Friday, April 14, 2023

Neil & Tim Finn: Top 100 Songs

Neil & Tim Finn

Top 100 Songs

Tim Finn is a new wave singer/songwriter and musician who was born Brian Timothy Finn on 6/25/1952 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. His younger brother, Neil Finn, is also a new wave/pop singer/songwriter and musician, born on 5/27/1958 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.

Tim was a founding member of Split Enz (vocals and keyboards, 1972-84), which included Neil as a singer and guitarist (1977-84) in its later years. Tim went solo in 1983 and Neil formed Crowded House (1985-96, 2007-11,2016) after Split Enz split. The two collaborated on a pair of albums and worked together on Crowded House’s 1991 album Woodface. Neil also fronted Pajama Club and was a touring member of Fleetwood Mac (2018-19). This list has been updated because of the release of the Crowded House album Dreamers Are Waiting.

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Top 100 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. The following codes reference who recorded the songs. CH = Crowded House, FB = Finn Brothers, NF = Neil Finn, TF = Tim Finn, SE = Split Enz

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Don’t Dream It’s Over (CH, 1986)

DMDB Top 2%:

2. I Got You (SE, 1980)

DMDB Top 5%:

3. Better Be Home Soon (CH, 1988)
4. Weather with You (CH, 1991)
5. Something So Strong (CH, 1986)

DMDB Top 10%:

6. Fall at Your Feet (CH, 1991)

DMDB Top 20%:

7. History Never Repeats (SE, 1981)
8. It’s Only Natural (CH, 1991)
9. One Step Ahead (SE, 1980)
10. Distant Sun (CH, 1993)

11. Six Months in a Leaky Boat (SE, 1982)
12. World Where You Live (CH, 1986)
13. I Hope I Never (SE, 1980)
14. Into Temptation (CH, 1988)
15. Locked Out (CH, 1993)
16. Message to My Girl (SE, 1983)
17. I See Red (SE, 1978)
18. Chocolate Cake (CH, 1991)
19. Mean to Me (CH, 1986)
20. Don’t Stop Now (CH, 2007)

21. Four Seasons in One Day (CH, 1991)
22. Nails in My Feet (CH, 1993)
23. Late Last Night (SE, 1976)
24. How’m I Gonna Sleep (TF, 1989)
25. Time for a Change (SE, 1975)
26. Now We’re Getting Somewhere (CH, 1986)
27. Won’t Give In (FB, 2004)
28. Silent House (CH, 2007)
29. Persuasion (TF, 1993)
30. Hard Act to Follow (SE, 1981)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

31. Pineapple Head (CH, 1993)
32. What’s the Matter with You? (SE, 1980)
33. Poor Boy (SE, 1980)
34. Dirty Creature (SE, 1982)
35. Private Universe (CH, 1993)
36. Sister Madly (CH, 1988)
37. Bold As Brass (SE, 1977)
38. Straight Old Line (SE, 1983)
39. Fingers of Love (CH, 1993)
40. I Feel Possessed (CH, 1988)

41. She Will Have Her Way (NF, 1998)
42. Never Ceases to Amaze Me (SE, 1982)
43. Next Exit (SE, 1983)
44. Instinct (CH, 1996)
45. When You Come (CH, 1988)
46. Hit the Ground Running (TF 1993)
47. Edible Flowers (FB, 2004)
48. I Don’t Wanna Dance (SE, 1981)
49. My Mistake (SE, 1977)
50. Give It a Whirl (SE, 1979)

51. Sinner (NF, 1998)
52. Maybe (SE, 1975)
53. Together Alone (CH, 1993)
54. A Fraction Too Much Friction (TF, 1983)
55. I Walk Away (SE, 1984)
56. Never Be the Same (CH, 1988)
57. Rest of the Day Off (NF, 2001)
58. Not the Girl You Think You Are (CH, 1996)
59. Things (SE, 1979)
60. Whatever You Want (CH, 2020)

61. Song of the Lonely Mountain (NF, 2012)
62. For You (SE, 1973)
63. Couldn’t Be Done (TF, 2006)
64. Nothing Wrong with You (FB, 2004)
65. Mansion in the Slums (CH, 1988)
66. Another Great Divide (SE, 1977)
67. The Saw & the Tree (TF, 2008)
68. Matinee Idyll (129) (SE, 1976)
69. Everything Is Good for You (CH, 1996)
70. Black and White Boy (CH, 1993)

71. What You’ve Done (TF, 2001)
72. I Can See Clearly Now (NF, 1998)
73. Salt to the Sea (TF, 2006)
74. Young Mountain (TF, 1989)
75. Carve You in Marble (TF, 1986)
76. Wherever You Are (NF, 2001)
77. Shark Attack (SE, 1980)
78. No Bother to Me (SE, 1975)
79. Last One Standing (NF, 1998)
80. Sweet Talkin’ Spoon Song (SE, 1973)

81. Only Talking Sense (FB, 1995)
82. Pour Le Monde (CH, 2007)
83. Saturday Sun (CH, 2010)
84. Our Day (SE, 1983)
85. Playing with Fire (CH, 2021)
86. Suicide on Downing Street (TF, 1989)
87. Angels Heap (FB, 1995)
88. Disembodied Voices (FB, 2004)
89. As Sure As I Am (CH, 1991)
90. Recurring Dream (CH< 1985)

91. To the Island (CH, 2021)
92. Suffer Never (FB, 1995)
93. Hole in the River (CH, 1986)
94. Charlie (SE, 1977)
95. Stuff and Nonsense SE, 1979)
96. Catherine Wheels (CH, 1993)
97. Find Your Way Back Home (NF with Stevie Nicks & Christine McVie, 2020)
98. Parihaka (TF, 1989)
99. Not Even Close (TF, 1989)
100. Tombstone (CH, 1986)