Dirty Creature

"Dirty Creature"
Single by Split Enz
from the album Time and Tide
B-side	"Make Sense of It"
Released	March 1982
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	4:02
Label	Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Tim Finn, Nigel Griggs, Neil Finn
Split Enz singles chronology
"Iris" (1981) "Dirty Creature" (1982) "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" (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 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

• Tim Finn – vocals, piano
• Neil Finn – vocals, guitar
• Noel Crombie – drums, percussion
• Nigel Griggs – bass
• Eddie Rayner – percussion, keyboards

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Dirty Creature"

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] [3]	6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [4]	3

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Dirty Creature"

Chart (1982)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2]	60

References

1. Tim Finn Interview Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
2. "National Top 100 Singles for 1982". Kent Music Report. 3 January 1983. Retrieved 22 January 2023– via Imgur.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 288. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
4. "Split Enz – Dirty Creature". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 15 November 2020.