Composer
Neil Finn
New Zealand musician
b. 1958
19 works in the index
- Born
- 1958
- Birthplace
- Te Awamutu
- Citizenship / historical state
- New Zealand
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Neil Mullane Finn (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for being a principal member of Split Enz and for being the lead singer of Crowded House. He was also a member of Fleetwood Mac from 2018 until 2022. Ed O'Brien of Radiohead has hailed Finn as popular music's "most prolific writer of great songs".
Finn joined Split Enz in 1977 after the departure of founding member Phil Judd and facilitated the band's shift away from art rock towards new wave pop. Gradually rising in creative prominence within the band, he wrote the majority of the band's hits in the 1980s, including "I Got You", "One Step Ahead", "History Never Repeats", and "Message to My Girl". After Split Enz broke up in 1984, Finn formed Crowded House with Split Enz's final drummer, Paul Hester, and served as the band's lead singer and principal songwriter. Crowded House achieved international success in 1987 when they released the single "Don't Dream It's Over", written by Finn.
Crowded House disbanded in 1996. Finn and his brother released two albums as the Finn Brothers before Finn re-formed Crowded House in 2006. In April 2018, Finn joined Fleetwood Mac for their tour that year and was a member of the band until they disbanded in 2022. Finn has also recorded several successful solo albums, assembled diverse musicians for the 7 Worlds Collide project, and contributed to several film and television soundtracks.
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Life and musical career
- Recorded memberships
- Split Enz; Crowded House; Fleetwood Mac; Finn Brothers; Neil & Liam Finn
- Genres
- rock music; art rock; new wave; pop music
- Notable works
- Don't Dream It's Over
- Awards
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire; APRA Music Awards; Aotearoa Music Awards; honorary doctor of the University of Waikato; Aotearoa Music Award for Best Solo Artist
- Official website
- http://www.neilfinn.com; https://www.neilfinn.com/
- Birth name
- Neil Mullane Finn
- Native languages
- English
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 85648783
- ISNI
- 0000000078397678
- GND ID
- 120854244
- Library of Congress ID
- n89627711
- MusicBrainz ID
- 3b7c93ab-40a5-4745-ab6b-eaafed2308bb
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar, Voice, Choir, Piano, Tenor Saxophone
- Genres represented
- Rock, pop
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 19
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song of the Lonely Mountain | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Vocal, Choir, Tenor Saxophone | — | 12 |
| Don't Dream It's Over | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 5 |
| Don't Stop Now | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock, pop | 3 |
| Distant Sun | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 3 |
| Locked Out | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 2 |
| Something So Strong | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 2 |
| Either Side Of The World | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| Silent House | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | — | 1 |
| Fingers Of Love | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| Pineapple Head | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| Nobody Wants To | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| She Called Up | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| Fall At Your Feet | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| Instinct | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| Nails In My Feet | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| Not The Girl You Think You Are | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| World Where You Live | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| Better Be Home Soon | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Rock | 1 |
| Message To My Girl | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 85648783. Portrait: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.