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Crowded House Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1985. Its founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn (vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter) and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Later ban ...

. As of 2021 Crowded House have sold over 15 million albums worldwide. ''This discography relates to releases by Crowded House only. See Neil Finn's discography, Tim Finn's discography,

Split Enz discography This is a complete discography listing for Split Enz, a New Zealand-originated experimental rock-pop group. Their creative output includes several albums, singles, music videos, compilations as well as having albums pay tribute by other artists. ...

and The Finn Brothers' discography for other related works.''

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Video albums

:Notes: *# ^ ''Farewell to the World'' was released on VHS and re-released on DVD in 2006.

Singles

:Notes: *A ^ "Now We're Getting Somewhere" was released in New Zealand after "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong" in 1987. *B ^ "Never Be the Same" charted on US Mainstream Rock Tracks due to radio airplay; it was not released as a proper single in the US. *C ^ "To the Island" (

Tame Impala Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker. In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. As a touring act, Tame Impala consists of Parke ...

Remix) did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 36 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.

Other charted songs

Other contributions

*'' The Acoustic Album'' (2006,

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) – "Weather with You" *'' Music from the Home Front'' (2020, Bloodlines Records) – ""Don't Dream It's Over""

Crowded House song covers

* In 1991,

Antonello Venditti Antonio "Antonello" Venditti (born 8 March 1949) is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist who became famous in the 1970s for the social themes of his songs. Biography Antonello Venditti was born in Rome, the son of Vincenzino Italo Venditti f ...

re-arranged the song "

Don't Dream It's Over "Don't Dream It's Over" is a song by rock band Crowded House, recorded for their 1986 self-titled debut studio album. The song was composed and written by New Zealand frontman Neil Finn, and released in October 1986 as the fourth single from t ...

", writing new lyrics instead of translating the original song, and naming it "Alta Marea", on the album ''Benvenuti in Paradiso''. * In 1991, British performer

Paul Young Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. ...

covered "

" as a duet with

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. * In 1996,

Belinda Carlisle Belinda Jo Carlisle ( ; born August 17, 1958) is an American singer. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, the most successful all-female rock band of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist. Raised in ...

covered "She Goes On" as "He Goes On" on her album ''

A Woman and a Man ''A Woman & a Man'' is the sixth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United Kingdom on September 23, 1996, by Chrysalis Records (then part of the EMI Group, like Carlisle's former label Virgin Records). The album con ...

''. * In 1997, British punk band China Drum covered "

Fall at Your Feet "Fall at Your Feet" is a 1991 song by Crowded House, from their 1991 album, ''Woodface''. It is the only single from ''Woodface'' to be written solely by the group's leader Neil Finn, who co-wrote all other singles from the album with his brothe ...

" on their album ''Fiction of Life 2''. * In 1999,

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singer

Jimmy Little James Oswald Little, AO (1 March 19372 April 2012) was an Australian Aboriginal musician, actor and teacher, who was a member of the Yorta Yorta tribe and was raised on the Cummeragunja Reserve, New South Wales. Little started his profess ...

recorded a cover version of " Into Temptation" for a rock-indie covers album entitled ''Messenger''. * In 2000,

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musician

Jesse Cook Jesse Arnaud Cook is a Canadian guitarist. He is a Juno Award winner, '' Acoustic Guitar'' Player's Choice Award silver winner in the Flamenco Category, and a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. He has ...

closed the album ''

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'' with a cover of "

". * In 2000, Belgian band

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released a single of their cover of "

Weather with You "Weather with You" is a song by Australian-New Zealand rock band Crowded House. It was the third and most successful single released from the group's third studio album '' Woodface'' (1991), reaching top 50 in 10 countries, including the United ...

". * In 2002,

Sixpence None the Richer Sixpence None the Richer (also known as Sixpence) is an American Christian alternative rock band that formed in New Braunfels, Texas, and eventually settled in Nashville, Tennessee. They are best known for their songs " Kiss Me" and " Breathe Yo ...

covered "

" for their 2002 album ''

Divine Discontent ''Divine Discontent'' is the fourth studio album by American band Sixpence None the Richer, released on October 29, 2002. Background Lead singer Leigh Nash has described her understanding of the album title as being that "sometimes your pain ...

.'' * In 2004, Busted performed a cover version of "

" as a B-side to the single "

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" * In 2005, ''

She Will Have Her Way ''She Will Have Her Way'' is a compilation album featuring female Australians, Australian and New Zealand musicians performing songs written by Neil Finn and Tim Finn (The Finn Brothers), members of Split Enz and Crowded House. A follow up albu ...

'', a cover album by a variety of female artists, was released featuring versions of Neil and Tim Finn songs from Crowded House, Split Enz, and the brothers' solo careers. A limited edition has a second disc which contains the original versions of the tracks. The Crowded House tracks included are: ** "

Better Be Home Soon "Better Be Home Soon" () is a song written by Neil Finn and performed by rock band Crowded House. It appears on their second studio album, ''Temple of Low Men'', which was later released in July 1988. The song was issued as a single in June 1988 ...

" by

Kasey Chambers Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australian country singer-songwriter and musician born in Mount Gambier. She is the daughter of fellow musicians, Diane and Bill Chambers, and the younger sister of musician and producer, Nash Chambers. ...

