Better Be Home Soon

~ Recording by Crowded House

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple Of Low Men (Deluxe)Crowded HouseAlbum
  • XW1988-07-01
Universal Music Australia
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low MenCrowded HouseAlbum
  • JP1988-07-24
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)RP28-5659
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low MenCrowded HouseAlbum
  • JP1988-07-24
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CP32-5659
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low MenCrowded HouseAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7 48763 2
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low MenCrowded HouseAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7 48763 2
1.2Better Be Home Soon3:07Crowded HouseWhen You ComeCrowded HouseSingle
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDED 383
1.2Better Be Home Soon3:07Crowded HouseWhen You ComeCrowded HouseSingle
  • AU1988-09-05
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CP 2120
1.17Better Be Home Soon3:09Crowded HouseAbsolute Music 5Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE1988-10-06
Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records)353362
1.6Better Be Home Soon3:01Crowded HouseMr Music No. 10 – 1988Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Mr Music (Swedish compilation label)MMMC 1073
1.6Better Be Home Soon3:01Crowded HouseMr Music Nr 10 – 1988Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Mr Music (Swedish compilation label)MMCD 1073
1.1Better Be Home Soon3:07Crowded HouseBetter Be Home SoonCrowded HouseSingle
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CP 2100
1.4Better Be Home Soon (album version)3:08Crowded HouseFall at Your FeetCrowded HouseSingle
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDCL 626
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low MenCrowded HouseAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), EMI Records Australia7 48763 2
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low MenCrowded HouseAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP-548763
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low MenCrowded HouseAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)7 48763 1
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low Men (Columbia House)Crowded HouseAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP-548763
1.13Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseBig HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Festival Records (Australian)TVD 9311
3.4Better Be Home Soon (album version)3:08Crowded HouseWoodface Singles CollectionCrowded HouseSingle + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDCLS 655
2.3Better Be Home Soon3:07Crowded HouseTake 40: Ten Years of No. 1 HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1995
Mushroom RecordsD56010
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1996-06-21
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)7243 8 52248 2 9
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1996-06-24
  • GB1996-06-24
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDEST 2283
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-07-23
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7243 8 38250 2 8
1.19Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseAll You Need: 15 Years of Love 1980-1995, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)74321 342162
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 538250
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)8 52248 2
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)7243 8 38396 2 9
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House (Columbia House version)Crowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 538250
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 8 38250 2 8
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)7243 8 38396 2 9, CDEST 2283
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best Of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)CDP 7243 8 38250 2 8, D 114841
4.1Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseEighties CompleteVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)8567612
3.9Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseEssential EightiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)859184
1.11Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseNow the Music: Strictly MenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)74321 425812
4.10Better Be Home Soon3:09Crowded House40 Years of Australian Rock 'n RollVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The Coalition Music Group
1.9Better Be Home Soon3:09Crowded HouseEssential Eighties 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)823476
3.8Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseBest of the 80'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)5235302
1.1Better Be Home Soon3:07Crowded HouseAbsolute Acoustic RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2001-10-08
Universal Music Australia585 480-2
2.2Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseLegends IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2003-11-04
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)593788 2
1.14Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseThe EssentialCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)07243 5 83425 2 9
1.3Better Be Home Soon3:09Crowded HouseNature’s Best 2: More of New Zealand's Top Songs of All-TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • NZ2004-05-07
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)5088102000
3.3Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseNature’s Best: New Zealand’s Top 100 Songs of All-Time: The Complete Nature’s Best CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)5178093000
2.6Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseShe Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil FinnVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)3425032
1.4Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseAustralian Legends IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2006-03-28
EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)0946 3572332 8
1.4Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseAria Awards 20th AnniversaryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)82876894252
1.6Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded House20 Years of RageVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)5144211572
1.6Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded House20 Years of RageVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ABC Music (Australian Broadcasting Corporation in-house label), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)1778704
2.2Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseAustralia's Ultimate SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Liberation Music (Australian, big L logo or "Liberation" on one line)
1.21Better Be Home Soon3:13Crowded HouseThe Great New Zealand SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), thom music8869746622
1.21Better Be Home Soon3:13Crowded HouseThe Great New Zealand SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), thom music88697476642
1.7Better Be Home Soon3:09Crowded HouseThe Very Very Best of Crowded House ("Autumn" cover: 1 CD version)Crowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-10-18
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)50999 917403 2 8
1.16Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseThe Very Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • US2010-10-25
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
4.9Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseSongs From the 100 Best Australian AlbumsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2010-10-29
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697784452
1.11Better Be Home Soon3:07Crowded House101 Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music South Africa (not for release label use!)(SWFD) 6618
1.16Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseThe Very Very Best of Crowded House ("Summer" cover: 2 CD version)Crowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)50999 917404 2 7
1.7Better Be Home Soon3:09Crowded HouseThe Very Very Best of Crowded House ("Autumn" cover: 1 CD version)Crowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)509999 17403 2 8
2.3Better Be Home Soon3:07Crowded House101 Moments in Music, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • ZA2011-08-15
cdemcj 6670
1.16Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseEssentialCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)50999 6 80237 2 0
1.16Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseEssentialCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)50999 6 80237 2 0
1.22Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseThe Great New Zealand Song Book: Souvenir EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), thom music88697915522
2.2Better Be Home Soon3:09Crowded HouseAlle 40 goed - Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • -2012-03-30
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)50999 4633312 4
2.2Better Be Home Soon3:09Crowded HouseGoldCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2014-01-17
Universal Music Group International (manages UMG's offices in most countries outside of North America)0600753470039
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low Men (deluxe edition)Crowded HouseAlbum
  • AU2016-11-04
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)5372011
1.7Better Be Home Soon3:09Crowded HouseJust the Hits 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2018-03-23
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)538 205-2
1.8Better Be Home Soon3:09Crowded HouseJust the Hits 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Australia5382049
1.27Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseSlow Dance First DanceVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.7Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseJust the Hits: 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.12Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseAussie LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HousePub SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.5Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HousePub MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.31Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseValentine’s Day 2020Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.8Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded House80’s NostalgiaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseClassic Pub SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.25Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded House80s Smash HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.81Better Be Home Soon3:07Crowded House80’s and 90’s HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.4Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseEighties Chart Toppers, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + CompilationEMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 8 38019 2 3
2.2Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseLegends IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low Men (CD-Matrix: CDP 748763 2 OT @ 1 1-1-13-NL)Crowded HouseAlbumCapitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7 48763 2
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseTemple of Low MenCrowded HouseAlbumCapitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.10Better Be Home Soon3:07Crowded HouseTemple of Low Men (repress, price code "PM 516" printed below barcode)Crowded HouseAlbumCapitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7 48763 2
1.11Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseThe Future ProjectVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.8Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseCircuit City Gift Certificate: 1996 CD SamplerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
5.11Better Be Home Soon3:12Crowded HouseKiwi Gold Disc III: 1965 - 1990Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
NZ On Air[none]
(unknown)
1.14Better Be Home Soon3:08Crowded HouseMega HitzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1988
1.18Better Be Home Soon3:10Crowded HouseRecurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)

Relationships

drums (drum set):Paul Hester (Australian drummer for Crowded House/Split Enz)
electric bass guitar [bass]:Nick Seymour
guitar and lead vocals:Neil Finn
recording of:Better Be Home Soon

Better Be Home Soon

lyricist and composer:Neil Finn