Split Enz discography

This is a complete discography listing for Split Enz, a New Zealand-originated experimental rock-pop group. Their creative output includes several albums, singles, music videos, compilations as well as albums paying tribute to them with covers by other artists.

Split Enz discography
Studio albums	9
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	11
Tribute albums	5
Singles	32
B-sides	44
Video albums	6
Music videos	25

They have had eight songs listed in the APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time, more than any other band.^[1]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		NZ [2]	AUS [3]	CAN	NL	UK [4]	US [5]
Mental Notes	Released: July 1975 Label: White Cloud (WCL 101)	7	35	—	—	—	—
Second Thoughts (titled Mental Notes in Europe and North America)	Released: August 1976 Label: Mushroom (L 35981)	18	25	—	—	—	—
Dizrythmia	Released: August 1977 Label: Mushroom (L 36347)	3	18	—	—	—	—	AUS: Gold[6]
Frenzy	Released: February 1979 Label: Mushroom (L 36768)	13	24	49	—	—	—	RIANZ: Gold[7] AUS: Gold[8] MC: 40,000 copies[9]
True Colours	Released: June 1980 Label: Mushroom (L 37167)	1	1	10	27	38	40	NZ: Multi Platinum[10][11] AUS: 5× Platinum[12][8] MC: 2× Platinum[6][9]
Waiata (titled Corroboree in Australia)	Released: March 1981 Label: Mushroom (RML 53001)	1	1	17	—	—	45	AUS: 3x Platinum [8] CAN: Platinum[9]
Time and Tide	Released: April 1982 Label: Mushroom (RML 53012)	1	1	4	—	71	58	NZ: 2× Platinum[9] AUS: 2x Platinum[13][8] CAN: Platinum[9]
Conflicting Emotions	Released: November 1983 Label: Mushroom (RML 53107)	3	13	—	10	—	137	RIANZ: Platinum[7] AUS: Gold[8]
See Ya 'Round	Released: October 1984 Label: Mushroom (RML 53146)	5	29	—	—	—	—	RIANZ: Platinum[7]

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		NZ [2]	AUS [3][14]
The Living Enz	Released: 1985 Label: Mushroom (RML 55007/8) Recorded at various shows during the 1982 Time and Tide tour and the 1984 Enz with a Bang! tour	9	88	RIANZ: Gold[7]
Anniversary	Released: November 1994 Label: Mushroom (D 98010) Recorded in New Zealand during Split Enz's Twentieth Anniversary tour in March 1993	—	150
Extravagenza (also issued in a cut-down version titled Greatest Hits Live)	Released: 2005 Label: Liberation Blue (BLUE120.5) Reissued and expanded version of Anniversary	—	—
Live in America	Released: 2007 (Europe only) Label: The Store for Music (SFMCD044) Recorded during the True Colours tour in October 1980	—	—
Live, Alive Oh	Released: July 2017 Label: Liberation Music (LMCD0326) Recorded in New Zealand during Split Enz's Twentieth Anniversary tour in March 1993 & NZ Farewell Tour Vector Arena 2008	—	91

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		NZ [2]	AUS [3]
The Beginning of the Enz	Released: November 1979 Label: Mushroom (L 37132) Pre-Mental Notes singles and demos recorded 1973–1974	35	—
Beginning of the Enz	Released: December 1980 (UK only) Label: Chrysalis (CHR 1329) Different album to 1979 album of the same name	—	—
Enz of an Era	Released: November 1982 Label: Mushroom (RML 52027)	1	8	RIANZ: Platinum[15] AUS: Platinum[13]
The Split Enz Collection 1973-1984	Released: June 1987 (Australia only) Label: Concept (CC 0050)	—	41
History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz	Released: 1987 (US), 1989 (New Zealand & Australia) Label: A&M (SP-3289) Mushroom (L 30222)	9	62	RIANZ: 5× Platinum[7] ARIA: Gold[3]
Oddz and Enz	Released: 1992 (Exclusive to the box set Split Enz 1972–1979) Label: Mushroom Singles, rarities, demos and live recordings 1975–1979	—	—
Rear Enz	Released: 1992 (Exclusive to the box set Split Enz 1980–1984) Label: Mushroom Singles, rarities and demos 1980–1984	—	—
The Best of Split Enz	Released: 1993 (UK & US) Label: Chrysalis (CDP 528409)	—	—
Spellbound	Released: May 1997 Label: Mushroom (MUSH33015.2)	17	5	RIANZ: 2× Platinum[7] ARIA: Platinum[3]
History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz – 30th Anniversary Edition	Released: 2002 Label: Mushroom (33619-2) Expanded and remastered edition of earlier release of the same name	—	56	ARIA: Gold[3][16]
Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes	Released: 10 November 2007 Label: Warner Music Australia (5144241092) A collection of demos made in 1978	—	—

