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  • Six Months In A Leaky Boat
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  • Falklands War
  • 1982 singles
  • Songs written by Tim Finn
  • Split Enz songs
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  • %22Six Months in a Leaky Boat%22 is a single from New Zealand art rock group Split Enz's album Time and Tide. It was written by Tim Finn and released as a single in 1982.The song is a reference to the time it took pioneers to sail to Australia and New Zealand (hence the reference to %22the tyranny of distance%22 - a history by Geoffrey Blainey), and a metaphor that refers to lead singer Tim Finn's nervous breakdown.The song was %22discouraged from airplay%22 in Britain during the Falklands crisis by the BBC for reasons of morale - it was thought that references to leaky boats was not appropriate during the naval action in the war.
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  • USA561410912
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  • 2410
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  • Mushroom Records
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  • 1982
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  • Six Months In A Leaky Boat
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