How'm I Gonna Sleep

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"How'm I Gonna Sleep"
How'm I Gonna Sleep by Tim Finn.png
Single by Tim Finn
from the album Tim Finn
ReleasedMarch 1989
Studio Festival Studios, Sydney
Genre Pop
Length4:14
Label Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s) Tim Finn
Producer(s) Mitchell Froom
Tim Finn singles chronology
"With You I'm Alive"
(1987)
"How'm I Gonna Sleep"
(1989)
"Parihaka"
(1989)

"How'm I Gonna Sleep" is a song by New Zealand musician, Tim Finn, released in March 1989 as the lead single from his third studio album, Tim Finn . The song reached number 2 on the New Zealand charts and number 27 in Australia.

Contents

Track listing

Australian/New Zealand 7" single (CP 2201)
Australian/New Zealand CD single (CDED 409)
  1. "How'm I Gonna Sleep" - 3:54
  2. "Cruel Black Crow" - 4:02
  3. "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" (live) (featuring Neil Finn) - 2:55

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 27
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [2] 2

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