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.
They have had eight songs listed in the APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time, more than any other band. Albums Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsNZAUSAustralian chart peaks: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988. Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: ALL ARIA charts (June 1988 to Sept 2025: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.CANNLUKUSMental 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: GoldFrenzy Released: February 1979 Label: Mushroom (L 36768) 13 24 49— — — RIANZ: Gold AUS: Gold MC: 40,000 copiesTrue Colours Released: June 1980 Label: Mushroom (L 37167) 1 1 1027 38 40 NZ: Multi Platinum AUS: 5× Platinum MC: 2× PlatinumWaiata (titled Corroboree in Australia) Released: March 1981 Label: Mushroom (RML 53001) 1 1 17— — 45 AUS: 3× Platinum CAN: PlatinumTime and Tide Released: April 1982 Label: Mushroom (RML 53012) 1 1 4— 71 58 NZ: 2× Platinum AUS: 2× Platinum CAN: PlatinumConflicting Emotions Released: November 1983 Label: Mushroom (RML 53107) 3 13 —10 — 137 RIANZ: Platinum AUS: GoldSee Ya 'Round Released: October 1984 Label: Mushroom (RML 53146) 5 29 —— — — RIANZ: Platinum
Live albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsNZAUSThe 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: GoldAnniversary Released: November 1994 Label: Mushroom (D 98010) Recorded in New Zealand during Split Enz's Twentieth Anniversary tour in March 1993 — 150Extravagenza (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 CertificationsNZAUSThe 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 AUS: PlatinumThe Split Enz Collection 1973-1984 Released: June 1987 (Australia only) Label: Concept (CC 0050) 41History 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 ARIA: GoldOddz 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 ARIA: PlatinumHistory 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 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 1972–1979Released: 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 1980–1984Released: 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 SetReleased: 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 & 2Released: 14 November 2025 Label: Warner (CRC1899) Details: 5×CD (Mental Notes, Second Thoughts (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix), Second Thoughts, The Beginning of the Enz (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix) and Wide Angle Enz), 3×LP (Mental Notes, Second Thoughts (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix) and The Beginning of the Enz (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)), Blu-ray
Video albums +List of video albums, with selected details and certifications Title Details Certification Live in Concert Released: 1980 Label: Mushroom Details: Recorded live at HSV7 Studios, Melbourne, Australia, January 7, 1980. Video LP 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
Tribute albums + List of tribute albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsNZAUSPeaks in Australia: Enzso: 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 ARIA: PlatinumENZSO 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 ARIA: 2× Platinum The album has sold over 350,000 copies 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 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 Label: Warner (5419709451) Notes: A compilation of True Colours reimagined and recorded by Australian and New Zealand artists. 39 — Shades and Echoes Released: 5 February 2022 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 positionsTitleYearChart positionsAlbumNZAUSCANNLUKUS"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"2115 — — — —Dizrythmia"Bold as Brass" — — — — — —"I See Red"19784315 — — — —Frenzy"Give It a Whirl"1979 — —"Things" — —Non-album release"I Got You"1980115 —1253True Colours"I Hope I Never"3318—30——"Nobody Takes Me Seriously"——"What's the Matter with You" —"Poor Boy"——"One Step Ahead"6517—104Waiata"History Never Repeats"198154— —63—"I Don't Wanna Dance" —65 — — —"Hard Act to Follow" — —"Iris" —"Dirty Creature"198236 — — — —Time and Tide"Six Months in a Leaky Boat"727 —83104"Never Ceases to Amaze Me"50"Hello Sandy Allen" —"Next Exit"198347Non-album release"Strait Old Line"1542 — — — —Conflicting Emotions"Message to My Girl"19842812 —13 — —"I Wake Up Every Night" —"I Walk Away"1345See 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
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