"Outlook for Thursday" | |||||||||||||||
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Single by DD Smash | |||||||||||||||
B-side | Itinerary | ||||||||||||||
Released | 22 April 1983 (New Zealand) | ||||||||||||||
Format | 7" | ||||||||||||||
Recorded | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
Genre | Rock | ||||||||||||||
Length | 4:04 | ||||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Dave Dobbyn | ||||||||||||||
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"Outlook for Thursday" is a single by New Zealand band DD Smash. It was released in 1983 unrelated to any album (though a live version appears on the 1983 live album Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes. The single charted at No. 3 in New Zealand. and was voted in 2001 by members of APRA as the 31st best New Zealand song of the 20th century.
A live version appears on the 1983 live album Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes.
The music video was directed by Andrew Shaw and filmed in Auckland featuring Dobbyn as a frazzled weather announcer. The video won Best Music Video at the 1983 New Zealand Music Awards.