I Hope I Never

"I Hope I Never"

Single by Split Enz

from the album True Colours

B-side

"Hypnotised"
"Carried Away"

Released

May 1980

Format

7" vinyl

Recorded

Armstrongs, Melbourne, 1979

Genre

Rock

Length

3:56

Split Enz singles chronology

"I Got You"
(1980)

"I Hope I Never"
(1980)

"Nobody Takes Me Seriously"
(1980)

Alternative covers
US cover
Dutch cover

"I Hope I Never" is a 1980 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz from their studio album True Colours.^[1] The album version of the song runs for 4:36, forty seconds longer than the single version.

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

Chart position

Chart	Peak Position
ARIA Singles Chart (AUS)	18
RIANZ (NZ)^[2]	33
Dutch Top 40^[3]	30

Cover Versions

Colleen Hewett (Australia, 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.

Notes

↑ I See Red by Split Enz : Reviews and Ratings. Retrieved 20 July 2007.
↑ New Zealand Charts
↑ Dutch Top 40

External resources

"I Hope I Never" Music video

Split Enz

Tim Finn Phil Judd Neil Finn Eddie Rayner Nigel Griggs Noel Crombie Mike Chunn Miles Golding Mike Howard Wally Wilkinson Robert Gillies Geoff Chunn Emlyn Crowther Malcolm Green Paul Hester

Lineup chronology	List of Split Enz band members

Studio albums	Mental Notes Second Thoughts Dizrythmia Frenzy True Colours Waiata / Corroboree Time and Tide Conflicting Emotions See Ya 'Round

Compilations	The Beginning of the Enz Enz of an Era The Split Enz Collection 1973 – 1984 History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz Oddz and Enz Rear Enz The Best of Split Enz The Gold Collection Spellbound The Collection: The Best of the Early Years Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes

Live albums	The Living Enz Anniversary Extravagenza

DVDs	Split Enz One Out of the Bag

Singles	"For You" "Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song" "No Bother to Me" "Maybe" "Late Last Night" "Matinee Idyll" "Another Great Divide" "My Mistake" "Bold as Brass" "I See Red" "Give It a Whirl" "Things" "I Got You" "I Hope I Never" "Nobody Takes Me Seriously" "What's The Matter With You" "Poor Boy" "One Step Ahead" "History Never Repeats" "I Don't Wanna Dance" "Hard Act To Follow" "Iris" "Dirty Creature" "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" "Never Ceases to Amaze Me" "Hello Sandy Allen" "Next Exit" "Strait Old Line" "Message to My Girl" "I Wake Up Every Night" "I Walk Away" "One Mouth Is Fed"

Related articles	ENZSO Crowded House The Finn Brothers Schnell Fenster She Will Have Her Way

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