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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Don't Dream It's Over", "When You Come", "Private Universe", "Fall at Your Feet" and much more.
* CoveredUp: Their version of "Throw Your Arms Around Me" is more famous than the original Hunters and Collectors version.
** On the other end of the spectrum, Music/SixpenceNoneTheRicher made "Don't Dream It's Over" their own.
*** At one Neil Finn solo concert, someone requested "Don't Dream It's Over" as "The Susan Boyle song."
** Early in their career, their live set often included a great version of Music/TalkingHeads' "Road to Nowhere."
* EpicRiff: "Don't Dream It's Over," "Weather With You," "Locked Out," and much more, especially in live shows.
* FanNickname: The Crowdies.
* GeniusBonus: "Whispers and Moans" makes a cryptic reference to an Australian Ponzi scheme.
* HarsherInHindsight: In the "Mean to Me" video, Paul shoots himself in the head with a BangFlagGun. After his suicide, this was difficult for many fans to watch.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Their [[GrandFinale farewell concert]] in front of 120,000 people at the Sydney Opera House.
* NightmareFuel: "In the Lowlands" and "Hole in the River" both have [[LastNoteNightmare terrifying fade-outs.]]
** "Kill Eye" is a half-screamed take on guilt over infidelity. The lyrics gradually become more disturbing until the whole thing ends with an [[LastNoteNightmare awful screeching noise]].
* RefrainFromAssuming: The song is "Don't Dream It's Over", not "Hey Now, Hey Now".
* SignatureSong: "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Weather With You."
* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel: "All I Ask."
* TearJerker: Again, "Don't Dream It's Over," "Fall at Your Feet," "Better Be Home Soon," "Four Seasons in One Day," "Catherine Wheels," and most of ''Time on Earth''.
** "Italian Plastic", "Hole in the River" and "Love This Life" can be seen as this after Paul Hester's suicide.
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