"Tempted" was released as the second single from the band's 1981 album East Side Story. The single was only a moderate success on the charts, reaching number 41 in the UK, number 45 in Canada, number 49 in the US, number 90 in Australia. Over the years it has become one of Squeeze's best-known songs; as Stewart Mason of AllMusic remarked, "Although its increasing ubiquity on '80s hits radio and on television (it was used in a successful clothing commercial in 2003) would suggest otherwise, Squeeze's 'Tempted' was not actually a hit single."Mason, Stewart. "Tempted" review. AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
