Gina from Escondido, CaDidn't anyone notice in this video no one is playing the right instruments? Jools on guitar, Glenn on drums,etc, David from Maplewood, NjThe amazing and infinitely catchy rhyme that opens the song is a reference to where the novel and play it is based on takes place. Clapham Junction is a railroad station and surrounding area in Battersea, a working class district southwest of Central London. The junction is actually the busiest in Europe, seeing 2000 trains daily.

Darren from Charlott, NcI think you'll find the daughter has gone with her mother, thus the line "no more nappies smelly" Luke from Yorkshire'Up The Junction' not only refers to the condition he's in, but also to the girl, who's from Clapham, a major railway junction. Carnby Yarst from Furness PeninsulaThe line 'no more nights nappies smelling' tells us that she took the baby. Zabadak from London, EnglandUp The Junction followed the band's then-tradition of naming their singles after films, following Goodbye Girl and Cool For Cats. Pete from Nottingham, EnglandThe girl takes the baby with her when she leaves, hence no more nappies, and the narrator sitting alone in his kitchen in the end.Up the Junction" was the third single released from Squeeze's second album, Cool for Cats. Sung by Glenn Tilbrook, it is one of the band's most popular and well-remembered songs (especially in the UK), and reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, the same position as its predecessor, " Cool for Cats". [1] History [ edit ] Difford's performance of the song live on Platform 10 at Clapham Junction railway station was featured on the BBC Radio 4 programme Lyrical Journey in September 2011. [8] Portrayal of life in Battersea (the song begins "I never thought it would happen with me and the girl from Clapham")

The phrase 'up the junction' is London slang for being in deep trouble, as in the American 'Up the creek without a paddle'. It is also, like other lines in the song, a reference to the (at the time) working-class area of Clapham Junction in Battersea in London. Clapham Common—the "windy common" of the first verse—is a popular courting spot. The song’s title, also its final lyric, loosely translates to “up shit’s creek.” The title is borrowed from a 1963 short story collection by Nell Dunn which dealt with similar themes: working class life in Clapham Junction, casual sexual encounters, birth, abortion and poverty. While going on to be made into a play and a film, it was the subsequent 1965 TV adaptation by Ken Loach that is said to have inspired the song. Gina, the video you refer to is actually the band's appearance on Top of the Pops. They thought it would be a humorous swipe at lip-synching to play the wrong instruments. In the video for the song, everyone's playing the right instruments.