love" at TopPop}}}}
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"Labelled with Love" is a song by Squeeze, released as the third single from the band's fourth album, East Side Story. It was the last Squeeze single to reach the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 4 in 1981.{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| pages= 522/3}} The song was written by Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/labelled-with-love-mt0000304895|title=Labelled with Love - Squeeze |website=AllMusic|access-date=22 March 2025}} Live versions of the track appeared on the live albums, A Round and a Bout (1990) and Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1999).
Difford and Tilbrook used the title in a 1983 musical.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/tilbrook_glenn/artist.jhtml |title=Glenn Tilbrook | New Music And Songs | |website=Mtv.com |date=2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108121153/https://www.mtv.com/music/artist/tilbrook_glenn/artist.jhtml |archive-date= January 8, 2010}}
Critical reception
Bryan Wawzenek of Diffuser compiled a list of country songs by alternative, indie and punk artists. He proclaimed "Labelled with Love" to adorn both musical and lyrical "country hallmarks", with themes pertaining to "drinking and heartbreak" and instrumentation of "moseying beat and Nashville piano."
Track listing
- "Labelled with Love" (4:44)
- "Squabs on Forty Fab" (4:45)
Charts
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!Chart (1981) !Peak |
{{singlechart|Ireland2|2|song=Labelled with Love|refname="IRL"}} |
{{singlechart|Dutch100|46|artist=Squeeze|song=Labelled with Love}} |
{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|4|artist=Squeeze|artistid=16797 }} |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050816200821/http://www.squeezenet.co.uk/ Squeeze discography at Squeezenet]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgihbuhkG30 Top of the Pops rendition via YouTube]
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Category:Songs written by Glenn Tilbrook
Category:Songs written by Chris Difford
Category:British country music songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Elvis Costello
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