Something So Strong

{{Short description|1987 single by Crowded House}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Something So Strong

| cover = Something So Strong NZ cover.png

| alt =

| caption = Artwork used in New Zealand, Australia and North America

| type = single

| artist = Crowded House

| album = Crowded House

| B-side = I Walk Away

| released = {{Start date|1987|4|1|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio = Capitol, Sunset Sound Factory (Los Angeles)

| genre =

| length = 2:51

| label = Capitol

| writer = Neil Finn, Mitchell Froom

| producer = Mitchell Froom

| prev_title = Don't Dream It's Over

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Better Be Home Soon

| next_year = 1988

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|WyBKzBtaKWM|"Something So Strong}}}}

}}

"Something So Strong" is a song written by Neil Finn and Mitchell Froom and performed by Crowded House for their eponymous debut album (1986). The track was released as the album's fifth and final single in April 1987.Bailey, Marck; [http://www.etext.org/lists/house/ch-discography.html Comprehensive discography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060409075821/http://www.etext.org/lists/house/ch-discography.html |date=9 April 2006 }} of Crowded House including track listings for all albums and singles. Released 28 March 1995. Retrieved 5 July 2007. The single peaked at No. 18 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart, No. 3 in New Zealand, No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and No. 10 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart.

The track lends its title to the book, Crowded House: Something So Strong (1997), by Australian biographer Chris Bourke, which details the band's career from forming to just after their breakup in 1996.{{Citation | author1 = Bourke, Chris | title = Crowded House : something so strong | date = 1997 | publisher = Macmillan. National Library of Australia | isbn = 978-0-7329-0886-7 }} According to Bourke, "Something So Strong", was the first song written by Finn specifically for Crowded House. However while in the studio, producer, Froom, and Finn reworked parts of the song and as such, Froom is credited as a co-writer.{{cite book | title = Crowded House: Something So Strong | last = Bourke | first = Chris | year = 1997 | isbn = 978-0-7329-0886-7 | publisher = Macmillan | location = South Melbourne, Vic }}{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'In the Metro' at APRA search engine | url = https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch#Something%20So%20Strong | accessdate = 27 July 2014 }} Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Something So Strong; &/or at 'Performer:' Crowded Housel Demos of this song have been linked to Finn's earlier band Split Enz, from the 1984 See Ya 'Round period, potentially making the timeline earlier on this track.