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Glenn Tillbrook has said that the track was subconsciously inspired by Frank Sinatra. "I'd started listening to the albums Frank Sinatra made for Capitol in the '50s, which he recorded primarily with producer Nelson Riddle. The instrumentation on those albums was fantastic and contained a certain mood and direction to them that had nothing to do with the record that had come before. ... I wasn't thinking this consciously when i wrote 'Hangover'. It's just that when I listen to any sort of music some of it trickles out in one way or other."

Chris Difford said of the song, "Lyrically this was the finest song on the album for me. All the imagery is so correct and goes beautifully with the music." Tillbrook said, "This is the first track that I'm proud of on ."

Release

"When the Hangover Strikes" was released as the follow-up single to "Black Coffee in Bed" in July 1982, backed with the track "Elephant Girl." However, unlike its predecessor, it failed to chart at all. Glenn Tillbrook said on the single's release, "I was convinced it would be a smash hit, which just goes to show what Mr 'Finger on the Pulse' Tillbrook knew. I thought, 'The kids'll love this. They'll go crazy for it.' But it was about blokes getting hangovers, which was totally unsexy." Chris Difford said, "The fact that the record company would endorse it is amazing. It wouldn't happen now."

It was the first UK single culled from one of the band's albums not to achieve a position on the Singles Chart ("Christmas Day" also had not charted, but that was not an album cut).

Track listing

"When the Hangover Strikes" (4:31)
"Elephant Girl" (3:30)

References

^ Tillbrook, Glenn; Difford, Chris; Drury, Jim. Squeeze: Song by Song. Sanctuary.

External links

Squeeze discography at Squeezenet

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Chris Difford Glenn Tilbrook Stephen Large Simon Hanson Steve Smith Owen Biddle Melvin Duffy Jools Holland Gilson Lavis John Bentley Paul Carrack Don Snow Christopher Holland Keith Wilkinson Andy Metcalfe Matt Irving Pete Thomas Kevin Wilkinson Ash Soan Steve Nieve Nick Harper Yolanda Charles
Studio albums	Squeeze Cool for Cats Argybargy East Side Story Sweets from a Stranger Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti Babylon and On Frank Play Some Fantastic Place Ridiculous Domino Spot the Difference Cradle to the Grave The Knowledge
EPs	Packet of Three
Compilations	Singles – 45's and Under
Singles	"Take Me I'm Yours" "Bang Bang" "Goodbye Girl" "Cool for Cats" "Up the Junction" "Slap and Tickle" "Christmas Day" "Another Nail in My Heart" "If I Didn't Love You" "Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)" "Farfisa Beat" "Is That Love" "Tempted" "Labelled with Love" "Messed Around" "Black Coffee in Bed" "When the Hangover Strikes" "I've Returned" "Annie Get Your Gun" "Last Time Forever" "No Place Like Home" "Hits of the Year" "Heartbreaking World" "King George Street" "Hourglass" "Trust Me to Open My Mouth" "The Waiting Game" "853-5937" "Footprints" "If It's Love" "Love Circles" "Sunday Street" "Satisfied" "Crying in My Sleep" "Third Rail" "Everything in the World" "Some Fantastic Place" "Loving You Tonight" "It's Over" "This Summer" "Electric Trains" "Heaven Knows" "This Summer (Remix)" "Down in the Valley"
Other songs	"I Think I'm Go Go" "In Quintessence" "The Elephant Ride"
Related articles	Discography Band members Difford & Tilbrook Difford & Tilbrook (album) "Love's Crashing Waves"

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