I See Red (Split Enz song)

"I See Red" is a 1978 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz from their studio album Frenzy. "I See Red" was the second Split Enz song to achieve a top 20 chart position, peaking at #15 in Australia and #43 in the band's native New Zealand.^[1]

1 Music video
2 Track listing
- 2.1 7" vinyl
- 2.2 Coloured 7" vinyl reissue
3 Personnel
4 Notes

[edit] Music video

The music video for "I See Red" begins with Tim Finn angrily ripping his hair out as he can see a woman out a window walking along (as the first line of the lyrics indicates "When my baby's walking down the street/I see red, I see red, I see red"). Finn then resumes his regular position with the band and sings the rest of the song with them. The band, including Finn, are all wearing grey suits with black markings on them with white shirts and red ties. The studio is low lit with a white or red spotlight on different members of the band, though occasionally lighting up a backdrop completely, though still predominantly keeping to white and red light. At the very end of the song, musically, the song silences very suddenly instead of fading out or being ended at the end of a bar. In the music video at this moment, the band members disappear from the performance area leaving the space only with instruments in place.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Tim Finn.

[edit] 7" vinyl

Side A

"I See Red" - 3:15

Side B

"Hermit McDermitt" - 3:42
"Message Boy" - 3:51

[edit] Coloured 7" vinyl reissue

Reissued in 1989 to coincide with the release of greatest hits album History Never Repeats: The Best of Split Enz. Released with new artwork to match History Never Repeats. Live version recorded at Festival Hall, Melbourne, November 1984.

"I See Red" - 3:15
"I See Red" (live) - 4:15

[edit] Personnel

Tim Finn — vocals, piano
Neil Finn — vocals, guitar
Noel Crombie — vocals, percussion
Eddie Rayner — vocals, keyboards
Malcolm Green — vocals, drums
Nigel Griggs — vocals, bass

[edit] Notes

^ I See Red by Split Enz : Reviews and Ratings. Retrieved 20 July 2007.

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Split Enz

Noel Crombie · Neil Finn · Tim Finn · Malcolm Green · Nigel Griggs · Eddie Rayner

Lineup chronology

October 1972 - February 1973

February 1973 - Early 1974

Early 1974 - June 1974

July 1974 - September 1974

October 1974 - November 1975

November 1975 - November 1976

November 1976 – April 1977

April 1977 - December 1977

January 1978 - February 1978

March 1978 - May 1981

May 1981 - November 1983

December 1983 - June 1984

June 1984 - December 1984

Studio albums

Mental Notes · Second Thoughts · Dizrythmia · Frenzy · True Colours · Waiata · 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

Singles