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CROWDED HOUSE - BETTER BE HOME SOON (SONG)
Entry:26/06/1988 (Position 36)
Last week in charts:23/10/1988 (Position 43)
Peak:2 (4 weeks)
Weeks:18
Place on best of all time:889 (696 points)
Year:1988
Music/Lyrics:Neil Finn
Producer:Mitchell Froom
World wide:
de  Peak: 59 / weeks: 9
nl  Peak: 31 / weeks: 11
be  Peak: 34 / weeks: 4 (Vl)
au  Peak: 2 / weeks: 18
nz  Peak: 2 / weeks: 14

7" Single
Capitol CL 498



CD-Maxi
Capitol CDL 498



7" Single
Capitol CP 2100 (au)


TRACKS
13/06/1988
7" Single Capitol CL 498 (EMI)
13/06/1988
7" Single Capitol 006-202673-7 (EMI)
07/1988
7" Single Capitol CP 2100 (EMI) [au]
1. Better Be Home Soon
3:07
2. Kill Eye
3:10
   
13/06/1988
CD-Maxi Capitol CDL 498 (EMI)
1. Better Be Home Soon
3:11
2. Kill Eye
3:14
3. Don't Dream It's Over (Live)
5:56
4. Better Be Home Soon (Album)
3:07
   

AVAILABLE ON FOLLOWING MEDIA
VersionLengthTitleLabel
Number
Format
Medium
Date
3:11Better Be Home SoonCapitol
CDL 498
Single
CD-Maxi
13/06/1988
3:07Better Be Home SoonCapitol
CL 498
Single
7" Single
13/06/1988
Album3:07Better Be Home SoonCapitol
CDL 498
Single
CD-Maxi
13/06/1988
3:07Temple Of Low MenCapitol
CDP 7 48763 2
Album
CD
01/07/1988
3:07When You ComeCapitol
CP 2120
Single
7" Single
04/09/1988
3:081988 What's HotFestival
CDAL 791159
Compilation
CD
1988
3:04Now That's What I Call Music 9 [ZA]Virgin
NOW (B) 9
Compilation
LP
1988
Album3:07Fall At Your FeetCapitol
20 4451 2
Single
CD-Maxi
21/10/1991
Album3:08It's Only NaturalCapitol
436012-2
Single
CD-Maxi
09/12/1991
3:10Eighties Chart Toppers: Volume 3Capitol
8380192
Compilation
CD
1991
3:07Recurring Dream - The Very Best OfCapitol
8383962
Album
CD
28/06/1996
3:07The EssentialCapitol
5834252
Album
CD
21/03/2003
Live4:43Farewell To The World [Remastered]Parlophone
370 329 2
Album
CD
20/11/2006
3:0820 Years Of RageABC
5144211572
Compilation
CD
2007
3:08The Very Very Best Of Crowded HouseCapitol
9174032
Album
CD
15/10/2010
3:08The Very Very Best Of Crowded House [Special Edition]Capitol
9174052
Album
CD
15/10/2010
3:07EssentialCapitol
6802372
Album
CD
09/09/2011
3:09Alle 40 goedEMI
4633312
Album
CD
30/03/2012
3:09GoldUniversal
5347003
Album
CD
02/12/2013
3:08The Very Very Best Of Crowded House [Limited Edition Orange Vinyl]Capitol
00602557847581
Album
LP
07/06/2019
MUSIC DIRECTORY
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CROWDED HOUSE IN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Better Be Home Soon26/06/1988218
When You Come18/09/1988279
Chocolate Cake09/06/19912010
Fall At Your Feet15/09/1991319
It's Only Natural16/02/1992159
Weather With You03/05/1992278
Four Seasons In One Day26/07/1992472
Distant Sun17/10/1993239
Nails In My Feet06/02/1994343
Private Universe22/01/1995461
Everything Is Good For You30/06/1996107
Not The Girl You Think You Are15/09/1996373
Don't Stop Now01/07/2007345
Don't Dream It's Over20/10/2024226
 
