"Ninnie Knees Up" is the eleventh and originally the closing track from Split Enz

Split Enz

Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...

's final studio album

Studio album

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, See Ya 'Round

See Ya 'Round

See Ya 'Round is the ninth, and final album by New Zealand's premier New Wave band, Split Enz, and was released in 1984, following the departure of founding member Tim Finn, whose solo career had officially taken off the year before...

. It is the only Split Enz song on which percussionist Noel Crombie

Noel Crombie

Noel Crombie is a New Zealand singer and former member of the band Split Enz. He fulfilled multiple roles including costume and hair designer, percussionist, album cover designer, and music video director...

 sings the lead vocal, as well as his only solo composition. The song features samples from James Brown

James Brown

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's " Live at the Apollo

Live at the Apollo (James Brown album)

Live at the Apollo is a live album by James Brown and The Famous Flames, recorded at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and released in 1963. In 2003, the album was ranked number 24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time...

 album.

A live version of this song was featured on Split Enz's first live album

Live album

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, The Living Enz

The Living Enz

The Living Enz was the first live album released by New Zealand rock band Split Enz. Primarily recorded in Melbourne, Australia during the band's 1984 Enz With A Bang farewell tour, it also includes some material from the Auckland shows of that tour, plus recordings from the band's 1982 Time And...

.

Personnel

• Noel Crombie
  Noel Crombie
  Noel Crombie is a New Zealand singer and former member of the band Split Enz. He fulfilled multiple roles including costume and hair designer, percussionist, album cover designer, and music video director...
  
  : Percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , Lead vocals
  Singing
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• Eddie Rayner
  Eddie Rayner
  Eddie Rayner , is a New Zealand musician who has played in bands such as Split Enz, Space Waltz, Crowded House, The Makers and 801....
  
  : Keyboards, Synthesizers
• Nigel Griggs
  Nigel Griggs
  Nigel Griggs is a musician who played bass guitar in Split Enz. He is the brother of Paul Griggs from the 1970s vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls...
  
  : Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Neil Finn
  Neil Finn
  Neil Mullane Finn, OBE is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House...
  
  : Guitar
  Guitar
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• Paul Hester
  Paul Hester
  Paul Newell Hester was an Australian musician and television personality; he was the drummer for the related bands Split Enz and Crowded House.-The early years:...
  
  : Drums
  Drum kit
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