- Dirty Creature
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"Dirty Creature" Single by Split Enz from the album Time and Tide B-side - "Make Sense Of It"
Released 1982 Recorded 1982 Genre Pop/Rock Length 4:02 Label Mushroom Records Writer(s) Tim Finn, Nigel Griggs, Neil Finn Split Enz singles chronology "Iris"
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(1983)"Dirty Creature is a single from New Zealand art rock group Split Enz's album Time and Tide. It was written by Tim Finn, Nigel Griggs and Neil Finn and released as a single in 1982.[1]
Tim Finn had been suffering from panic attacks at the time, and co-wrote the song as a relief for his condition. [2]
Contents
Track listing
- "Dirty Creature" 4:02
- "Make Sense Of It" 3:40
Personnel
- Tim Finn - vocals, piano
- Neil Finn - vocals, guitar
- Noel Crombie - drums, percussion
- Nigel Griggs - bass
- Eddie Rayner - percussion, keyboards
Chart performance
The song entered the New Zealand top 40 chart at 7 on 25 April 1982 and spent 18 weeks in the charts, peaking at 3. [3]
Chart (1982) Peak
positionAustralian Singles Chart[4] #6 New Zealand Singles Chart[5] #3 Notes
- ^ [1]
- ^ Tim Finn Interview
- ^ Charts.org.nz
- ^ Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W. (1993). ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "New Zealand Charts". http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Split+Enz&titel=Dirty+Creature&cat=s. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
External resources
Categories:- Split Enz songs
- 1982 singles
- Songs written by Tim Finn
- Songs written by Neil Finn
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