# I've Returned

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"**I've Returned**" is a [single](/source/Single_(music)) in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands), released from [Squeeze](/source/Squeeze_(band))'s fifth album, *[Sweets from a Stranger](/source/Sweets_from_a_Stranger)*.

## Background

Glenn Tillbrook said of the song, "It's slightly grandiose-sounding, which is not my cup of tea really. On the whole it's not a bad version. It's a bit like [Bruce Springsteen](/source/Bruce_Springsteen)'s '[Born to Run](/source/Born_to_Run_(song))'. And yet another song about drinking."[1] Chris Difford said, "'I've Returned' could have been on *[East Side Story](/source/East_Side_Story_(Squeeze_album))*. It's a lyric that reflects our early writing, so I suppose we were beginning to repeat ourselves. We were cocooned in a web of touring and it was suffocating our skills. We didn't have any time to observe".[1]

The song also was a popular live number at the time. Tillbrook said, "We used to do this as the first number in the set, to replace '[In Quintessence](/source/In_Quintessence)'."[1]

## Reception

*[Cash Box](/source/Cash_Box)* praised its " sheer playfulness," calling it a "quick 'n clever slab of wry pop/rock."[2]

## Track listing

1. "I've Returned" (2:36)
1. "[When the Hangover Strikes](/source/When_the_Hangover_Strikes)" (4:31)

## External links

- [Squeeze discography at Squeezenet](https://web.archive.org/web/20050816200821/http://www.squeezenet.co.uk/)

## References

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

1. ["Reviews"](https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1982/CB-1982-08-14.pdf). *Cashbox*. 14 August 1982. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-07-07.

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