"Weather with You" is a song by rock bandCrowded House. It was the third and most successful single released from the group's third studio albumWoodface, reaching top 50 in ten countries, including the United Kingdom, where it reached number seven. The song was intended to be part of the Finn Brothers' unreleased 1990 debut, but after Capitol Records found the recordings, they were merged with a Crowded House session to become Woodface. At the APRA Music Awards of 1994, the song won Most Performed Australian Work Overseas. In 1996 Crowded House disbanded, releasing a greatest hits albumRecurring Dream in June of that year. "Weather with You" was made the album's first track. Later in the year, the band reunited for one final performance at the Sydney Opera House and performed the song again, calling upon ex-member Tim Finn, who originally performed the song with the group, to join the group onstage. This live performance was not included on the VHS release of the concert, but it was shown on television broadcast and also appeared on the 10 year anniversary DVD entitled Farewell to the World.
Background
In 1998, Neil Finn was asked by Bill DeYoung if there was a real place called Mount Pleasant Street.
There's actually lots of them. My sister used to live in Mount Pleasant Road in Auckland, but it wasn't Number 57. The number she was at didn’t sound very musical. Tim had the lines "Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you" and also "Walking round the room singing 'Stormy Weather'" and that was the extent of it, really. We just imagined the scenario. That was a classic case of imagining a room that a thing was taking place in, and a guy with a bit of ennui, having lost somebody, you know?"
He went on to say, "Ultimately, the theme of the song is of course, that you are creating your own weather, you are making your own environment, always."
Cover versions and live performances
In 2001, Neil and Tim Finn performed the song during the week-long concert series that was captured on the CD/DVD 7 Worlds Collide. In 2006, Jimmy Buffett covered "Weather with You" and used it as the namesake for his album Take the Weather with You. In 2009, a re-recorded version featuring Tim, Neil, and Liam Finn appeared on the Tim Finn retrospective North, South, East, West...Anthology. In 2011, a recording by Hollie Smith was included on the compilation album They Will Have Their Way. In 2015, the song was included in the soundtrack of the film Everest.
Australian & UK alternative CD Live tracks recorded at The Town & Country Club, London, 9-10 November-1991, exclusive to this release
"Weather with You" - 3:46
"Fall at Your Feet" - 6:59
"When You Come" - 6:22
"Walking on the Spot" - 3:23
Belgium "Rock Torhout Werchter" CD Limited edition. Live tracks recorded at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium, 24 February 1992, exclusive to this release.
"Weather with You" – 4:17
"Into Temptation" – 4:43
"Don't Dream It's Over" – 4:27
"Recurring Dream" – 2:59
Netherlands "Outlaw Remixes" CD The "Outlaw Remixes", mixed at Platinum Studios, Melbourne. Produced and remixed by The Outlaw.
"Weather with You"
"Weather with You"
"Weather with You"
"Weather with You"
Japan CD "Walking on the Spot" recorded at The Town & Country Club, London, 10 November 1991 ; "Don't Dream It's Over" recorded at The Roxy, Los Angeles, 26 February 1987; "Something So Strong" recorded at The Trocadero, Philadelphia, 24 March 1987; "Mr. Tambourine Man" recorded with Roger McGuinn at The Pantages Theater, Los Angeles, 7 April 1989.
"Weather with You" – 4:02
"Walking on the Spot" – 4:13
"Don't Dream It's Over" – 5:53
"Something So Strong" – 4:02
"Mr. Tambourine Man" – 2:35
US promotional CD
"Weather with You" – 3:46
"Weather with You" - 3:44
US CD single All live tracks recorded at The Town & Country Club, London, England, 9–10 November 1991."Walking on the Spot" was previously unreleased in the US.
