| "Farfisa Beat" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Squeeze | ||||
| from the album Argybargy | ||||
| B-side | "Here Comes That Feeling" | |||
| Released | September 1980 (Denmark/Germany), February 1981 (Switzerland) | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rock, new wave, power pop | |||
| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford | |||
| Producer(s) | John Wood & Squeeze | |||
| Squeeze singles chronology | ||||
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"Farfisa Beat" is a song recorded and released by British new-wave band Squeeze. It was released as a single in Denmark and Germany in 1980, and Switzerland in 1981. The song appears on the band's third album, Argybargy.
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Background
Farfisa 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 composed. He said of the riff, "I was particularly pleased with that guitar riff, which is a minor point in its favor."[1] Chris Difford compared the song's music to "a kind of B-52s, American club sound."[1]
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."[1]
Reception
In his review of Argybargy Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic 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".[2] Writer Jim Drury called it "filler."[1]
Track listing
- Farfisa Beat (2:56)
- Here Comes That Feeling (2:05)
External links
References
- ^ a b c d Tilbrook/Difford/Drury. Squeeze: Song By Song. Sanctuary. pp. 68–69.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Argybargy – Squeeze". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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