The guitar bridge in this song, played by Neil Finn, was originally featured in an old Phil Judd song, "Bergen Aan Zee". Mark Twain), an American humourist and public commentator. The song remains one of their most popular. 57th best New Zealand song of the 20th century, "History Never Repeats / Holy Smoke by Split Enz (Single, Pop Rock): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list", "History Never Repeats: Split Enz, Music Video – 1981", History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_Never_Repeats&oldid=915493703, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 13 September 2019, at 15:56. [2] In 2001 the song was voted by members of APRA as the 57th best New Zealand song of the 20th century. History looked at from this point of view, partly repeats itself and partly never repeats itself. The repetition is manifested in the revolutionary aspect of history and the evolutionary aspect is the non-repetitive one. Therefore, in this matter, the truth lies in the proverbial center. The song remains one of their most popular. Released in the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal with different artwork and track listings. Today's human always wants to seek differences and similarities in each situation because he made his mind totally for comparison. In 1896 the humorist Max Beerbohm employed a witticism about historians in this domain. "History Never Repeats" was a single written by Neil Finn and recorded by Split Enz for their 1981 Waiata album. "History Never Repeats" was a single written by Neil Finn and recorded by Split Enz for their 1981 Waiata album. In 2001 the song was voted by members of APRA as the 57th best New Zealand song of the 20th century. "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." He never see any situation as a good for learning purpose. [1] The video was the 12th to be played by MTV upon its launch in 1981. Born in 1835, Clemens had a front row seat during one of the most exciting, dynamic periods of globalisation in human history -- … History never repeats itself, but the Kaleidoscopic combinations of the pictured present often seem to be constructed out of the broken fragments of antique legends. The video was the 12th to be played by MTV upon its launch in 1981. This quote is often attributed to Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. The band only played the latter song live. History never repeat itself in any manner if it could be possible then we knew about our future but everything is uncertain here. A QI entry on this quotation and variations can be found here: