All of Squeeze's hits were written by band members Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford.

The band's founding members in March 1974 were Chris Difford ( guitar, vocals, lyrics ), Glenn Tilbrook ( vocals, guitar, music ), Jools Holland ( keyboards ), and Paul Gunn ( drums ).

Negative reviews, the stresses of touring, and conflict between band members led Difford and Tilbrook to break up the band later that year, after releasing a final single, " Annie Get Your Gun ".

Difford and Tilbrook continued to work together, and released one self-titled album as the duo Difford & Tilbrook in 1984.

Although it is not officially a Squeeze album, to many fans Difford & Tilbrook is considered a " lost " Squeeze LP because Difford and Tilbrook were themselves the only constant members of Squeeze.

Several Difford & Tilbrook tracks have been featured on officially-sanctioned Squeeze compilations.

Squeeze re-formed to play a one night charity gig in 1985, with all five members from the 1980 Argybargy period — Difford, Tilbrook, Holland, Lavis, and Bentley.

Searching for a different sound, the band replaced Bentley with bassist Keith Wilkinson from the Difford & Tilbrook sessions.

Metcalfe left the band in 1988, leaving the Difford / Tilbrook / Holland / Wilkinson / Lavis line-up to record 1989's Frank.

Paul Carrack also returned to the band in 1993, although by this point Squeeze was not so much a band as it was a trade name for Difford and Tilbrook plus sidemen.

He lasted through the 1995 album Ridiculous, which was recorded by the quartet of Difford, Tilbrook, Wilkinson and Wilkinson.

Following the release of Ridiculous, Don Snow ( now known as Jonn Savannah ) returned to Squeeze yet again as their touring keyboard player, but by 1997, the Squeeze line-up had officially dwindled down to just Difford and Tilbrook.

For the 1998 album Domino, the band was again a quintet consisting of Difford, Tilbrook, bassist Hilaire Penda, ex-Del Amitri drummer Ashley Soan, and yet another returning keyboardist in the person of Christopher Holland.

Difford and Tilbrook embarked on separate solo careers shortly thereafter.

In 2003 Difford and Tilbrook collaborated on a song for the first time since Domino.

However, a 2004 attempt by the VH1 show Bands Reunited to reassemble the mid-1980s line-up of Squeeze ( Difford, Tilbrook, Holland, Wilkinson and Lavis ) ended in failure.

While bassist Keith Wilkinson was favourable to the idea and drummer Gilson Lavis expressed some interest, Jools Holland felt he was too busy with current projects to participate, and, crucially, both Tilbrook and Difford expressed reservations about working together in a band context at that point in time.

Still, Difford and Tilbrook's friendship continued, and in December 2005 Difford sat in for a few songs at a Glenn Tilbrook solo gig in Glasgow.

In an interview with Rollng Stone in April 2012, Difford and Tilbrook confirmed that they would be recording an album of new material for release in 2013.

Unlike other Squeeze songs, which are usually sung by guitarist / songwriter Glenn Tilbrook or less often guitarist / lyricist Chris Difford, the song's lead vocal is mainly by keyboardist Paul Carrack, though Tilbrook and producer Elvis Costello also trade a few lines in the second verse ( in the video and during live performances Difford sings the Costello parts ).

Having been issued during this brief three-year hiatus, many fans consider Difford & Tilbrook to be the " lost " Squeeze album.

On 7 July 2007, at the " Return to the Summer of Love Party ," at Hawkhurst, Kent, Difford and Tilbrook, each singing and playing acoustic guitars, played a seven song set.

In November 2005, Mr Solo took part in a benefit show for War Child at Oxford House of Bethnal Green on the same bill as comedian Richard Herring and Chris Difford of Squeeze.

Rob Sachs interviewed Difford and wrote that the song " is about a memory he has from his time spent at a British holiday camp, a budget resort type of place that includes basic accommodations, entertainment, and other facilities.

* Squeeze, Difford & Tilbrook discography at Squeezenet

* Squeeze, Difford & Tilbrook discography at Squeezenet

* Squeeze, Difford & Tilbrook discography at Squeezenet

This line-up of Difford / Tilbrook / Bentley / Large / Hanson continued to tour throughout 2011 and 2012.

Nieve had played as a session musician with Squeeze and Difford & Tilbook in the past, but had not — until this line-up change — ever been an official member of the group.

Featuring the singles " Treat Me Like a Woman " ( released as a " double A side " with " Easier ") and " If I Hadn't Got You " a song written by Chris Braide with ex-Squeeze songwriter Chris Difford.

# " Boy with a Problem " ( music: Costello ; lyrics: Chris Difford ; additional lyrics: Costello ) – 2: 12

The single was performed in the aggressive, minimalist style of the then-prevailing punk genre, but with poppier influences, somewhat akin to the Buzzcocks and " Up the Junction ", a docupop song by Difford and Tilbrook of Squeeze written around the same time.

# " Boy with a Problem " ( solo demo version ) ( Costello, Chris Difford ) – 2: 31

# " Boy with a Problem " ( Single version ) ( Costello, Difford ) – 2: 31

Difford has gone on record stating his displeasure with allowing Wilkinson his own song among Difford / Tilbrook originals.

It established the band's trademark vocal style, with Chris Difford singing an octave lower than Glenn Tilbrook.

Pellow began his career as a solo artist in association with Chris Difford of Squeeze.

By 1993 Difford and Tilbrook were the only original members left in Squeeze, and like Steely Dan with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, Squeeze continues to be whatever rotating band membership assembles around the two songwriters.

The theme tune was written and performed by Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford from the British band Squeeze ( with the cast singing the theme for the first series, and Tilbrook singing for the second ).

Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford from the band Squeeze appear as background vocalists and musicians on " That's Just What You Are ", " Frankenstein ", and " It's Not Safe ", and they allowed Mann to use a riff from their song " Up the Junction " on " Long Shot ".

In early 2007 it was announced that Difford and Tilbrook would re-form Squeeze for a series of shows throughout the latter half of the year, in support of Universal and Warner's re-issuing of the band's back catalogue and the release of a new ' best of ' album, Essential Squeeze, on 30 April.

In January 2010 it was announced that Difford and Tilbrook would be spending part of the coming summer in Italy together writing songs for a new Squeeze album.