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I've Returned
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Wikipedia article
"'I've Returned'" is a single in the Netherlands, released from Squeeze's fifth album, 'Sweets from a Stranger'.
Background
Glenn Tillbrook said of the song, "It's slightly grandiose-sounding, which is not my cup of tea really. On the whole it's not a bad version. It's a bit like Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run'. And yet another song about drinking." Chris Difford said, I've Returned' could have been on 'East Side Story'. It's a lyric that reflects our early writing, so I suppose we were beginning to repeat ourselves. We were cocooned in a web of touring and it was suffocating our skills. We didn't have any time to observe".
The song also was a popular live number at the time. Tillbrook said, "We used to do this as the first number in the set, to replace 'In Quintessence'."
'Cash Box' praised its " sheer playfulness," calling it a "quick 'n clever slab of wry pop/rock."
Track listing
# "I've Returned" (2:36)
# "When the Hangover Strikes" (4:31)
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