{"id":28955,"date":"2025-03-29T05:30:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T09:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=28955"},"modified":"2025-02-17T09:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:51:17","slug":"five-inxs-classics-you-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/five-inxs-classics-you-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Five INXS Classics You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, performance rights organization ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) recognizes the songwriters and publishers of that year\u2019s most-performed songs. Australian band INXS won in ASCAP\u2019s Pop category an amazing six times between 1987 and 1991. Over the course of its 1977-2012 run, the group also took home five MTV Video Music Awards, a World Music Award and more than a dozen other awards from various organizations in their native Australia. To date, INXS has sold in excess(!) of 50 million records worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>While the group\u2019s biggest success was in Australia, INXS was truly a global phenomenon. The band landed no less than 23 songs on U.S. singles charts. Here are five of INXS\u2019 most acclaimed songs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDon\u2019t Change\u201d from<em> Shabooh Shoobah<\/em> (1982)<\/strong><br \/>\nINXS wasn\u2019t a worldwide success right out of the gate. The band formed in 1977 in Sydney, as The Farriss Brothers (after guitarist Tim and keyboardist Andrew). Paying their dues as a popular opening act, they landed a record contract as INXS in 1980. Their first two albums \u2013 1980\u2019s <em>INXS<\/em> and 1981\u2019s <em>Underneath the Colours<\/em> \u2013 were popular in Australia and well-received by critics. But it wasn\u2019t until the release of their third LP that the group broke outside of their homeland. Videos for both \u201cThe One Thing\u201d and the soaring \u201cDon\u2019t Change\u201d were popular on MTV, and both songs made it to the Top 20 on the U.S. Mainstream singles chart.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sLm3Khusq_8?si=NLJCeOpIx6PgO6rp\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhat You Need\u201d from <em>Listen Like Thieves<\/em> (1985)<\/strong><br \/>\nINXS\u2019 fourth LP, 1984\u2019s <em>The Swing<\/em> was a major success, going Platinum (one million sold) in the U.S. But the band was still on the upswing: its next album, 1985\u2019s<em> Listen Like Thieves<\/em> went double Platinum in the States, spawning four singles, all of which charted in the U.S. The biggest of those was \u201cWhat You Need,\u201d climbing to #3 on the Mainstream singles chart.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FoEPrbdfmT4?si=cVh-h8AJM1NFc7e9\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cGood Times\u201d from <em>The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack<\/em> (1987)<\/strong><br \/>\nCombining a teen coming-of-age tale with a modern take on vampire legends, <em>The Lost Boys<\/em> was a box office smash. The film\u2019s soundtrack featured an assortment of songs including tracks from Roger Daltrey (The Who), Echo &amp; the Bunnymen, Foreigner&#8217;s Lou Gramm and \u2013 its most popular track \u2013 an INXS collaboration with fellow Australian Jimmy Barnes. \u201cGood Times\u201d made it into the Top 40 in four countries, include the U.S. where it peaked at #3.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OqSrEhuWrgY?si=k8i9obH5UDJg4y-G\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDevil Inside\u201d from <em>Kick<\/em> (1987)<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother major hit for INXS, the band\u2019s sixth long player sustained their momentum, going 5x Platinum in Australia and turning out five singles. <em>Kick<\/em>\u2019s \u201cNeed You Tonight\u201d went all the way to the #1 spot \u2013 the first (but not last) time INXS would manage that achievement on U.S. charts \u2013 but the group fared nearly as well (#2) with this tune. \u201cDevil Inside\u201d charted in seven countries.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hv_zJrO_ptk?si=5pyPYVKxmzLZTcKL\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSuicide Blonde\u201d from <em>X<\/em> (1990)<\/strong><br \/>\nDespite its title, <em>X<\/em> was the seventh, not 10th album from INXS; the Roman-numeral title represents the number of years since the group released its debut. Six singles were released from <em>X,<\/em> and the biggest success \u2013 a #1 Gold record in the U.S. \u2013 was this song. Tragically, \u201cSuicide Blonde\u201d was the last song that Michael Hutchence performed live onstage with the band; he would take his own life just a month later.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ma4TOv2f_WY?si=GFn3Z4h9NNQrAEiL\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, performance rights organization ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) recognizes the songwriters and publishers of that year\u2019s most-performed songs. 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