 The title of the project is derived from the line ""Seven worlds will collide / whenever I am by your side"" from Crowded House's 1993 single "Distant Sun".The first 7 Worlds Collide album, "7 Worlds Collide", was released in 2001 and is a live recording culled from a series of five shows recorded at the St James theatre in Auckland, New Zealand from 2 April 2001 to 6 April 2001.The album was released under the credit "Neil Finn & Friends"; Notable guests in Finn's band included Eddie Vedder, Johnny Marr, Ed O'Brien, Tim Finn, Sebastian Steinberg, Phil Selway, Lisa Germano and Betchadupa (featuring Neil's son Liam Finn).