No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain

"No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain"
Single by Tim Finn
from the album Big Canoe
ReleasedApril 1986
Length4:03
LabelVirgin Records
Songwriter(s)Tim Finn, Jeremy Brock
Producer(s)Nick Launay
Tim Finn singles chronology
"Home for My Heart"
(1985)
"No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain"
(1986)
"Spiritual Hunger"
(1986)

"No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain" is a song by New Zealand musician, Tim Finn, released in April 1986 as the lead single from his second studio album, Big Canoe. The song reached number 24 on the New Zealand charts and number 46 in Australia.

The lyrics refer to the event of the 1984 Bhopal disaster.

Two different music videos were released for the song: one depicting the events outlined in the lyrics, intercut with scenes of Finn singing the song; the other depicted Finn simply singing the song intercut with street scenes, and was shot in black and white.

Track listing

Australian/New Zealand 7" single (VS 849)
  • A. "No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain" - 4:03
  • B. "Searching the Streets" - 4:02
Australian/New Zealand 12" single (VS 849)
  • A1. "No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain" (Extended Mix)
  • B1. "No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain" (7" Version)
  • B2. "Searching the Streets"

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 46
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[2] 24

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "TIM FINN – NO THUNDER NO FIRE NO RAIN". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 7 December 2021.