Tempted ( Squeeze song ) - wikipedia Tempted ( Squeeze song ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2015 ) `` Tempted '' Single by Squeeze from the album East Side Story Released 10 July 1981 ( UK ) Format 7 '' vinyl Recorded 1981 Genre Pop rock, blue eyed soul, new wave Length 4 : 04 ( album version ) 3 : 53 ( US single edit ) 4 : 07 ( Tempted ' 94 ) Label A&M Songwriter ( s ) Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford Producer ( s ) Roger Bechirian & Elvis Costello Squeeze singles chronology `` Is That Love '' ( 1981 ) `` Tempted '' ( 1981 ) `` Labelled With Love '' ( 1981 ) `` Is That Love '' ( 1981 ) `` Tempted '' ( 1981 ) `` Labelled With Love '' ( 1981 ) `` Tempted '' was the second single released from Squeeze 's fourth album, East Side Story. Over the years it has become one of Squeeze 's best - known songs, despite failing to crack the Top 40 in any country in which it was released ( UK No. 41, Canada No. 45, US No. 49, Australia No. 90 ) ; Stewart Mason of AllMusic remarked, `` Although its increasing ubiquity on ' 80s hits radio and on television ( it was used in a successful clothing commercial in 2003 ) would suggest otherwise, Squeeze 's `` Tempted '' was not actually a hit single. '' The song later became ingrained in public consciousness due to its use in commercials by Burger King and Heineken, film soundtracks like that of Reality Bites ( which featured a 1994 remix ), and the video games Grand Theft Auto : Vice City ( on the in - game radio station Emotion 98.3, and subsequently on the real - world CD, vol. 3, of the game soundtrack ), and Rock Band. To this day, `` Tempted '' still gets moderate airplay from Classic hits, Classic rock and adult alternative - formatted radio stations. Unlike other Squeeze songs, which are usually sung by guitarist / songwriter Glenn Tilbrook or less often by guitarist / lyricist Chris Difford, the song 's lead vocal is sung by keyboardist Paul Carrack, though Tilbrook and producer Elvis Costello also trade a few lines in the second verse ( in the video and during live performances Difford sings the Costello parts ; since Carrack 's departure, Tilbrook has sung the lead vocal as well as his own original lines when live ). The song was written by Difford and Tilbrook. Contents 1 Information 2 Track listing 2.1 7 '' 2.2 7 '' ( US release ) 3 References Information Singer / guitarist Chris Difford wrote the song 's lyrics while the band was taking a taxi to Heathrow Airport. The descriptions of the city and airport sights are interspersed with the narrator 's ruminations on a relationship that is failing, or has failed, due to his own infidelities. Tilbrook considers this one of his favourite songs : `` It was our first song. It was when we grew up, really, as a band. When we finished it I could n't quite believe it was us. '' `` Tempted '' has been covered numerous times, including versions by Sting, OK Go, Richard Thompson, Joe Cocker, Mickey Thomas, The Georgetown Chimes, Rockapella and Jenny Morris. Jools Holland also covered this song on his album Lift The Lid, which was a nod to Jools ' 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. '' In 2010, the song appeared in re-recorded form on Spot the Difference, a retrospective of Squeeze hits performed by the 2010 edition of the band. Though Carrack was no longer a member of Squeeze at this point, he sat in as a guest and sang lead vocals on this re-recorded track. Track listing 7 `` `` Tempted '' ( 4 : 04 ) `` Yap Yap Yap '' ( 4 : 13 ) 7 '' ( US release ) `` Tempted '' ( 3 : 53 ) `` Trust '' ( 1 : 45 ) References Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 522 / 3. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Mason, Stewart. `` Tempted '' review. AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2012. ^ Jump up to : Tempted by Squeeze. Songfacts. Retrieved 8 November 2012. Squeeze Chris Difford Glenn Tilbrook Stephen Large Simon Hanson Steve Smith Yolanda Charles 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 Lucy Shaw 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 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 Did n'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 '' `` Happy Days '' `` Cradle to the Grave '' `` Innocence in Paradise '' Other songs `` I Think I 'm Go Go '' `` In Quintessence '' `` The Elephant Ride '' Related articles Discography Difford & Tilbrook ( album ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tempted_(Squeeze_song)&oldid=771451672 '' Categories : 1981 singles Squeeze ( band ) songs Songs written by Glenn Tilbrook Songs written by Chris Difford 1981 songs A&M Records singles Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2015 All articles needing additional references Use dmy dates from September 2012 Use British English from September 2012 Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 March 2017, at 16 : 39. 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Question: who sang the song tempted by the fruit of another
Answer: Squeeze