Another Nail in My Heart

" Another Nail in My Heart" is a 1980 song by the  New Wave band  Squeeze. Written by  Chris Difford and  Glenn Tilbrook, it was released on the album  Argybargy, received positive critical reviews, and charted in the United Kingdom and Canada. Squeeze has since included the song in their concert setlists and compilation albums.

==Background == "Another Nail in My Heart" is two minutes and fifty-five seconds long. It was written by Squeeze members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, and it was produced by John Wood and Squeeze.[1]  Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it a "nervy breakup tune."[2]  In his review of the song, Stewart Mason wrote, "The topic, as usual, is a cocktail of lost love and heavy drinking, culminating in the memorable chorus 'And in the bar, the piano man found another nail from my heart.'"[3] ==Release == The song was released as a single in January 1980 with the b-side "Pretty Thing." Later that year, it was released as the second track on Squeeze's full-length album, Argybargy. It has also been included on several of Squeeze's compilation albums, such as Singles – 45's and Under, Greatest Hits, and The Big Squeeze – The Very Best of Squeeze.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Strong_4-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  The band re-recorded the song for the album Spot the Difference.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5] ==Reception<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> == ===Critical reception<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> === <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">"Another Nail in My Heart" received positive reviews from music critics. The song has been called a "piece of pop mastery", a "pop classic of the new wave era", and an "ingenious pop-rock confection".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Erlewine_7-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  John M. Borack wrote that it "made great use of Difford and Tilbrook's signature high register / low register harmonies."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  Allmusic's Stewart Mason wrote that "it's one of Squeeze's finest singles, marrying one of Glenn Tilbrook's most memorably McCartneyesque melodies to a typically wry and clever Chris Difford lyric."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mason_3-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  The New York Times' Jon Parelescited it as one of Squeeze's "catchiest" songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Pareles_10-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10] ===Chart performance<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> === <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The song entered the UK Singles Chart at #65 on 1 March 1980. It stayed on the chart for nine weeks, peaking at #17 on 29 March.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UK_11-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  In Canada, it was on the singles chart for 11 weeks and peaked at #56 on 28 June.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Canada_13-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  In the United States, it was a hit on college radio but did not appear on the charts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Erlewine_7-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] ==Live performances<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> == <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Squeeze performed the song at their concerts throughout the 1980s and 1990s.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Pareles_10-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  After a 1985 show, Billboard's Kathy Gillis wrote that it "was odd, almost eerie, to hear so many of the old songs just as they sounded before."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16] Glenn Tilbrook played the song at solo concerts in 2009 and 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18] ==Tracklist<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> == <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">7"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Strong_4-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]

==Charts<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> ==
 * 1) "Another Nail in My Heart"
 * 2) "Pretty Thing"