Dirty Creature Explained

Dirty Creature
Cover:Split Enz - Dirty Creature.jpeg
Type:single
Artist:Split Enz
Album:Time and Tide
B-Side:"Make Sense of It"
Released:March 1982
Genre:Pop, rock
Length:4:02
Label:Mushroom Records
Prev Title:Iris
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Next Year:1982

"Dirty Creature" is a song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz. It was released in March 1982 as the lead single from their eighth studio album Time and Tide.

Tim Finn had been suffering from panic attacks at the time, and co-wrote the song as a relief for his condition.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Dirty Creature" 4:02
  2. "Make Sense of It" 3:40

Personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Dirty Creature"! Chart (1982)! Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 60

Notes and References

  1. http://laist.com/2008/09/07/laist_interview_tim_finn_2.php Tim Finn Interview
  2. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 288. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1982 . . . 445 . 3 January 1983 . 22 January 2023 .