music.wikisort.org - Composition"I Hope I Never" is a 1980 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz. It was released in May 1980 as the second single from their fifth studio album True Colours.
1980 single by Split Enz
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- "Hypnotised"
- "Carried Away"
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Released | May 1980 |
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Recorded | Armstrongs, Melbourne, 1979 |
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Genre | Rock |
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Length | 3:56 |
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Label | Mushroom Records |
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Songwriter(s) | Tim Finn |
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Producer(s) | David Tickle |
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"I Got You" (1980) |
"I Hope I Never" (1980) |
"Nobody Takes Me Seriously" (1980) |
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 Dutch cover |
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Track listings
Australian release
- Side A
- "I Hope I Never" - 3:56 (Tim Finn)
- Side B
- "Hypnotised" (Tim Finn)
- "Carried Away" (Neil Finn)
International release
Released in the US and in the Netherlands with the same track listing, but different artwork.
- "I Hope I Never" - 3:56 (Tim Finn)
- "The Choral Sea" - 4:38 (Eddie Rayner)
Personnel
- Tim Finn — vocals, piano
- Noel Crombie — vocals, percussion
- Eddie Rayner — vocals, keyboards
- Malcolm Green — vocals, drums
- Nigel Griggs — vocals, bass
Charts
Cover Versions
- Colleen Hewett from her album, Colleen (1983)
- ENZSO (1995), a collaboration between Split Enz's Eddie Rayner and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. The cover featured New Zealand singer Annie Crummer on vocals, changing only the lyrics to refer to herself as an "optimistic woman" rather than a man.
- Australia's Tina Arena recorded the song in 2008 with the London Studio Orchestra for her album Songs of Love & Loss 2, and similarly changed the lyrics to reflect her gender.
- Lisa Miller covered the song on the 2011 tribute album They Will Have Their Way.
Notes
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 288. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
- "Nederlandse Top 40 – Split Enz" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- "Split Enz – I Hope I Never". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
External resources
Split Enz |
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- Mike Chunn
- Miles Golding
- Geoff Chunn
- Emlyn Crowther
- Malcolm Green
- Paul Hester
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Related articles |
- Discography
- Members
- ENZSO
- Forenzics
- Crowded House
- Finn Brothers
- The Makers
- Rikky and Pete
- Schnell Fenster
- The Swingers
- One Out of the Bag
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