Cool for Cats (song)

"Cool for Cats" was the second single released from Squeeze's Cool for Cats album. It featured a comparatively rare lead vocal performance from cockney-accented Squeeze lyricist Chris Difford, one of only two occasions he sang lead on a Squeeze single A-side (the other was 1989's "Love Circles"). The song, slightly edited from the album track, peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, making it one of the band's biggest hits.

The title phrase is a reference to the 1950s/60s UK TV series Cool for Cats, the first British series to regularly feature rock 'n' roll music acts.

In 1992, thirteen years after its initial release, the track "Cool for Cats" was used in a British TV commercial for milk. The song was then re-issued in the UK, where it charted at No. 62. The song is also a playable track on Rock Band 2.

There is a persistent rumour that one of the two women dancing and singing the distinctive "Cool for Cats" chorus in the video to the song is Michelle Collins, who later found fame as Cindy Beale in BBC TV's EastEnders. However, during a radio interview in 2009,^[1] Collins said this was untrue (contradicting a 2002 interview).^[2]

Chart positions

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[3]	39
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[4]	33
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[5]	11
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[6]	2

Track listing

"Cool for Cats" (3:10)
"Model" (3:30)

1992 UK Re-issue
A&M AMCD 694 – Limited Edition Cool Cat Pac

"Cool for Cats"
"Trust Me to Open My Mouth"
"Squabs on Forty Five"

Personnel

Chris Difford – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Glenn Tilbrook – lead guitar
Harry Kakoulli – bass
Jools Holland – keyboard
Gilson Lavis – drums

References

↑ BBC Radio Devon interview with Judi Spiers, broadcast live on 28 July 2009.
↑ Parkinson, s7e09. 4 May 2002.
↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Squeeze search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Squeeze – Cool For Cats" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Squeeze – Cool For Cats". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
↑ "March 1979/ Archive Chart: 24 March 1979" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

External links

Squeeze

Chris Difford Glenn Tilbrook Stephen Large Simon Hanson Lucy Shaw Paul Gunn Harry Kakoulli Jools Holland Gilson Lavis John Bentley Paul Carrack Don Snow Christopher Holland Keith Wilkinson Andy Metcalfe Matt Irving Pete Thomas Kevin Wilkinson Ash Soan Hilaire Penda Steve Nieve Nick Harper

Management & producers	Miles Copeland III John Cale John Wood Roger Bechirian Elvis Costello Dave Edmunds Nick Lowe Phil McDonald Alan Tarney Laurie Latham Eric "ET" Thorngren Pete Hammond Steve Forward Tony Berg Peter Smith Andrew J. Jones

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

EPs	Packet of Three

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 Difford & Tilbrook

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