| "Not the Girl You Think You Are" | ||||
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| Single by Crowded House | ||||
| from the album Recurring Dream | ||||
| Released | November 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:08 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Finn | |||
| Producer(s) | Mitchell Froom, Neil Finn, Tchad Blake | |||
| Crowded House singles chronology | ||||
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"Not the Girl You Think You Are" is a 1996 song by rock group Crowded House. It was the third and final single released from the group's greatest hits compilation Recurring Dream (1996). According to the songwriter Neil Finn, the song was written as both his homage to The Beatles and his attempt at writing a song like them.[1] It reached No. 37 on the ARIA Singles Chart,[2] No. 41 in New Zealand,[3] and No. 20 on the UK Singles Chart.[4]
Finn mentioned on Twitter in 2016 that the song was recorded using an Optigan.[5]
- ^ Bailey, Marck; Comprehensive discography Archived 21 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine of Crowded House including track listings for all albums and singles. Released 28 March 1995. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Crowded House – 'Not the Girl You Think You Are'". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Crowded House – 'Not the Girl You Think You Are'". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ "Crowded House – Full Official Charts History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ neil mullane finn [@NeilFinn] (17 December 2016). "It is quite druggy isn't it . I blame the optigon and the drugs" (Tweet) – via Twitter.