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The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Desmond Child, [2] and was a tribute to Michael Hutchence, one of INXS' founders, who committed accidental suicide in 1997.In singing the song, J.D. Fortune, winner of Rock Star: INXS, described his role in Hutchence's legacy—his "afterglow".
The B-sides on the first CD single included INXS's biggest hit "Need You Tonight", a 1995 mix of "Original Sin" by Chris & James and a remix of album track "I'm Only Looking" from Full Moon, Dirty Hearts by David Morales. The second CD single included three remixes of "Elegantly Wasted" by dance artists Shagsonic and G-Force.
"The Making of Switch" video documentary (30 min) was also added. 16 October 2006, saw the release of a UK edition with different cover art and featured extra tracks: "Taste It" (live), "Never Let You Go" (Digital Dog Remix), and "Afterglow" (Redanka's Afterdark Remix); plus the "Afterglow" music video.
Elegantly Wasted is the tenth studio album by Australian rock band INXS.It was released on 15 April 1997, and is the final album recorded with lead singer Michael Hutchence before his death in November that same year.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990 he won Producer of the Year for his work on the Jenny Morris album Shiver. [5] [6] In 2005, INXS launched a reality TV show, Rock Star: INXS, a worldwide search for a new lead singer. While all of INXS knew it would be impossible to replace Michael Hutchence, who died in 1997, they wished to carry on bringing ...
In September 1988, the band swept the MTV Video Music Awards with the video for "Need You Tonight/Mediate" winning in 5 categories. [43] Kick was, by far, INXS's best-selling album of all time. During 1989, Hutchence collaborated with Ian "Ollie" Olsen on a side project, Max Q , [ 4 ] the two had previously worked together on Lowenstein's film ...
Music videos 43 The discography of INXS , an Australian rock band, consists of 12 studio albums , 71 singles , 12 compilation albums , 4 live albums and 5 extended plays .
In 1986, Hutchence played Sam, the male lead in the Australian film Dogs in Space, directed by long-time INXS music video collaborator Richard Lowenstein. Hutchence provided four songs to the film's soundtrack. [16] [17] Also working on the film and its soundtrack, as music director, was Ollie Olsen (ex-Whirlywirld). [18] [19]