You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.

I'm Rishi Kesh Hirway.

Thanks to the BBC for their support.

Every Thursday on sidetracked with Annie and Nick,

Annie McManus and Nick Grimshaw bring their unique brand of informative and

irreverent chat to everything that's good, funny, and fascinating in the world of music.

This June, they're treating us to an extra episode of sidetracked on Mondays.

Annie and Nick will be getting in the mood for Glastonbury with exclusive interviews and all the

gossip.

So if you already have your ticket or just want to enjoy the world's greatest

festival from the comfort of your home,

listen to sidetracked by Glastonbury, first on BBC Sounds.

Crowded House formed in 1985 in Melbourne, Australia.

They've released eight albums, including their most recent one, Gravity Stairs, which came out last month.

But on their very first album, they had a big hit with Don't Dream It's Over.

When I was a kid, my older sister had a mixtape of her favorite songs that she'd made by

taping them off the radio, and we used to listen to that one tape over and over again.

Don't Dream It's Over was a big fixture on it. She and I used to try and imitate Neil Finn's accent when we would sing along.

Crowded House-Made Don't Dream It's Over with Grammy-nominated producer Mitchell Frum, who they went on to work with multiple times.

For this episode, I talked to frontman Neil Finn about how the song was first written and

then how it developed with his bandmates and collaborators in the studio.

And we talked about the profound connection

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