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.

Split Enz discography
Studio albums9
Live albums5
Compilation albums11
Video albums7
Music videos25
Singles32
B-sides44
Tribute albums5

Albums

Studio albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 CAN UK
[3]		 US
[4]
Mental Notes
  • Released: July 1975
  • Label: White Cloud (WCL 101)
 7 35 — — —
Second Thoughts
  • Released: August 1976
  • Label: Mushroom Records (L 35981)
 18 25 — — —
Dizrythmia
  • Released: August 1977
  • Label: Mushroom Records (L 36347)
 3 18 — — —
Frenzy
  • Released: February 1979
  • Label: Mushroom Records (L 36768)
 13 24 49 — —
  • ARIA: Gold
  • CAN: 40,000 copies[6]
True Colours
  • Released: February 1980
  • Label: Mushroom Records (L 37167)
 1 1 10 38 40
Waiata/Corroboree
  • Released: March 1981
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 53001)
 1 1 17 — 45
  • ARIA: Platinum[9]
  • CAN: Platinum[6]
Time and Tide
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label:Mushroom (RML 53012)
 1 1 4 71 58
  • NZ: 2xPlatinum[6]
  • CAN: Platinum[6]
Conflicting Emotions
  • Released: November 1983
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 53107)
 3 13 — — 137
See Ya 'Round
  • Released: October 1984
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 53146)
 5 29 — — —

Live albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[1]		 AUS
[2][10]
The Living Enz
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Mushroom Records (RML 55007/8)
 9 88
Anniversary
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Mushroom Records (D 98010)
  • Recorded in New Zealand during Split Enz's Twentieth Anniversary Tour in March 1993.
 — —
Extravagenza/Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Liberation Blue (BLUE120.5)
  • Reissued and expanded version of Anniversary
 — —
Live in America
  • Released: 2007 (Europe only)
  • Label: The Store for Music (SFMCD044)
  • Recorded in October 1980
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Live, Alive Oh
  • Released: July 2017
  • Label: Liberation Music (LMCD0326)
  • Recorded in New Zealand during Split Enz's Twentieth Anniversary Tour in March 1993 & NZ Farewell Tour Vactor Arena 2008
 — 91

Compilations
List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[1]		 AUS
[2]
The Beginning of the Enz
  • Released: November 1979
  • Label: Mushroom Records (L 37132)
  • Recorded: 1973–1974
 35 —
Enz of an Era
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Mushroom Records (RML 52027)
  • Recorded: 1976 - 1982
 — —
The Split Enz Collection 1973-1984
  • Released: 1986 (Australia)
  • Label: Concept Records (CC 0050)
 N/A 41
History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz
  • Released: 1987 (US), 1989 (NZ & AUS)
  • Label: A&M Records (SP-3289)
    Mushroom (L 30222)
 9 62
Oddz and Enz
  • Released: 1992
  • Label:
  • Recorded: Demos and live tracks 1975 - 1979
  • Included in Box Set Split Enz 1972–1979
 — —
Rear Enz
  • Released: 1992
  • Label:
  • Recorded: Demos and live tracks 1979 - 1984
  • Included in Box Set Split Enz 1980–1984
 — —
The Best of Split Enz
  • Released: 1993 (US/UK only)
  • Label: Chrysalis (CDP 528409)
  • Recorded: Demos and live tracks 1979 - 1984
  • Included in Box Set Split Enz 1980–1984
 N/A N/A
Spellbound
  • Released: May 1997
  • Label: Mushroom (MUSH33015.2)
  • Greatest Hits collection
 17 5
  • ARIA: Platinum[2]
Stranger Than Fiction: The Gold Collection
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: DISKY (724348828828)
  • Budget compilation
 — —
Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond
(with various artists)
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Raven Records (RVCD-100)
  • Notes: Split Enz & various artists compilation
 — —
History: The Best of Split Enz
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Mushroom (33619-2)
 — 56
The Collection - The Best of the Early Years
  • Released: 2006 (UK)
  • Label: EMI Gold (09463566862 9)
 N/A N/A
Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes
  • Released: 10 November 2007
  • Label: Warner Music Australia (5144241092)
  • A collection of demos made in 1978
 — —

