I Hope I Never

Infobox Single
Name = I Hope I Never


Artist = Split Enz
from Album = True Colours
B-side =

"Hypnotised"

"Carried Away"
Released = May 1980
Format = 7" vinyl
Recorded = Armstrongs, Melbourne, 1979
Genre = Rock ballad
Length = 3:56
Label = Mushroom Records
Writer = Tim Finn
Producer = David Tickle
Certification =
Chart position =
* #18 (AUS)
* #33 (NZ)
Last single = "I Got You"
(1980)
This single = "I Hope I Never"
(1980)
Next single = "Nobody Takes Me Seriously"
(1980)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Background = khaki


Lower caption = USA cover.Extra album cover
Upper caption =
Background = khaki


Lower caption = German cover."I Hope I Never" is a 1980 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz from their studio album "True Colours". [ [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.] The album version of the song goes for 4:36, forty seconds longer than the single version. The song was later covered by ENZSO, a collaboration between Split Enz's Eddie Rayner and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in 1995. The cover featured New Zealand singer Annie Crummer on vocals, changing only the lyrics to refer to herself as a woman rather than a man.

Track listings

All songs written by Tim Finn.

Australian release

;Side A
#"I Hope I Never" - 3:56;Side B
#"Hypnotised"
#"Carried Away"

International release

Released in the US and in Germany with the same track listing, but different artwork.
#"I Hope I Never" - 3:56
#"The Choral Sea" - 4:38

Personnel

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

Notes

External resources

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEB08PuGS8I "I Hope I Never" Music video]