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Tim Finn

Solo artist Te Awamutu New Zealand

Tim Finn is an artist from Te Awamutu. Tim Finn has 15 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2009. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Persuasion”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #741. The station that charted Tim Finn most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances.

15appearances

8countdowns

3songs charted

2stations

0#1 finishes

1999–2009years

Tim Finn, born in 1952 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand, founded Split Enz in 1972 with Phil Judd, the two of them sharing lead vocals and songwriting in a gloriously odd, restless band. When Judd left in 1977, Finn carried the band alone for a while until his brother Neil stepped in and joined him at the front. Tim wrote or co-wrote some of their best-loved songs, "I See Red", "Dirty Creature", "I Hope I Never" and "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" among them.

His first solo album, Escapade, came out in 1983 while he was still in Split Enz, and it was a hit, with "Fraction Too Much Friction" and "Made My Day". He left the band early in 1984, then came back for their farewell tour later that year.

He joined Neil in Crowded House in time for Woodface, co-writing most of the album with his brother, including "Four Seasons in One Day", "Weather with You" and "It's Only Natural", before leaving in 1991. Before & After, in 1993, brought the warm, melodic pop of "Persuasion" and "Hit The Ground Running", and that same year the brothers were both appointed OBE for services to music. They reunited later in the decade as the Finn Brothers, and Tim has kept busy with solo records, film scores and musicals.

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

Songs by Tim Finn on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Persuasion	429	7	#741	–	–
2	Hit The Ground Running	420	7	#766	–	–
3	Couldn't Be Done	51	1	#452	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

1993Before & After2 charting songs

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2009	452	Couldn't Be Done	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2005	741	Persuasion	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	766	Hit The Ground Running	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	741	Persuasion	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	766	Hit The Ground Running	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	741	Persuasion	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	766	Hit The Ground Running	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	741	Persuasion	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	766	Hit The Ground Running	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	741	Persuasion	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	766	Hit The Ground Running	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	741	Persuasion	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	766	Hit The Ground Running	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	994	Persuasion	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1017	Hit The Ground Running	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)

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