Dirty Creature

"Dirty Creature" is a song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz. It was released in March 1982 as the lead single from their seventh studio album Time and Tide.

"Dirty Creature"
Single by Split Enz
from the album Time and Tide
B-side"Make Sense of It"
ReleasedMarch 1982
GenrePop, rock
Length4:02
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Tim Finn, Nigel Griggs, Neil Finn
Split Enz singles chronology
"Iris"
(1981)
"Dirty Creature"
(1982)
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat"
(1982)

Tim Finn had been suffering from panic attacks at the time, and co-wrote the song as a relief for his condition.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Dirty Creature" 4:02
  2. "Make Sense of It" 3:40

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 3

References

  1. Tim Finn Interview Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 288. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. "Charts.nz – Split Enz – Dirty Creature". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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