"Farfisa Beat" is a song recorded and released by British new-wave band Squeeze. It was released as a

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in 1980, and Switzerland in 1981. The song appears on the band's third album, ''

Argybargy ''Argybargy'' is the third studio album by the English new wave band Squeeze. Written and recorded after the band's successful sophomore release, '' Cool for Cats'', the album's lyrics were written by Chris Difford while living with his wife in ...

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Background

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refers to the manufacturer of the electronic organ that gives this song its distinct sound. Musically, the song revolves around a guitar riff that

Glenn Tilbrook Glenn Martin Tilbrook (born 31 August 1957) is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid-1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the music for Squeeze's son ...

composed. He said of the riff, "I was particularly pleased with that guitar riff, which is a minor point in its favor."

Chris Difford Christopher Henry Difford (born 4 November 1954) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member and songwriter of the rock group Squeeze. Musical career Born in Greenwich, London, Difford has written l ...

compared the song's music to "a kind of B-52s, American club sound." The band's opinion of the song was not high. In an interview, Tilbrook conceded that the song was a filler track. Chris Difford concluded that "the song's crap," explaining, "It's an album filler at best and one of the few which I don't remember recording at all. It was probably just stuck on the album because it was up-tempo."

Reception

In his review of ''Argybargy'' Stephen Thomas Erlewine of

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wrote, that Squeeze "can kick out agreeable throwaways like 'Farfisa Beat' without missing a step" and cited the song as an example of the band having "not yet left their rock & roll roots behind". Writer Jim Drury called it "filler."

Track listing

# ''Farfisa Beat'' (2:56) # ''Here Comes That Feeling'' (2:05)

External links

Squeeze discography at Squeezenet

References

Squeeze (band) songs 1980 singles Songs written by Glenn Tilbrook Songs written by Chris Difford 1980 songs A&M Records singles {{1980s-rock-song-stub