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The Finn Brothers

Band New Zealand Formed 1995

The Finn Brothers formed in 1995 in New Zealand. The Finn Brothers has 9 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Only Talking Sense”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #1520. The station that charted The Finn Brothers most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances.

9appearances

9countdowns

2songs charted

3stations

0#1 finishes

1999–2025years

The Finn Brothers finally made it official in 1995, when Neil and Tim Finn, the two brothers from Te Awamutu in New Zealand, put both their names on the cover of Finn and released it on Parlophone. The idea was older than the record. They had been making music together since they were kids, and Neil was just 18 when Tim brought him into Split Enz, where the younger brother went on to write "I Got You", one of that band's biggest hits.

Tim cut his first solo album, Escapade, and then left Split Enz, which folded soon afterwards; Neil went off and started Crowded House. After the two of them worked on a brothers' record together, Tim joined Crowded House for Woodface, where the pair co-wrote several major hits, and he toured with the band in 1991. Both had been made OBEs in 1993 for their contribution to music.

Finn is the sound of two voices that have known each other forever, finding the kind of harmonies only siblings can find, and "Only Talking Sense" carries that easy, close-knit warmth. They came back to the partnership in 2004 with Everyone Is Here and the stubborn, head-up "Won't Give In".

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by The Finn Brothers on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Only Talking Sense	168	7	#1520	–	–
2	WON'T GIVE IN	15	2	#685	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2025	685	WON'T GIVE IN	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2024	787	WON'T GIVE IN	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2005	1524	Only Talking Sense	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	1526	Only Talking Sense	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	1526	Only Talking Sense	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	1522	Only Talking Sense	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	1524	Only Talking Sense	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	1521	Only Talking Sense	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	1520	Only Talking Sense	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)

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