"Outlook for Thursday" | ||||
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Single by DD Smash | ||||
B-side | "Itinerary" | |||
Released | 22 April 1983 (New Zealand) | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 4:04 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dave Dobbyn | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Outlook for Thursday" at NZ On Screen |
"Outlook for Thursday" is a single by New Zealand band DD Smash. It was released in 1983 unrelated to any album (though a live version appears on the 1983 live album Live:Deep in the Heart of Taxes . The single charted at No. 3 in New Zealand. [1] and was voted in 2001 by members of APRA as the 31st best New Zealand song of the 20th century.
A live version appears on the 1983 live album Live:Deep in the Heart of Taxes .
The music video was directed by Andrew Shaw and filmed in Auckland featuring Dobbyn as a frazzled weather announcer. The video won Best Music Video at the 1983 New Zealand Music Awards. [2]
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