** "

Distant Sun "Distant Sun" is a song by New Zealand and Australian band Crowded House. It was the first single released from the group's fourth studio album, ''Together Alone'' (1993). The song gave the band another top-20 hit in the United Kingdom, peaking ...

" by

Brooke Fraser Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood (née Fraser; born 15 December 1983) better known by her maiden name Brooke Fraser, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter best known for her hit single " Something in the Water", released in 2010. Fraser released two ...

** "

" by

Sarah Blasko Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow (born 23 September 1976), known professionally as Sarah Blasko, is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. From April 2002, Blasko developed her solo career after fronting Sydney-based band, Acqui ...

** "

" by

Clare Bowditch Clare Bowditch (born 1975) is an Australian musician, actress, radio presenter and business entrepreneur. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, Bowditch won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist and was nominated for a Logie Award for her work on ...

** " Four Seasons" by New Buffalo ''(originally "Four Seasons in One Day")'' ** " Into Temptation" by

Renée Geyer Renée Rebecca Geyer (born 11 September 1953) is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's Worl ...

** "

Not the Girl You Think You Are "Not the Girl You Think You Are" is a 1996 song by rock group Crowded House. It was the third and final single released from the group's greatest hits compilation ''Recurring Dream'' (1996). According to the songwriter Neil Finn, the song was w ...

" by

Holly Throsby Holly Sarah Throsby (born 28 December 1978) is an Australian musician and novelist. As a solo artist Throsby has issued six albums. She was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Female Artist in 2006 for '' Under the Town''; and in the same cate ...

** " Pineapple Head" by

Natalie Imbruglia Natalie Jane Imbruglia ( , ; born 4 February 1975) is an Australian singer and actress. In the early 1990s, she played Beth Brennan in the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours''. Three years after leaving the programme, she began a singing car ...

* In 2005,

James Blunt James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount; 22 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. A former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army, he served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War. After l ...

performed a cover version of "

" as a B-side to the single "

You're Beautiful "You're Beautiful" is a song by English singer-songwriter James Blunt. It was written by Blunt, Sacha Skarbek and Amanda Ghost for Blunt's debut album, ''Back to Bedlam'' (2004). It was released as the third single of the album in 2005. In t ...

". * In 2005,

Howie Day Howard Kern Day is an American singer-songwriter. Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals to accompany himself. He self-financed and s ...

performed a cover of "Don't Dream It's Over" for his live album ''Live From...''. * In 2005,

Patrizio Buanne Patrizio Franco Buanne (born 20 September 1978) is an Italian-Austrian baritone singer, songwriter, and producer. Biography Early life Patrizio Buanne was born in Vienna, Austria to Franco and Alina Buanne; he spent his childhood living and t ...

covered the song "Alta Marea" by Antonello Venditti, which is a re-arrangement of the song "

" with different lyrics, for his debut album ''The Italian''. * In 2006, Jimmy Buffett covered "

" for his album, ''

Take the Weather with You ''Take the Weather with You'' is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released on Mailboat Records on October 10, 2006. It peaked at #1 on '' Billboards country charts, also reaching #4 on the ''Bil ...

''. * In 2006,

Teddy Thompson Teddy Thompson (born 19 February 1976) is an English folk and rock musician. He is the son of folk rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson and brother of singer Kamila Thompson. He released his first album in 2000. Biography Teddy Thompson ...

covered "Don't Dream it's Over" for the compilation album, ''Q Covered: The Eighties''. * In 2008, Melbourne band The Resignators covered "

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" on their album ''Time Decays''.

Covers performed by Crowded House

Crowded House themselves frequently perform a version of the

Hunters and Collectors Hunters & Collectors are an Australian rock band formed in 1981. Fronted by founding mainstay, singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour, they developed a blend of pub rock and art-funk. Other mainstays are John Archer on bass guitar, Do ...

' "

Throw Your Arms Around Me "Throw Your Arms Around Me" is a song by Australian rock music, rock band Hunters & Collectors first released as a single in November 1984 by White Label for Mushroom Records. A re-recorded version of the song later appeared on the band's 1986 al ...

" and Paul Kelly's " Leaps and Bounds" during their live sets (including at the

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ceremony, inducting Kelly into the Hall of Fame). Their version of

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' "

She's Not There "She's Not There" is the debut single by British rock band the Zombies, written by keyboardist Rod Argent. It reached 12 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1964, and 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States at the beginning of D ...

" was used on the soundtrack of ''The Crossing'', a 1990 film starring

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. In addition to these, the group often would perform

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Rocky Raccoon "Rocky Raccoon" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album ''The Beatles'' (also known as the "White Album"). It was primarily written by Paul McCartney, although credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. M ...

", among many other Beatles songs. The group would also often perform Irish folk traditional piece "

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". As the group rose from the ashes of

Split Enz Split Enz were a New Zealand rock band formed in Auckland in 1972 by Tim Finn and Phil Judd and had a variety of other members during its existence. Originally started as a folk-oriented group with quirky art rock stylings, the band built a ...

, they often performed various Split Enz songs, in particular "This Is Massive" because it was written by Paul Hester for Split Enz's last album, the only studio album he performed on.

References

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