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Squeeze

Tempted

1981 · via Squeeze

Squeeze’s 1981 recording of “Tempted” is the earliest release on file. Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford of Squeeze are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Sting (released 1991), Richard Thompson (released 2003) and Erykah Badu & James Poyser (released 2019), among 98 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford wrote this for their own band, and it has never stopped finding new takers, from Rita Coolidge and Joe Cocker in the eighties to Erykah Badu with James Poyser in 2019. Spin the Squeeze cut, then hear how far the song traveled.

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Credited writers: Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1981.

Other recordings on file · first release year

98 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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