Up the Junction (song) Up the Junction (song) "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" . "Up the Junction" is also the name of a collection of short stories by Nell Dunn, first published in 1963. Lyricist Chris Difford said that the title phrase was lifted from the 1965 TV play version of the work, directed by Ken Loach,
Up the Junction (song) British chart show Top of the Pops in which band members play the 'wrong instrument', with singer Glenn Tilbrook drumming and Jools Holland (normally a pianist) making minimal attempts to look at all proficient at the guitar. The song is briefly heard playing on a hairdressers radio in the 1982 film "Brimstone and Treacle" and its soundtrack album. It also appears in the TV series "Breaking Bad", in the season five episode Gliding Over All. 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