{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = Outlook for Thursday | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = DD Smash | album = | B-side = Itinerary | released = 22 April 1983 <small>(New Zealand)</small> | recorded = 1983 | studio = | venue = | genre = Rock | length = 4:04 | label = | writer = Dave Dobbyn | producer = | chronology = DD Smash | prev_title = Solo | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = Actor | next_year = 1984 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Dave Dobbyn | type = singles | prev_title = "Solo" (as DD Smash) | prev_year = 1982 | title = "Outlook for Thursday" (as DD Smash) | year = 1983 | next_title = "Actor" (as DD Smash) | next_year = 1984 }} {{External music video|1="[http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/outlook-for-thursday-1983 Outlook for Thursday]" at NZ On Screen}} }} "'''Outlook for Thursday'''" is a single by New Zealand band DD Smash. It was released in 1983 unrelated to any album, though a live version appears on the 1983 live album ''Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes'', and appears on Dave Dobbyn's compilation albums. The single charted at No. 3 in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=DD+Smash&titel=Outlook+For+Thursday&cat=s |title=Outlook For Thursday |work=charts.nz |accessdate=21 September 2012}}</ref> and was voted in 2001 by members of APRA as the 31st best New Zealand song of the 20th century.
==Alternate version== A live version appears on the 1983 live album ''Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes''.
==Music video== The music video was directed by Andrew Shaw and filmed in Auckland featuring Dobbyn as a frazzled weather announcer. The video won Best Music Video at the 1983 New Zealand Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Outlook For Thursday|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/outlook-for-thursday-1983|work=Video|publisher=NZ On Screen|accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/outlook-for-thursday-1983 Outlook for Thursday video (NZ On Screen)]
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Category:1983 singles Category:APRA Award winners Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand Category:Number-one singles in Australia Category:DD Smash songs Category:Songs about weather Category:Songs written by Dave Dobbyn