"I Hope I Never" is a 1980 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz. It was released in May 1980 as the second single from their sixth studio album True Colours.

"I Hope I Never"
Single by Split Enz
from the album True Colours
B-side
  • "Hypnotised"
  • "Carried Away"
ReleasedMay 1980
RecordedArmstrong, Melbourne, 1979
GenreRock
Length3:56
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Tim Finn
Producer(s)David Tickle
Split Enz singles chronology
"I Got You"
(1980)
"I Hope I Never"
(1980)
"Nobody Takes Me Seriously"
(1980)
Alternative covers
US cover
Alternative cover
Dutch cover

Track listings

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Australian release

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Side A
  1. "I Hope I Never" – 3:56 (Tim Finn)
Side B
  1. "Hypnotised" (Tim Finn)
  2. "Carried Away" (Neil Finn)

International release

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It was released in the US and in the Netherlands with the same track listing, but different artwork.

  1. "I Hope I Never" – 3:56 (Tim Finn)
  2. "The Choral Sea" – 4:38 (Eddie Rayner)

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[2] 30
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 33

Cover versions

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Notes

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  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 288. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  2. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Split Enz" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Split Enz – I Hope I Never". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 15 November 2020.