Song · Crowded House
“Into Temptation” by Crowded House
From the album Temple of Low Men (1988)
“Into Temptation” by Crowded House appears on 9 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1991 and 2023. It was first released in 1988 on the album Temple of Low Men. Its best result is #95 on the Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,876 alternative song of all time.
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"Into Temptation" was the third single pulled from Temple of Low Men, Crowded House's second album, in 1988, and it's Neil Finn at his quietest and most unsettling. He wrote it alone and sang it so convincingly that, as one critic later told it, Sharon Finn took the song as a sign Neil was cheating on her.
The arrangement does the seducing. The verses are nearly bare, Finn's voice right up front over his guitar, Nick Seymour's bass and Paul Hester's jazzy brushwork, and then the chorus opens into a lush sweep of synth strings. It peaked at 59 in Australia in January 1989 and went top 20 in the Netherlands, and it later earned a spot on the hits collection Recurring Dream.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 95 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1991) | 100 |
| 1999 | 622 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 622 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 622 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 622 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 622 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 622 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 622 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2023 | 803 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
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