I See Red (Split Enz song)

Infobox Single
Name = I See Red


Artist = Split Enz
from Album = Frenzy
B-side =

"Hermit McDermitt"

"Message Boy"
Released = December 1978
Format = 7" vinyl
Recorded = Starling Studios, England, 1978
Genre = New Wave
Length = 3:15
Label = Mushroom Records
Writer = Tim Finn
Producer = David Tickle
Certification =
Chart position =
* #15 (AUS)
* #43 (NZ)
Last single = "Bold as Brass"
(1977)
This single = "I See Red"
(1978)
Next single = "Give It A Whirl"
(1979)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = Cover to the 1989 re-release."I See Red" is a 1978 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz from their studio album "Frenzy". "I See Red" was the second Split Enz song to achieve a top 20 chart position, peaking at #15 in Australia and #43 in the band's native New Zealand. [ [http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/split_enz/i_see_red___hermit_mcdermitt___message_boy/ I See Red by Split Enz : Reviews and Ratings] . Retrieved 20 July, 2007.]

Music video

The music video for "I See Red" begins with Tim Finn angrily ripping his hair out as he can see a woman out a window walking along (as the first line of the lyrics indicates "When my baby's walking down the street/I see red, I see red, I see red"). Finn then resumes his regular position with the band and sings the rest of the song with them. The band, including Finn, are all wearing grey suits with black markings on them with white shirts and red ties. The studio is low lit with a white or red spotlight on different members of the band, though occasionally lighting up a backdrop completely, though still predominantly keeping to white and red light. At the very end of the song, musically, the song silences very suddenly instead of fading out or being ended at the end of a bar. In the music video at this moment, the band members disappear from the performance area leaving the space only with instruments in place.

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Finn.

7" vinyl

;Side A
#"I See Red" - 3:15;Side B
#"Hermit McDermitt" - 3:42
#"Message Boy" - 3:51

Coloured 7" vinyl reissue

Reissued in 1989 to coincide with the release of greatest hits album "". Released with new artwork to match "History Never Repeats". Live version recorded at Festival Hall, Melbourne, November 1984.
#"I See Red" - 3:15
#"I See Red" (live) - 4:15

Personnel

* Tim Finn — vocals, piano
* Neil Finn — vocals, guitar
* Noel Crombie — vocals, percussion
* Eddie Rayner — vocals, keyboards
* Malcolm Green — vocals, drums
* Nigel Griggs — vocals, bass

Notes