Made My Day

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"Made My Day"
Made My Day by Tim Finn.png
Single by Tim Finn
from the album Escapade
ReleasedAugust 1983
Studio Festival Studios, Sydney
Genre Pop
Length3:23
Label Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s) Tim Finn
Producer(s) Mark Moffatt, Ricky Fataar
Tim Finn singles chronology
"Fraction Too Much Friction"
(1983)
"Made My Day"
(1983)
"Through the Years"
(1983)

"Made My Day" is a song by New Zealand musician, Tim Finn, released in August 1983 as the second single from his debut studio album, Escapade . The song reached number 22 in Australia.

Contents

Track listing

Australian/New Zealand 7" single (K-9186)

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [1] 22

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References

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 112. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.