"Fraction Too Much Friction" is a song by New Zealand musician,
Tim Finn
Brian Timothy Finn (born 25 June 1952) is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He is best known as a founding member of Split Enz. Finn founded the band in 1972 with Phil Judd and served as lead singer and principal songw ...
, released in May 1983 as his debut single from his debut studio album, ''
Escapade
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Transportation
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*'' Just Escapade'', an American two-seat kit-built light aircraft
Films
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''. The song reached number 2 on the New Zealand charts and number 8 in Australia.
At the
1983 Countdown Australian Music Awards, "Fraction Too Much Friction" won Best Video.
The song was covered by
Wilbur Wilde
Wilbur Wilde (born Nicholas Robert Aitken on 5 October 1955) is an Australian saxophonist, television personality and radio presenter. He is best known for his work on ''Hey Hey It's Saturday''. He rose to prominence with the bands Ol' 55 and ...
for the Australian film ''
The Coolangatta Gold
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The Event
History
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'' (1984).
Track listing
;Australian/New Zealand 7" single
(K-9118)
*A. "Fraction Too Much Friction – 4:14
*B. "Below the Belt" – 4:20
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
1983 songs
1983 singles
Songs written by Tim Finn
Mushroom Records singles
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