Waiata (album)

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The songs "History Never Repeats" and "One Step Ahead" were among the first music videos aired on MTV when the cable television channel launched in the United States in 1981.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Finn, except where noted. Side one:

1. "Hard Act to Follow" – 3:17
2. "One Step Ahead" (Neil Finn) – 2:52
3. "I Don't Wanna Dance" – 3:34
4. "Iris" (N. Finn) – 2:50
5. "Wail" (Eddie Rayner) – 2:49
6. "Clumsy" – 3:29

Side two:

1. "History Never Repeats" (N. Finn) – 3:00
2. "Walking Through the Ruins" – 4:15
3. "Ships" (N. Finn) – 3:01
4. "Ghost Girl" – 4:26
5. "Albert of India" (Rayner) – 4:03

2006 remaster

All songs written by Tim Finn, except where noted.

1. "Hard Act to Follow" – 3:21
2. "History Never Repeats" (N. Finn) – 2:59
3. "I Don't Wanna Dance" – 3:34
4. "One Step Ahead" (Neil Finn) – 2:51
5. "Walking Through the Ruins" – 4:07
6. "Wail" (Eddie Rayner) – 3:09
7. "Iris" (N. Finn) – 2:51
8. "Clumsy" – 3:32
9. "Ghost Girl" – 4:39
10. "Ships" (N. Finn) – 3:03
11. "Albert of India" (Rayner) – 4:14
12. "In the Wars" – 3:33

Personnel

Split Enz

• Tim Finn – vocals
• Neil Finn – vocals, guitar
• Noel Crombie – percussion
• Malcolm Green – drums
• Nigel Griggs – bass
• Edward Rayner – vocals, keyboards
• International Management – Nathan D. Brenner

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>Template:Cite book NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.</ref>	1
Canada (RPM)<ref name="RPM Chart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17
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US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)<ref name="All Music Guide">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	45

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3
Canadian Albums (RPM) <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	67

See also

• List of Top 25 albums for 1981 in Australia