# Outlook For Thursday

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Outlook for Thursday
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [DD Smash](/source/DD_Smash)
| album      =
| B-side     = Itinerary
| released   = 22 April 1983 <small>(New Zealand)</small>
| recorded   = 1983
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Rock](/source/Rock_music)
| length     = 4:04
| label      =
| writer     = [Dave Dobbyn](/source/Dave_Dobbyn)
| producer   =
| chronology = [DD Smash](/source/DD_Smash)
| prev_title = [Solo](/source/Solo_(DD_Smash_song))
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [Actor](/source/Actor_(DD_Smash_song))
| next_year  = 1984
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [Dave Dobbyn](/source/Dave_Dobbyn)
 | type       = singles
 | prev_title = "[Solo](/source/Solo_(DD_Smash_song))" (as [DD Smash](/source/DD_Smash))
 | prev_year  = 1982
 | title      = "Outlook for Thursday" (as [DD Smash](/source/DD_Smash))
 | year       = 1983
 | next_title = "[Actor](/source/Actor_(DD_Smash_song))" (as [DD Smash](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Live%3A_Deep_in_the_Heart_of_Taxes)'', and appears on Dave Dobbyn's [compilation albums](/source/Dave_Dobbyn). 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](/source/Australasian_Performing_Right_Association) as the [31st best New Zealand song of the 20th century](/source/APRA_Top_100_New_Zealand_Songs_of_All_Time).

==Alternate version==
A live version appears on the 1983 live album ''[Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes](/source/Live%3A_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](/source/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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/outlook-for-thursday-1983 Outlook for Thursday video (NZ On Screen)]

{{DD Smash}}

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

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