Poor Boy (Split Enz song)

"Poor Boy"
"Poor Boy"
Single by Enzso
from the album Enzso
Released	1995
Label	Sony/Epic
Producer(s)	Dave Woodcock; Eddie Rayner
Enzso singles chronology
Dave Dobbyn singles chronology

"Poor Boy"
"Poor Boy"
Single by Split Enz
from the album True Colours
B-side	"Missing Person (Live)";
Released	1980
Recorded	Melbourne, 1979
Genre	New wave
Length	3:28
Label	Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Tim Finn
Producer(s)	David Tickle
Split Enz singles chronology

"Poor Boy" was a song written by Tim Finn and recorded by Split Enz for their 1980 True Colours album. It was released as a single in the UK only.^[1]

The song

The lyrics concerned a young man who had fallen in love with a girl on another planet, who he had only discovered existed when tuning his radio, and his regret that they will never meet face to face. The song made use of an ethereal keyboard solo by Eddie Rayner.

In popular culture

In 2009 a Melbourne Theatre Company production^[2] of the same name redeveloped the song's themes, with the other-worldly character presented as the ghost of a car accident.

Track listing

Released in the United Kingdom only.

"Poor Boy" 3:28
"Missing Person (Live)" 3:39

Personnel

ENZSO version

"Poor Boy" is a song by Enzso, released as the first single from their album Enzso. With the B-sides "I See Red", which is available on the album, and "Albert of India".

Track listing

"Poor Boy" - Dave Dobbyn
"I See Red" - Tim Finn
"Albert of India" - Eddie Rayner

References

^ "Poor Boy / Missing Person by Split Enz (Single, Art Pop): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list". Rate Your Music. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
^ "Poor Boy :: Melbourne Theatre Company". Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-03-06.

[1] "Poor Boy / Missing Person by Split Enz (Single, Art Pop): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list". Rate Your Music. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

[2] "Poor Boy :: Melbourne Theatre Company". Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-03-06.

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