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"I've Returned"
Single by Squeeze
from the album Sweets from a Stranger
Released	1982 (Netherlands)
Recorded	1981
Genre	Rock, new wave
Length	2:36
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford
Producer(s)	Squeeze & Phil McDonald
Squeeze singles chronology
"When the Hangover Strikes" (1982) "I've Returned" (1982) "Annie Get Your Gun" (1982)

"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

1. "I've Returned" (2:36)
2. "When the Hangover Strikes" (4:31)

External links

• Squeeze discography at Squeezenet

References

1. ^ Tillbrook, Glenn; Difford, Chris; Drury, Jim. Squeeze: Song by Song. Sanctuary.
2. "Reviews" (PDF). Cashbox. 14 August 1982. p. 10. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

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