Something So Strong
"Something So Strong" is a rock song written by Neil Finn and Mitchell Froom and performed by Crowded House for their eponymous debut album (June 1986). The track was released as the album's fifth and final single in April 1987. The single peaked at No. 18 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart, No. 3 in New Zealand, No. 7 in the United States Billboard Hot 100, and No. 10 on the Canadian RPM 100.
| "Something So Strong" | ||||
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| Single by Crowded House | ||||
| from the album Crowded House | ||||
| B-side | "I Walk Away" | |||
| Released | 1 April 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Recording Studios, Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Finn, Mitchell Froom | |||
| Producer(s) | Mitchell Froom | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| Official music video on YouTube | ||||
The track lends its title to the book, Crowded House: Something So Strong (1997), by Australian biographer Chris Bourke, which details the band's career from forming to just after their breakup in 1996. According to Bourke, "Something So Strong", was the first song written by Finn specifically for Crowded House. However while in the studio, producer, Froom, and Finn reworked parts of the song and as such, Froom is credited as a co-writer. Demos of this song have been linked to Finn's earlier band Split Enz, from the 1984 See Ya 'Round period, potentially making the timeline earlier on this track.