Late 80s British maybe US song ...am slowly going mad PLEASE HELP

Possibly British Band and similar style to Carter USM
I had a self compiled cassette in the late 80's maybe early 90's which I was given by a friend. I am quite certain that one of the other tracks on there was from Dirty Dancing and another may have been Marky Mark's Good Vibrations.

The song I've been looking for now for over 15 years is similar in style to Carter USM and one or two of the lines go something like this "he's getting a bit uptight (or upset)" then another is "From the fire into the frying pan".

It's a indie/Brit pop type track from memory not Meatloaf or Mindless Self Indulgence.

Does anyone recognise the lyrics, can anyone out there help?

Thanks in advance.

Could that be elvis costello he's british and late 80s