Fraction Too Much Friction

1983 single by Tim Finn

"Fraction Too Much Friction"

Single by Tim Finn
from the album  Escapade
Released| May 1983
Studio| Festival Studios, Sydney
Genre| Pop
Length| 4:14
Label| Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)| Tim Finn
Producer(s)| Mark Moffatt, Ricky Fataar
Tim Finn singles chronology
|  | "Fraction Too Much Friction"
(1983)  | "Made My Day"
(1983)

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"Fraction Too Much Friction" is a song by New Zealand musician, Tim Finn, released in May 1983 as his debut single from his debut studio album, Escapade. 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.[1]

The song was covered by Wilbur Wilde for the Australian film The Coolangatta Gold (1984).

## Track listing

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Australian/New Zealand 7" single (K-9118)

* A. "Fraction Too Much Friction – 4:14
* B. "Below the Belt" – 4:20

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Fraction Too Much Friction"  Chart (1983)  | Peak
position

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Australia (Kent Music Report)[2][3] | 8
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)  | 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] | 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] | 2

### Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for "Fraction Too Much Friction"  Chart (1983)  | Position

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Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 51

## References

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1. ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
2. ^ a b "Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via Imgur.com.
3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 112\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
4. ^ "TIM FINN – Fraction Too Much Friction" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
5. ^ "TIM FINN – Fraction Too Much Friction". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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Studio albums|

* Escapade
* Big Canoe
* Tim Finn
* Before & After
* Say It Is So
* Feeding the Gods
* Imaginary Kingdom
* The Conversation
* The View Is Worth the Climb
* Caught by the Heart

live albums|

* Together in Concert: Live (with Dave Dobbyn & Bic Runga)

compilation albums|

* North, South, East, West...Anthology

Singles|

* "Fraction Too Much Friction"
* "Made My Day"
* "No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain"
* "How'm I Gonna Sleep"
* "Parihaka"
* "Persuasion"

Operas|

* Ihitai 'Avei'a - Star Navigator

Related articles|

* Split Enz
* Finn Brothers

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