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"Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" is a song by the Australian rock band INXS. It was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence from the 1985 album Listen Like Thieves. It was released as the album's third single in March 1986 and reached #15 on the Australian singles chart, [3] becoming the band's tenth Top 20 hit in their ...
The song was written by Andrew Farriss, who was inspired to write it by the birth of his baby daughter.In an interview by Debbie Kruger, [2] the INXS keyboardist explained: "I was writing lyrics like 'Baby Don't Cry' and 'Beautiful Girl' and lyrics just about how wonderful it is to have something else in your life besides yourself to worry about and think about."
Cash Box said the song "is a politically clever track which dreams of a racially equal and peaceful world, while also working as a tight dance single." [ 14 ] In February 2014, after the Seven Network airing of INXS: Never Tear Us Apart mini-series, "Original Sin" charted again in Australia via download sales.
"What You Need" is a song recorded by the Australian band INXS. It is the leadoff track from their 1985 album, Listen Like Thieves. "What You Need" was the lead single off the album in Australia and New Zealand, while it was in USA and Europe the second single after "This Time" and was the band's first American Top Ten hit, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
INXS re-recorded "Never Tear Us Apart" with Ben Harper and French singer Mylène Farmer, who wrote new French lyrics, for their twelfth studio album, Original Sin. The song was released on iTunes on 12 August 2010, and also as a promotional single to radio stations prior to the release of the album.
Topics about INXS songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories Pages in category "INXS songs" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 ...
The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence; the music in Sydney and the lyrics in Paris, France. [1] It was released simultaneously with "Baby Don't Cry" but only in the United States, Canada, and Japan. The song also appears on the compilation album Barcelona Gold, released to coincide with the 1992 Summer Olympics.
"Suicide Blonde" was written by INXS members Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss, after the band had gotten back together after a year-long sabbatical in 1989.The song's title originates from the night Hutchence and then-girlfriend Kylie Minogue attended the debut of the 1989 romantic drama film The Delinquents, which stars Minogue.