Up the Junction (song) and the subsequent 1968 movie version. The film had a soundtrack by Manfred Mann, and a song by them, also called "Up the Junction" Although Squeeze's song is not derived, it includes several parallels to the drama: Chris Difford wrote the lyrics in New Orleans while Squeeze were on tour. Difford passed the lyrics to Glenn Tilbrook who then wrote the music. The song is known for its use of half-rhymes, such as "ready" and "telly" or "kitchen" and "missing". The title is not sung until the final line. Difford has been quoted as saying that he took the lead
Up the Junction (song) is with another man, his "machismo" is such that he cannot beg forgiveness, and "so it's my assumption, I'm really up the junction" – that is, both "up the junction" in the sense of living in the area of Clapham Junction, and in that of having comprehensively wrecked his own life. The video showed the band playing inside a flat – actually the kitchen of John Lennon's old house, where Lennon had made the promotional film for "Imagine"; one of the two girls in the background was Michelle Collins. The band made a tongue-in-cheek performance of "Up the Junction" on