"She Called Up" is the second single released from Crowded House's fifth studio album ''

Time on Earth ''Time on Earth'' is the fifth studio album by the pop-rock band Crowded House. Tracks have been produced by both Ethan Johns and Steve Lillywhite and the album was released on 30 June 2007 in Australia, 2 July in the United Kingdom and 10 July ...

'', released on 17 September 2007.

Overview

"She Called Up" was written by Crowded House leader and main songwriter

Neil Finn Neil Mullane Finn (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician who is known for being a member of Crowded House, Split Enz (which he co-fronted with brother Tim), and Fleetwood Mac. Finn rose to prominence in the late ...

and was intended as a solo effort, but as his third album was converted into the new album for his band Crowded House, the song was released as a Crowded House offering. "She Called Up" is one of only four from the fourteen tracks from ''Time on Earth'' that includes the full lineup of Finn, bassist

Nick Seymour Nicholas More Seymour (born 9 December 1958) is an Australian musician and record producer. He is the founding bass guitarist and a mainstay of the rock group Crowded House, and is the younger brother of Mark Seymour, singer-songwriter-guitar ...

, guitarist/keyboardist

Mark Hart Mark Hart (born July 2, 1953), is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist best known for being a member of both Supertramp (1986–1988, 1996–2002, 2015–present) and Crowded House (1993–1996, 2007–2019). As well as being a group mem ...

and newcomer drummer

Matt Sherrod Matthew Sherrod (born 11 July 1968) is an American drummer, musician, and a former member of the band Crowded House. Sherrod first became known as a musician playing drums for rock artist Beck. In 2007, following the 2005 death of Crowded House ...

as Crowded House. Observations have been made that the song resembles Finn's songwriting of the

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 ...

era.

Music video

The music video, directed by English director

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(known for his work on the music video for the songs "

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" by

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and "

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" by Jet), is set in a small theatre where a class of children stand up on the stage on tiered platforms singing the song. The camera periodically zooms in and out of selected children who are shown playing instruments and singing along to the song."She Called Up" music video, , Retrieved 5 September 2007.

Track listing

All songs were written by

. # "She Called Up" – 2:54 # "So Dramatic" – 3:38 # "People Are Like Suns (Piano version)" – 3:52 # "She Called Up" (video)

Personnel

- Guitars and vocals *

- Piano and backing vocals *

- Bass guitars and backing vocals *

- Drums and percussion

References

2007 singles Crowded House songs Songs written by Neil Finn Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite 2007 songs Parlophone singles {{2000s-rock-single-stub