"I Hope I Never" is a 1980 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz. It was released in May 1980 as the second single from their album True Colours.

Track listings

It was released in the US and in the Netherlands with the same track listing, but different artwork.

Personnel

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[1]	18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[2]	30
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[3]	33

Colleen Hewett from her album, Colleen (1983)
ENZSO (1995), a collaboration between Split Enz's Eddie Rayner and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. The cover featured New Zealand singer Annie Crummer on vocals, changing only the lyrics to refer to herself as an "optimistic woman" rather than a man.
Australia's Tina Arena recorded the song in 2008 with the London Studio Orchestra for her album Songs of Love & Loss 2, and similarly changed the lyrics to reflect her gender.
Lisa Miller covered the song on the 2011 tribute album They Will Have Their Way.
Elizabeth Maverick (Singer) aka Ghetto Rose.

↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 288. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Split Enz" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
↑ "Split Enz – I Hope I Never". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

v t e Split Enz
Tim Finn Phil Judd Mike Chunn Miles Golding Mike Howard Div Vercoe Wally Wilkinson Geoff Chunn Robert Gillies Eddie Rayner Emlyn Crowther Noel Crombie Malcolm Green Neil Finn Nigel Griggs Paul Hester
Studio albums	Mental Notes Second Thoughts Dizrythmia Frenzy True Colours Waiata / Corroboree Time and Tide Conflicting Emotions See Ya 'Round
Live albums	The Living Enz Anniversary Extravagenza
Compilations	The Beginning of the Enz Beginning of the Enz Enz of an Era History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz Oddz and Enz Rear Enz The Best of Split Enz Spellbound Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes
Tribute albums	She Will Have Her Way He Will Have His Way They Will Have Their Way
Singles	"Late Last Night" "My Mistake" "I See Red" "I Got You" "I Hope I Never" "Poor Boy" "One Step Ahead" "History Never Repeats" "I Don't Wanna Dance" "Dirty Creature" "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" "Never Ceases to Amaze Me" "Next Exit" "Strait Old Line" "Message to My Girl" "I Walk Away"
Videos	Split Enz One Out of the Bag
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v t e Colleen Hewett
Studio albums	Colleen Hewett M'Lady Colleen Tenterfield Dreams Black & White
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"Superstar" "Day by Day" "Carry That Weight" "Waltzing Matilda" "Sit Yourself Down" "I Believe When I Fall in Love " "If You Could Read My Mind" "Dreaming My Dreams with You" "The Wind Beneath My Wings" "I Hope I Never"
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