Split Enz formed in New Zealand in 1972 but did not find commercial success until 1980 with their True Colors album.
Featuring brothers Tim (piano & vocals) & Neil Finn (guitar & vocals), Noel Crombie (drums & percussion), Nigel Griggs (bass) and Eddie Rayner (keyboards & Percussion)
Time and Tide is the seventh album by New Zealand new wave band Split Enz and was released in 1982 and the first single from this album was Dirty Creatures which climbed to number 6 on the ARIA charts.
This song was written by Tim Finn & Split Enz and is there second single from the Album and reached number 2 on the ARIA. The song references Aotearoa and The Tyranny of Distance by Geoffrey Blainey and is a reference to the time it took for pioneers to sail to New Zealand and is also a metaphor referring to Tim's nervous breakdown.