Box sets

List of box sets, with selected details

Title	Details
Split Enz 1972–1979	Released: 1992 Label: Mushroom (D80940) Details: 6×CD (Mental Notes, Second Thoughts, Dizrythmia, Frenzy, The Beginning of the Enz and exclusive Oddz and Enz)
Split Enz 1980–1984	Released: 1992 Label: Mushroom (D80946) Details: 6×CD (True Colours, Corroboree, Time and Tide, Conflicting Emotions, See Ya 'Round and exclusive Rear Enz)
Enz to Enz - The Ultimate Split Enz Box Set	Released: 2007 Label: Mushroom, Warner Music (5144255272) Details: 11×CD (Mental Notes, Second Thoughts, Dizrythmia, Frenzy, The Beginning of the Enz, True Colours, Corroboree, Time and Tide, Conflicting Emotions, See Ya 'Round and Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes, the last of which was initially exclusive to this box set)
ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2	Released: 14 November 2025 Label: Warner (CRC1899) Details: 5×CD (Mental Notes, Second Thoughts (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix), Second Thoughts, The Beginning of the Enz, Wide Angle End), 3×LP, DVD

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected details and certifications

Title	Details	Certification
Live in Concert[17]	Released: 1980 Label: Mushroom Details: Recorded live at HSV7 Studios, Melbourne, Australia, January 7, 1980.
Video LP [18]	Released: 1982 Label: Sony/MTV Music Television Details: Recorded live at Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, June 1982.
History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz	Released: 1987 (US), 1989 (New Zealand & Australia) Label: Mushroom
Split Enz 1972–1992	Released: 1992 Label: Mushroom
Split Enz	Released: 2002 Label: Festival Mushroom
One Out of the Bag	Released: 2007 Label: Warner Music Entertainment Details: Recorded live at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, June 2006.	ARIA: Gold[19]

Tribute albums

List of tribute albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		NZ [2][20]	AUS [3][21]
ENZSO (by Enzso)	Released: 5 November 1996 Label: Epic (483870.2) Notes: A collection of Split Enz songs as performed by New Zealand artists and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO).	2	4	RIANZ: Platinum[22] ARIA: Platinum[23]
ENZSO 2 (by Enzso)	Released: 1999 Label: Epic (492852.2) Notes: A second collection of Split Enz songs with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.	25	—
She Will Have Her Way	Released: 26 September 2005 Label: EMI, Capitol (09463404952 8) Notes: A collection of songs written by Neil and Tim Finn, performed by Australian and New Zealand female artists	4	3	RIANZ: Platinum[24] ARIA: 2× Platinum[25] The album has sold over 350,000 copies[26]
He Will Have His Way	Released: 12 November 2010 Label: EMI, Capitol (9471022) Notes: A collection of songs written by Neil and Tim Finn, performed by Australian and New Zealand male artists.	—	5	ARIA: Gold[27]
They Will Have Their Way	Released: 28 October 2011 Label: EMI (7305842) Notes: A compilation of She and He with additional tracks	—	31
True Colours, New Colours: The Songs of Split Enz	Released: 12 February 2021[28] Label: Warner (5419709451) Notes: A compilation of True Colours reimagined and recorded by Australian and New Zealand artists.	39 [29]	—
Shades and Echoes (by Forenzics)	Released: 5 February 2022[28] Label: Warner Notes: Debut album of a new project from Tim Finn & Eddie Rayner, reimagining old songs.	—	—

Singles

Where available, chart positions are given for each country of release.
A mark of " — " indicates the single was released in that country, but did not chart. Cells in dark grey indicate that the single was not released in that country.

List of singles, with selected peak chart positions

Title	Year	Chart positions						Album
		NZ [2]	AUS [3]	CAN	NL	UK [4]	US [30]
"For You" (released as Split Ends)	1973	—						Non-album releases (all later included on The Beginning of the Enz)
"Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song" (released as Split Ends)		—
"No Bother to Me"	1975	—
"Maybe"		—	—					Mental Notes
"Late Last Night"	1976	—	93		—			Non-album release (different version on Second Thoughts)
"Matinee Idyll"			—					Second Thoughts
"Another Great Divide"	1977	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album release
"My Mistake"		21	15	—	—	—	—	Dizrythmia
"Bold as Brass"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"I See Red"	1978	43	15	—	—	—	—	Frenzy
"Give It a Whirl"	1979	—	—
"Things"		—	—					Non-album release
"I Got You"	1980	1	1	5	—	12	53	True Colours
"I Hope I Never"		33	18	—	30	—	—
"Nobody Takes Me Seriously"						—	—
"What's the Matter with You"				—
"Poor Boy"						—	—
"One Step Ahead"		6	5	17		—	104	Waiata
"History Never Repeats"	1981	5	4	—	—	63	—
"I Don't Wanna Dance"		—	65	—		—	—
"Hard Act to Follow"				—	—
"Iris"							—
"Dirty Creature"	1982	3	6	—	—	—	—	Time and Tide
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat"		7	2	7	—	83	104
"Never Ceases to Amaze Me"			50
"Hello Sandy Allen"		—
"Next Exit"	1983		47					Non-album release
"Strait Old Line"		15	42	—	—	—	—	Conflicting Emotions
"Message to My Girl"	1984	28	12	—	13	—	—
"I Wake Up Every Night"			—
"I Walk Away"		13	45					See Ya 'Round
"One Mouth Is Fed"		—	—
"I See Red" (re-release)	1989	27	75					History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz

See also

• Crowded House discography