- Tempted
Single infobox | Name = Tempted
Artist =Squeeze
from Album = East Side Story
Released =July 10 ,1981 (UK)
Format = 7" vinyl
Recorded =1980
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:04 / 3:53
Label =A&M Records
Producer =Roger Bechirian &Elvis Costello
Chart position =- #41 (
UK Singles Chart ) - #49 (U.S.)
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Last single = "Is That Love " (1981)
This single = "Tempted" (1981)
Next single = "Labelled With Love " (1981) |"Tempted" was the second single released from
Squeeze 's fourth album, "East Side Story". Though it failed to crack the Top 40 in any country it was released (UK #41, Canada #45, US #49, Australia #90), over the years "Tempted" has become one of Squeeze's most well known songs, especially in North America, thanks to its use in various TV commercials. The song's lead vocal is mainly by keyboardistPaul Carrack , though guitarist/co-composerGlenn Tilbrook and producerElvis Costello also sing for a few lines in the second verse.Tempted has been covered numerous times, including versions by Sting, Richard Thompson,
Joe Cocker , andRockapella .Jools Holland also covered this song on his albumLift The Lid , which was a nod to Jools's history with the band.In 1993, Squeeze remixed and overdubbed the original recording to create a 'new' version of the song for the
soundtrack to the film "Reality Bites ". This version received some radio airplay and was dubbed "Tempted '94."Track listing
7"
# "Tempted" (4:04)
# "Yap Yap Yap" (4:13)7" (US release)
# "Tempted" (3:53)
# "Trust" (1:45)In the media
*Featured on the October 2002
PlayStation 2 videogame as part of the Power Ballads radio stationEmotion 98.3 .
*Played in a commercial for Gap.
*Played in a commercial forBurger King .
*Played in a commercial forDentyne Tango.
*Played in the1994 movie "Reality Bites ".
*Played in a commercial forHeineken .
*Played in a commercial for Dentyne Gum.
*Played inThe Office episode The Secret when Jim and Michael VisitHooters External links
* [http://www.squeezenet.co.uk/ Squeeze discography at Squeezenet]
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