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\n\tPrimary Wave Music strikes a deal to acquire Neil Finn<\/a>\u2019s music publishing catalog and writer\u2019s share of public performance for his work with Crowded House, the legendary Kiwi artist\u2019s folk-rock favorites.<\/p>\n \n\tSongs included in the deal are the classics \u201cBetter Be Home Soon,\u201d \u201cWeather With You\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over<\/a>,\u201d a Billboard<\/em> chart leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tThrough the partnership, announced this week, Primary Wave Music will also represent Finn\u2019s solo material.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI look forward to seeing Primary Wave\u2019s plan for the ongoing care of my songs. I am confident they see the body of my work as music that matters,\u201d says Finn in a statement. \u201cThis deal has been a good while in the making and feels right.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tThe New Zealand-born and based artist is widely regarded<\/a> as one of the greatest contemporary songwriters in the game, and is a member of the ARIA Hall of Fame. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Neil Finn to Primary Wave,\u201d adds Primary Wave\u2019s David Weitzman. \u201cNot only is he a master songwriter, he is the songwriters\u2019 favorite songwriter. We look forward to working closely with Neil and his great team at Shelter Management on the next stages of his storied career.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe alliance is announced ahead of Crowded House\u2019s eighth studio album Gravity Stairs<\/em>, set for release May 31 through a new recording deal with BMG.<\/p>\n \n\tFinn co-founded Split Enz, an important alternative rock outfit that landed hit after hit in Australia and New Zealand, prior to their dissolution in 1984. <\/p>\n \n\tFrom its embers, Finn formed Crowded House. A U.S. breakthrough happened in April 1987 when \u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over,\u201d recorded by the classic lineup of Finn (singer, songwriter, guitar), Nick Seymour (bass) and the late drummer Paul Hester, peaked at No. 2 back.<\/p>\n \n\tThe song made a mighty comeback last year. Thanks to a sync to an episode of the rebooted detective classic Magnum P.I.,<\/em> \u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over\u201d powered to No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Top TV Songs chart.<\/p>\n \n\tCrowded House was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2016, in recognition of a glorious career during which they\u2019ve sold more than 10 million albums, collected 13 ARIA Awards, and five ARIA No. 1 albums.<\/p>\n \n\tTheir 2010 hits compilation Recurring Dream<\/em> also topped the Official U.K. Albums Chart and is one of four Crowded House album to crack the top 10 in that territory.<\/p>\n \n\tGravity Stairs<\/em> is the followup to Dreamers Are Waiting<\/em>, which peaked at No. 2<\/a> in Australia, No. 6 on the Official U.K. Chart, and won best adult contemporary album at the 2021 ARIA Awards.<\/p>\n \n\tFounded in 2006, Primary Wave Music is one of the world\u2019s leading independent publishers, representing music from the likes of Bob Marley, Prince, Stevie Nicks, James Brown, The Doors, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Smokey Robinson, Whitney Houston and many others.<\/p>\n