Box sets
List of Box Sets, with selected details
Title Details
Split Enz 1972–1979
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Mushroom (D80940)
  • Details: 5×CD
Split Enz 1980–1984
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Mushroom (D80946)
  • Details: 6×CD
Enz to Enz - The Ultimate Split Enz Box Set
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Mushroom, Warner Music (5144255272)
  • Details: 10×CD

Tribute albums
List of Tribute albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[1][11]		 AUS
[2][12]
ENZSO
(by Enzso)		 2 4
ENZSO 2
(by Enzso)
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Epic (492852.2)
  • Notes: A second collection of Split Enz songs with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
 25 —
She Will Have Her Way
  • Released: 26 September 2005
  • Label: EMI Music, Capitol Music (09463404952 8)
  • Notes: A collection of songs written by Neil and Tim Finn, performed by Australian and New Zealand female artists
 4 3
  • ARIA: 2x Platinum[14]
  • The album has sold over 350,000 copies[15]
He Will Have His Way
  • Released: 12 November 2010
  • Label: EMI Music, Capitol Music (9471022)
  • Notes: A collection of songs written by Neil and Tim Finn, performed by Australian and New Zealand male artists.
 — 5
They Will Have Their Way
  • Released: 28 October 2011
  • Label: EMI (7305842)
  • Notes: A compilation of She and He with additional tracks
 — 31
True Colours, New Colours: The Songs of Split Enz
  • Released: 12 February 2021[17]
  • Label: Warner Music (5419709451)
  • Notes: A compilation of True Colours reimagined and recorded by Australian and New Zealand artists.
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Singles

Where available, chart positions are given for each country of release.
A mark of " — " indicates the single was released in that country, but did not chart. Cells in dark grey indicate that the single was not released in that country.

Year Title Chart positions Album
NZ
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 CAN UK
[3]		 US
[18]
1973 "For You"
(released as Split Ends)		 — Non-album releases
"Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song"
(released as Split Ends)		 —
1975 "No Bother to Me" —
"Maybe" — — Mental Notes
1976 "Late Last Night" — 93 Non-album release
"Matinee Idyll" — Second Thoughts
1977 "Another Great Divide" — — — — — Non-album release
"My Mistake" 21 15 — — — Dizrythmia
"Bold as Brass" — — — — —
1978 "I See Red" 43 15 — — — Frenzy
1979 "Give It a Whirl" — —
"Things" — — Non-album release
1980 "I Got You" 1 1 13 12 53 True Colours
"I Hope I Never" 33 18 — — —
"Nobody Takes Me Seriously" — —
"What's the Matter with You" —
"Poor Boy" — —
"One Step Ahead" 6 5 — — 104 Waiata
1981 "History Never Repeats" 5 4 — 63 —
"I Don't Wanna Dance" — 65 — — —
"Hard Act to Follow" —
"Iris" —
1982 "Dirty Creature" 3 6 — — — Time and Tide
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" 7 2 7 83 104
"Never Ceases to Amaze Me" 50
"Hello Sandy Allen" —
1983 "Next Exit" 47 Non-album release
"Strait Old Line" 15 42 — — — Conflicting Emotions
1984 "Message to My Girl" 28 12 — — —
"I Wake Up Every Night" —
"I Walk Away" 13 45 See Ya 'Round
"One Mouth Is Fed" — —
1989 "I See Red" (re-release) 27 75 History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz

Unreleased songs

Those marked as * have since surfaced and been uploaded on YouTube.

