Squeezebox

Mama's got a squeezebox she wears on her chest,
and when Daddy comes home, he never gets no rest.

'Cause she's playin' all night,
And the music's alright.
Mama's got a squeezebox,
Daddy never sleeps at night.

Well the kids don't eat
And the dog can't sleep.
There's no escape from the music
In the whole damn street.

'Cause she's playin' all night,
And the music's all right.
Mama's got a squeezebox,
Daddy never sleeps at night.

She goes in and out and in and out
and in and out and in and out.

'Cause she's playin' all night,
And the music's all right.
Mama's got a squeezebox,
Daddy never sleeps at night.

She goes, squeeze me, come on and squeeze me
Come on and tease me like you do
I'm so in love with you
Mama's got a squeezebox
Daddy never sleeps at night

She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
'Cause she's playing all night
And the music's all right
Mama's got a squeezebox
Daddy never sleeps at night.



- Released October 1975

- "Squeezebox" is a slang term for accordions and related instruments.

- The song contains sexual innuendo and the term "squeezebox" is also a slang for the vagina.

- Pete [Townshend]: "Intended as a poorly aimed dirty joke. I had bought myself an accordion and learned to play it one afternoon. The polka-esque rhythm I managed to produce from it brought forth this song. Amazingly recorded by The Who to my disbelief. Further incredulity was caused when it became a hit for us in the USA."

- "Squeeze Box" was originally intended for a Who television special planned for 1974 where the song was to be performed by The Who accompanied by 100 topless lady accordianists! Backed with "Success Story", it was released first in the U.S. November 22nd, 1975 in the middle of the 1975 North American tour. It reached #16 in the Billboard charts and #11 in the Cash Box charts. It also spent 16 weeks in the Billboard Top 100 singles chart, the longest for any Who single. Reference