{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox song | name = Labelled with Love | cover = Squeeze labelled with love cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Squeeze | album = East Side Story | released = 25 September 1981 (UK) | recorded = 1980 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{flatlist| * Country<ref name="diffuser">{{cite news |last1=Wawzenek |first1=Bryan |title=Y'allternative: 33 Times Alternative Rock went Country |access-date=15 May 2020 |work=Diffuser |url=https://diffuser.fm/alternative-country-rock-songs/ |date=24 October 2016}}</ref> * new wave |}} | length = 4:44 | label = A&M | writer = Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford | producer = Roger Bechirian, Elvis Costello | prev_title = Tempted | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Messed Around | next_year = 1981 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|u0pXzFP2Fno|"Labelled With Love" at TopPop}}}} }}
"'''Labelled with Love'''" is a song by Squeeze, released as the third single from the band's fourth album, ''East Side Story''. It was the last Squeeze single to reach the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 4 in 1981.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | pages= 522/3}}</ref> The song was written by Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford.<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/labelled-with-love-mt0000304895|title=Labelled with Love - Squeeze |website=AllMusic|access-date=22 March 2025}}</ref> Live versions of the track appeared on the live albums, ''A Round and a Bout'' (1990) and ''Live at the Royal Albert Hall'' (1999).<ref name="AMG"/>
Difford and Tilbrook used the title in a 1983 musical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/tilbrook_glenn/artist.jhtml |title=Glenn Tilbrook | New Music And Songs | |website=Mtv.com |date=2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108121153/https://www.mtv.com/music/artist/tilbrook_glenn/artist.jhtml |archive-date= January 8, 2010}}</ref>
The B-side "Squabs on Forty Fab" is a medley of previous Squeeze hits.
==Critical reception== Bryan Wawzenek of ''Diffuser'' compiled a list of country songs by alternative, indie and punk artists.<ref name="diffuser" /> He proclaimed "Labelled with Love" to adorn both musical and lyrical "country hallmarks", with themes pertaining to "drinking and heartbreak" and instrumentation of "moseying beat and Nashville piano."<ref name="diffuser" />
==Track listing== # "Labelled with Love" (4:44) # "Squabs on Forty Fab" (4:45)
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1981) !Peak<br>position |- {{singlechart|Ireland2|2|song=Labelled with Love|refname="IRL"}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch100|46|artist=Squeeze|song=Labelled with Love}} |- {{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|4|artist=Squeeze|artistid=16797 }} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050816200821/http://www.squeezenet.co.uk/ Squeeze discography at Squeezenet] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgihbuhkG30 ''Top of the Pops'' rendition via YouTube]
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Category:1980 songs Category:1981 singles Category:Squeeze (band) songs Category:Songs written by Glenn Tilbrook Category:Songs written by Chris Difford Category:A&M Records singles Category:British country music songs Category:Country ballads Category:Song recordings produced by Elvis Costello
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