  • "Amsterdam"
  • "Bergen aan Zee"* - Phil Judd (The bridge from this song was used in "History Never Repeats")
  • "Does Anyone Here Understand My Girlfriend?" - Paul Hester
  • "Eddie's Got The Horn" - Old Mill House jam
  • "Edible Flowers" - Tim Finn, Neil Finn (From the 1999 Split Enz sessions. Later released on the Finn Brothers album Everyone Is Here)
  • "Exaggerate" (aka "Exaggeration")
  • "Family Way"* - Tim Finn
  • "Fascination"
  • "The First To Say Gone" - Neil Finn (Later morphed into "Catherine Wheels", released on the Crowded House album Together Alone)
  • "Get Out Of My Way" (aka "Headstrong")
  • "Going Back Tomorrow" - Old Mill House jam
  • "Hassle Malcolm" - instrumental
  • "Hidden Blessings" - Tim Finn?
  • "How Come"* - Tim Finn
  • "The Instrumental" (aka "The Five Minute Wonder")
  • "Lawdy"
  • "Lord Nord" (From the 1999 Split Enz sessions)
  • "Nothing Lasts"* - Tim Finn
  • "Marks And Sparks"
  • "Murder" - Tim Finn
  • "My Darkest Day" - Neil Finn
  • "My Own Backyard" - Tim Finn
  • "The Old Mill House" - Old Mill House jam
  • "Outer Mongolia" - Tim Finn (partially recycled on "Murder" and 1982 B-side "Fire Drill")
  • "Platform Three" - Neil Finn
  • "Play It Strange"* - Phil Judd (on promo CD)
  • "Prophecy"* - Phil Judd
  • "Pus-head" - instrumental
  • "Sailing Away" - Tim Finn
  • "Sensational"
  • "Silent But Deadly" - Tim Finn, Neil Finn
  • "Snake Charm Boogie" - The Ninees (Neil Finn & Noel Crombie) (mentioned in Peter Green's online diary at frenz.com)
  • "Something So Strong" - Neil Finn (Later released as a single for Crowded House from the self-titled album)
  • "Sooner The Better"* - Mal Green
  • "Up Against A Brick Wall"*- Tim Finn
  • "When the Spirit Moves Us" - Tim Finn
  • "Who's Got The Biggest Bumhole of Us All?" - Old Mill House jam
  • "You And Your Long Lost Lover"* - Tim Finn
  • "Zodiatrical" - Unknown

Videography

Video compilations

Video cassette releases

  • 1980 Live In Concert (aka True Colours live) - live TV studio performance produced for TV program Nightmoves
  • 1982 Time and Tide Live - Canadian release
  • 1987 History Never Repeats - The Best of Split Enz (U.S. version)
  • 1989 History Never Repeats - The Best of Split Enz (Australia/New Zealand version)
  • 1993 Split Enz 1972-1992 (repackage of Australia/New Zealand version of History Never Repeats)

DVD releases

  • 2002 Split Enz (DVD)
  • 2007 One Out of the Bag - 2006 live concert performance at the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne - CD/DVD

References
  1. "charts.nz > Split Enz in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  2. Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 288. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Split Enz in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
    • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 264.
  3. "Official Charts > Split Enz". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  4. "Split Enz Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  5. "Split Enz Bio". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. "Split Enz – Part Two - The Eighties". AudioCulture. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  7. "Split Enz and True Colours". August 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  8. "Great NZ Album: Split Enz True Colours". RNZ. August 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  9. "WAIATA / CORROBOREE Split Enz". progarchives. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  10. "ARIA Chart Watch #429". auspOp. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  11. "charts.nz – Discography Enzso". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  12. Peaks in Australia:
  13. "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1996". ARIA. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  14. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  15. "How She Will Have Her Way Captured The Hearts of Australian Music Lovers". Junkee. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  16. "ARIA Top 100 Albums Charts 2010". Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  17. "True Colours, New Colours: The Songs of Split Enz". JBhiFi. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  18. "Split Enz Chart History > Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
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