Six Months in a Leaky Boat
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| Single by Split Enz from the album Time and Tide |
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| Released | 1982 | ||||
| Recorded | 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Pop/Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:21 | ||||
| Label | Mushroom Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Tim Finn, Split Enz | ||||
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"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" is a single from New Zealand art rock group Split Enz's album Time and Tide. It was written by Tim Finn and Split Enz and released as a single in 1982. Despite rumours that the song was a comment on the 1982 Falklands War, it was not. The song was written and recorded a month before the invasion; the title metaphor refers to lead singer Tim Finn's nervous breakdown.[1] However, the song was "discouraged from airplay" in Britain during the Falklands crisis by the BBC for reasons of morale - widely reported as having been banned in the Australasian media.[1][2] It is sometimes seen by New Zealanders as a patriotic song[citation needed], primarily because of the lyrics 'Aotearoa, rugged individual / Glisten like a pearl / At the bottom of the world'.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" 4:21
- "Make Sense of It" 3:40
An introductory piece titled Pioneer appears before the song on the Australian and New Zealand release of History Never Repeats - The Best of Split Enz. This track is not present on the American release.
[edit] Personnel
- Tim Finn - vocals, piano
- Neil Finn - vocals, guitar
- Noel Crombie - drums, percussion
- Nigel Griggs - bass
- Eddie Rayner - percussion, keyboards
[edit] Covers
- "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" was covered by Australian indie rock band Little Birdy, and appears on the 2005 compilation album She Will Have Her Way.
- San Francisco indie rock quartet Winechuggers covered the song on their 2005 album Grand Rapids.
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists covered the song on their album Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead.
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