I Hope I Never

"I Hope I Never"
"I Hope I Never"
SinglebySplit Enz
from the albumTrue Colours
B-side	"Hypnotised"; "Carried Away";
Released	May 1980
Recorded	Armstrong,Melbourne,1979
Genre	Rock
Length	3:56
Label	Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Tim Finn
Producer(s)	David Tickle
Split Enzsingles chronology
Alternative covers
	US cover
Alternative cover
	Dutch cover

"I Hope I Never"is a 1980 song byNew Zealand art rockgroupSplit Enz.It was released in May 1980 as the second single from their sixth studio albumTrue Colours.

Track listings

Australian release

Side A

"I Hope I Never" – 3:56 (Tim Finn)

Side B

"Hypnotised" (Tim Finn)
"Carried Away" (Neil Finn)

International release

It was released in the US and in the Netherlands with the same track listing, but different artwork.

"I Hope I Never" – 3:56 (Tim Finn)
"The Choral Sea" – 4:38 (Eddie Rayner)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[1]	18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[2]	30
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[3]	33

Cover versions

Colleen Hewettfrom her album,Colleen(1983)
ENZSO(1995), a collaboration between Split Enz'sEddie Raynerand theNew Zealand Symphony Orchestra.The cover featured New Zealand singerAnnie Crummeron vocals, changing only the lyrics to refer to herself as an "optimistic woman" rather than a man.
Australia'sTina Arenarecorded the song in 2008 with the London Studio Orchestra for her albumSongs of Love & Loss 2,and similarly changed the lyrics to reflect her gender.
Lisa Millercovered the song on the 2011 tribute albumThey Will Have Their Way.
Elizabeth Maverick (Singer) aka Ghetto Rose.

Notes

^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 untilARIAcreated their ownchartsin mid-1988.
^"Nederlandse Top 40 – Split Enz "(in Dutch).Dutch Top 40.Retrieved 15 November 2020.
^"Split Enz – I Hope I Never ".Top 40 Singles.Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[1] 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 untilARIAcreated their ownchartsin mid-1988.

[RMNZ-2] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Split Enz "(in Dutch).Dutch Top 40.Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[ND-3] "Split Enz – I Hope I Never ".Top 40 Singles.Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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