Slade – Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me

I bet English teachers hated this band! This is such a fun band and it’s too bad they were not heard in America until the 1980s. Slade was not like The Small Faces who never toured the US. They toured extensively with bands like Humble Pie, ZZ Top, J Geils Band, Black Sabbath, Santana, and Aerosmith opened for them in a few places until Toys in the Attic hit…and then they reversed it.

Slade was very successful in the UK with 6 number ones, 16 top ten, and 24 top 40 singles. They could not duplicate their success in America where they only had two top forty singles…Run, Runaway, and My, Oh My both in the 80s.

Jim Lea was at a pub watching a pianist named Reg Kierle perform and it inspired him to write this song. He got with Noddy Holder to finish it. They were the primary songwriters for Slade, responsible for many of their hits. Noddy’s voice is the key to Slade…only a few can sound like he does.

The song peaked at #1 in the UK and high in other countries besides America and Canada.

It was produced by former Animals bass player Chas Chandler, who had been instrumental in shaping Slade’s sound and had previously worked with Jimi Hendrix. Chandler’s production emphasized the raw energy and the fun that characterized Slade’s music.

Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me

You know how to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh)

And I thought you might like to knowWhen a girl’s meaning “Yes”, she says, “No”

You got rude talkYou got one walkAll your jokes are blueYou’ve got long nailsYou tell tall talesSome you think are true

And there’s nowhere to go, you won’t goIf there’s nowhere to run, you go slowIf you move up to me, then I’ll showYou the wayThen you’ll know

How to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh, oooh)

And I thought you might like to knowHow to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh, ooh)

And I thought you might like to knowWhen a girl’s meaning “Yes”, she says, “No”

You got a sweet tongueYou sing love songsCan’t you learn to spell?Take me back homeYou got it all wrong‘Cause we sing that as well

And there’s nowhere to go, you won’t goIf there’s nowhere to run, you go slowIf you move up to me, then I’ll showYou the wayThen you’ll know

How to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh, ooh)

And I thought you might like to knowHow to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh, ooh)

And I thought you might like to knowWhen a girl’s meaning “Yes”, she says, “No”

Oh, you know how to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh, oooh)

And I thought you might like to knowHow to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh, ooh)

And I thought you might like to knowWhen a girl’s meaning “Yes”, she says, “No”

You know how to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh, yeah)

And I thought you might like to know nowHow to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh, yeah, you do)

And I thought you might like to know nowHow to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh, ooh, ooh)

And I thought you might like to (na, na, na, na, na, na, na) knowHow to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)You’re learnin’ it easy(Woah, oh, ooh)

I thought you might like to knowHow to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know you please me (woah, oh)Oh, oh, yes(Woah, oh)Yes, yes, you knowHow to squeeze me(Woah, oh)You know how to please me(Woah, oh)

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

Power Pop fan, Baseball, Beatles, Alternative music, old movies, and tv show fan. Also anything to do with pop culture in the 60s and 70s... I'm also a songwriter, bass and guitar player. Not the slightest bit interested in politics at all.

41 thoughts on “Slade – Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me”

  1. A terrific band! I remember pre-ordering some of their singles and being glued to the radio to hear where they’d entered the charts. (Yeah, easy pleased or should I say ‘pleezed’ – it was a big deal to a 14 year old! 😂)

    This single and the one from a month or so earlier, Cum On, Feel The Noise, both entered the charts at #1. That didn’t happen very often back then.

    😃

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    1. I’m now listening to all of their songs…yea man they came out with one after another hit. Noddy’s voice made them totally unique.

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  2. they always seemed like they were having fun! Thus high on the list of ‘bands least likely to be covered by Morrissey’! If this song had connected here, I bet we’d not hear it anymore anyway with those lyrics, LOL

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  5. The music definitely sounds familiar. Am really surprised they didn’t take off in US, especially touring with those bands. Don’t they do a Christmas song also? I think that’s the only other music of theirs I’ve heard. I like their clothing style. As a word my blogmate, Dale, reminded me of the other day, they’ve got panache!

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      4. ‘Oh young Maximilian, you just failed your English test! According to the bog Standard Noddy Holder English Dictionary it’s quite clearly ‘Cum On Feel The Noize.’ For homework tonight pleaze revize by relistening to the correct diction.’

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  6. They wound up being taken to heart by the skinheads in the early-mid 70’s. Loud and anarchic sounding probably helped but Slade themselves just seemed to be wanting to have a rowdy good time.

    The skilfully wrought lyrics are deeply and profoundly moving…

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  7. I know you are a big Slade fan Max, while I don’t share your enthusiasm I do appreciate the talent and they were a fun band. I had this song on my list for the Cold Covers series as there are only eight, including one in Finnish.

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    1. Yea…I wouldn’t think they would be a highly covered band UNLESS…you count Quiet Riot! lol. Their career was basically built around two of their songs.

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      2. That surprises me about the others…There are 3 bands that I’ve really grown to like. Slade… which I have for a while… Status Quo and especially T Rex…it’s cool to go over their catalog… some good songs… glam/rock/ and a lot of pop.

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      4. I have an off topic question… have you ran across a guy named Blaze Foley?I just wrote about him for Saturday. He was a great songwriter…

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      5. Me also… he is worth a listen… John Prine and Townes style basically… I remember when it happened when I read how he passed… sorry for the off the wall question lol

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      7. No but yes…I was looking for Texas songwriters and he was listed because that is where he made a name for himself but he is from Arkansas originally….

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  8. Well, you know how I feel about Slade! I’m sure I read thats some of the band didn’t love this song, as they felt it was just a retread of what they’d done beore: huge chorus, catchy lyrics, bad spelling… But hey, it’s only rock n roll, but I like it…

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