Dirty Creature

"Dirty Creature"
"Dirty Creature"
Single by Split Enz
from the album Time and Tide
B-side	"Make Sense of It"
Released	March 1982
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	4:02
Label	Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Tim Finn, Nigel Griggs, Neil Finn
Split Enz singles chronology

B-side"Make Sense of It"

ReleasedMarch 1982

Length4:02

"Dirty Creature" is a song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz. It was released in March 1982 as the lead single from their album Time and Tide.

Tim Finn had been suffering from panic attacks at the time, and co-wrote the song as a relief for his condition.^[1]

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]^[3]	6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[4]	3

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Studio albums	Mental Notes Second Thoughts Dizrythmia Frenzy True Colours Waiata / Corroboree Time and Tide Conflicting Emotions See Ya 'Round
Live albums	The Living Enz Anniversary Extravagenza
Compilations	The Beginning of the Enz Beginning of the Enz Enz of an Era History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz Oddz and Enz Rear Enz The Best of Split Enz Spellbound Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes
Tribute albums	She Will Have Her Way He Will Have His Way They Will Have Their Way
Singles	"Late Last Night" "My Mistake" "I See Red" "I Got You" "I Hope I Never" "Poor Boy" "One Step Ahead" "History Never Repeats" "I Don't Wanna Dance" "Dirty Creature" "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" "Never Ceases to Amaze Me" "Next Exit" "Strait Old Line" "Message to My Girl" "I Walk Away"
Videos	Split Enz One Out of the Bag
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