I See Red (Split Enz song)

"I See Red"
Single by Split Enz
from the album Frenzy
B-side	"Hermit McDermitt" "Message Boy"
Released	December 1978
Format	7" vinyl
Recorded	Starling Studios, England, 1978
Genre	New Wave
Length	3:15
Label	Mushroom Records
Writer(s)	Tim Finn
Producer	David Tickle
Split Enz singles chronology
"Bold as Brass" (1977) "I See Red" (1978) "Give It A Whirl" (1979)
Alternative cover Cover to the 1989 re-release.

"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]

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

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Finn.

7" vinyl

Side A

1. "I See Red" - 3:15

Side B

1. "Hermit McDermitt" - 3:42
2. "Message Boy" - 3:51

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.

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

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

Notes

Split Enz Tim Finn Phil Judd Mike Chunn Miles Golding Mike Howard Wally Wilkinson Robert Gillies Geoff Chunn Eddie Rayner Emlyn Crowther Noel Crombie Malcolm Green Nigel Griggs Neil Finn Paul Hester Lineup chronology List of Split Enz band members 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 DVDs Split Enz One Out of the Bag Singles "For You" "Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song" "No Bother to Me" "Maybe" "Late Last Night" "Matinee Idyll" "Another Great Divide" "My Mistake" "Bold as Brass" "I See Red" "Give It a Whirl" "Things" "I Got You" "I Hope I Never" "Nobody Takes Me Seriously" "What's The Matter With You" "Poor Boy" "One Step Ahead" "History Never Repeats" "I Don't Wanna Dance" "Hard Act To Follow" "Iris" "Dirty Creature" "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" "Never Ceases to Amaze Me" "Hello Sandy Allen" "Next Exit" "Strait Old Line" "Message to My Girl" "I Wake Up Every Night" "I Walk Away" "One Mouth Is Fed" Related articles ENZSO Crowded House The Finn Brothers She Will Have Her Way WikiProject