Love's Crashing Waves

"Love's Crashing Waves" is a song written by Difford & Tilbrook and released on their 1984 self-titled debut album.

Released as the first single from Difford & Tilbrook, "Love's Crashing Waves" saw moderate commercial success. Though considered the most commercial song on the album, it saw limited chart success: it was the act's only charting single in the UK (reaching number 57), and by 1985 Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook had re-formed their previous (and more popular) band, Squeeze. Difford recalled,

"Musically, Glenn did a masterful job of arranging [the songs on Difford and Tilbrook], because they were complicated. "Love's Crashing Waves" was about as commercial as we got on the whole album. And that pissed everybody off, particularly [manager Shep Gordon], who wanted us to be as big as Squeeze."

Squeeze have, on a few occasions, played this song live. Salon's Annie Zaleski described the song as a "sophisto-pop gem".

Track listing

 * 7"
 * 1) "Love's Crashing Waves" (3:03)
 * 2) "Within These Walls of Without You" (2:59)


 * 12"
 * 1) "Love's Crashing Waves" (3:03)
 * 2) "Within These Walls of Without You" (2:50)
 * 3) "Love's Crashing Waves (Extended Remix)" (4:50)