``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. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it a ``nervy breakup tune.'' 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 here in the bar, the piano man's found another nail for my heart.'''
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stewart Mason