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Farfisa Beat

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"Farfisa Beat"
Single by Squeeze
from the album Argybargy
B-side"Here Comes That Feeling"
ReleasedSeptember 1980 (Denmark/Germany), February 1981 (Switzerland)
Recorded1979
GenreRock, new wave, power pop
Length2:56
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford
Producer(s)John Wood & Squeeze
Squeeze singles chronology
"Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)"
(1980)
"Farfisa Beat"
(1980)
"Is That Love"
(1981)

"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.

Background

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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

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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

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  1. Farfisa Beat (2:56)
  2. Here Comes That Feeling (2:05)
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Tilbrook/Difford/Drury. Squeeze: Song By Song. Sanctuary. pp. 68–69.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Argybargy – Squeeze". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2015.