Song Exploder   /     Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

Description

Crowded House formed in 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. They’ve released eight albums, including their most recent one, Gravity Stairs, which came out last month. But on their very first album, they had a big hit with "Don’t Dream It’s Over."Crowded House made “Don’t Dream It’s Over” with Grammy-nominated producer Mitchell Froom, who they went on to work with multiple times. For this episode, I talked to frontman Neil Finn about how the song was first written, and how it developed with his bandmates and collaborators in the studio. And we talked about the profound connection people have had with the song over the years.For more, visit songexploder.net/crowded-house.

Summary

Crowded House formed in 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. They’ve released eight albums, including their most recent one, Gravity Stairs, which came out last month. But on their very first album, they had a big hit with "Don’t Dream It’s Over."Crowded House made “Don’t Dream It’s Over” with Grammy-nominated producer Mitchell Froom, who they went on to work with multiple times. For this episode, I talked to frontman Neil Finn about how the song was first written, and how it developed with his bandmates and collaborators in the studio. And we talked about the profound connection people have had with the song over the years.For more, visit songexploder.net/crowded-house.

Subtitle
Neil Finn of Crowded House tells the story behind the song "Don't Dream It's Over."
Duration
22:05
Publishing date
2024-06-12 15:55
Link
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_5727dfe4-7c07-4f40-876d-a3599be66ac9&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder
Contributors
  Hrishikesh Hirway
author  
Enclosures
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/_/93/5727dfe4-7c07-4f40-876d-a3599be66ac9/SongExploder274-CrowdedHousePart1.mp3
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