Single:
Cool for Cats entered the Australian singles chart* on 25 June 1979 and peaked at #5. The song was #32 on the Top 100 of 1979.
Album:
The song is on Cool for Cats which entered the Australian albums chart* on 18 June 1979 and peaked at #18.
Songwriters:
Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook
Producers:
John Wood, Squeeze
Record label of Australian release:
A&M
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia – UK Squeeze:
In Australia, the band Squeeze was called UK Squeeze owing to legal conflicts arising from an existing Sydney-based band also called “Squeeze”. The Australian band had only released one album, The Squeeze is On, in 1978, alongside several singles. In spite of this, the English band’s albums in Australia were credited to UK Squeeze up to and including 1985’s Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeeze_(band)
Wikipedia – Cool for Cats:
Cool for Cats features a rare lead vocal performance from cockney-accented Squeeze lyricist and rhythm guitarist Chris Difford.
The title phrase, which Difford felt “was a great song title”, is a reference to the ITV television series Cool for Cats. Difford commented in a 1979 interview: “I don’t know if you’re familiar with the phrase ‘Cool For Cats,’ but it was the first rock ‘n’ roll television show in England during 1959. That’s where the album and single title originated. I just worked it into some personal experiences within the lyrical content.”
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_for_Cats_(song)
Lyrics:
The Indians send signals from the rocks above the pass
The cowboys take position in the bushes and the grass
The squaw is with the corporal, she is tied against the tree
She doesn’t mind the language, it’s the beatin’ she don’t need
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