Albums

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Temple Of Low Men24/07/1988127
Crowded House28/08/19882714
Woodface21/07/1991251
Together Alone14/11/1993218
Recurring Dream - The Very Best Of21/07/1996168
Afterglow12/12/1999362
Farewell To The World10/12/2006431
Time On Earth15/07/2007112
Intriguer27/06/201015
The Very Very Best Of Crowded House31/10/2010559
Dreamers Are Waiting20/06/202123
Gravity Stairs16/06/202431
SONGS BY CROWDED HOUSE
A Sigh
All I Ask
All That I Can Ever Own
Amsterdam
Anyone Can Tell
Archer's Arrows
As Sure As I Am
Bad Times Good
Better Be Home Soon
Black & White Boy
Black Water, White Circle
Blurry Grass
Can't Carry On
Catherine Wheels
Chocolate Cake
Deeper Down
Distant Sun
Don't Dream It's Over
Don't Stop Now
Dr. Livingstone
Eight Miles High (Crowded House with Roger McGuinn)
Either Side Of The World
Elephants
English Trees
Even A Child
Even If
Everybody's Talkin'
Everything Is Good For You
Fall At Your Feet
Falling Dove
Fame Is
Fingers Of Love
Four Seasons In One Day
Goodnight Everyone (Crowded House / Eliza-Jane Barnes)
Heaven That I'm Making
Help Is Coming
Hole In The River
How Will You Go
I Am In Love
I Can't Keep Up With You
I Feel Possessed
I Love You Dawn
I Walk Away
In My Command
In The Lowlands
Inside Out
Instinct
Into Temptation
Isolation
Italian Plastic
It's Only Natural
Kare Kare
Kill Eye
Left Hand
Lester
Locked Out
Lost Island
Love Isn't Hard At All
Love This Life
Love You 'Til The Day I Die
Magic Piano
Mansion In The Slums
Mean To Me
Mr. Tambourine Man (Crowded House with Roger McGuinn)
My Telly's Gone Bung
Nails In My Feet
Never Be The Same
Night Song
Nobody Wants To
Not The Girl You Think You Are
Now We're Getting Somewhere
Oh Hi
People Are Like Suns
Pineapple Head
Playing With Fire
Pour le monde
Private Universe
Real Life Woman
Recurring Dream
Sacred Cow
Saturday Sun
Say That Again
She Called Up
She Goes On
Show Me The Way
Silent House
Sister Madly
Skin Feeling
So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (Crowded House with Roger McGuinn)
Some Greater Plan (For Claire)
Something So Strong
Stare Me Out
Start Of Something
Sweet Tooth
Tall Trees
Teenage Summer
That's What I Call Love
The Howl
There Goes God
Thirsty
Time Immemorial
To The Island
Together Alone
Tombstone
Too Good For This World
Transit Lounge
Turn It Around
Twice If You're Lucky
Walked Her Way Down
Walking On The Spot
Weather With You
Whatever You Want
When You Come
Whispers And Moans
World Where You Live
You Are The One To Make Me Cry
You Can Touch
ALBUMS BY CROWDED HOUSE
Afterglow
Alle 40 goed
Crowded House
Crowded House [Gift Pack]
Dreamers Are Waiting
Essential
Farewell To The World
Gold
Gravity Stairs
Intriguer
Live '92-'94
Platinum Collection
Recurring Dream - The Very Best Of
Temple Of Low Men
The Essential
The Very Very Best Of Crowded House
Time On Earth
Together Alone
Woodface
DVDS BY CROWDED HOUSE
Dreaming - The Videos
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 4.84 (Reviews: 67)
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*****
Came in at #22 on my ULTIMATE TOP 50 OF 1988.<br><br>P = 114
Last edited: 24/01/2025 15:13
******
This came dangerously close the becoming a "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (a song I don't think has aged very well). However, the song's intimacy and homely sound has kept it from being too tired. Neil's vocal is (as always) beautiful and the organ solo is great - reminds me of a night at Grandma's. All so very wholesome.
******
One of their best. Their sound is very unforgettable.
Last edited: 07/08/2010 13:15
*****
Another great single!
******
A real shame this missed #1 in New Zealand. It's a classic and, for me, it's their best track. #20 of 1988 in New Zealand.
Last edited: 13/03/2019 20:32
*****
The broken record that I am: Classic!
******
Amazing classic
*****
Great!
******
An amazing song, one of their very best. Everything about it is awesome!
*****
Beautiful ballad. So unlucky to miss #1 in Australia, kept out by some tough local competition.
******
Simply gorgeous song, beautiful vocals and simple melody.
*****
Great Song!
******
Such a wonderful track! Most probably my favourite from Crowded House.
****
4 stars
*****
Great!
****
Not outstanding but I can't fault it so it gets a 4.
******
love this song
***
When I hear it on the radio, I usually dislike it and switch the channel, but hearing it again now, it is quite decent.<br><br>3.25*.
****
Ok pop nummer dat het vooral Down Under goed deed.
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