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"Poor Boy" was a song written by Tim Finn and recorded by Split Enz for their 1980 True Colours album. It was released as a single in the UK only.[1]
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"Poor Boy" | ||||
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Single by Split Enz | ||||
from the album True Colours | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 1980 | |||
Recorded | Melbourne, 1979 | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Length | 3:28 | |||
Label | Mushroom Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tim Finn | |||
Producer(s) | David Tickle | |||
Split Enz singles chronology | ||||
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The lyrics concerned a young man who had fallen in love with a girl on another planet, who he had only discovered existed when tuning his radio, and his regret that they will never meet face to face. The song made use of an ethereal keyboard solo by Eddie Rayner.
In 2009 a Melbourne Theatre Company production[2] of the same name redeveloped the song's themes, with the other-worldly character presented as the ghost of a car accident.
Released in the United Kingdom only.
"Poor Boy" | ||||
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Single by Enzso | ||||
from the album Enzso | ||||
Released | 1995 | |||
Label | Sony/Epic | |||
Producer(s) | Dave Woodcock Eddie Rayner | |||
Enzso singles chronology | ||||
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Dave Dobbyn singles chronology | ||||
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"Poor Boy" is a song by Enzso, released as the first single from their album Enzso. With the B-sides "I See Red", which is available on the album, and "Albert of India".
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