Editing INXS (section)

===1980s===
====From "Simple Simon" to ''Shabooh Shoobah''====
{{See also|INXS (album)|Underneath the Colours|Shabooh Shoobah}}
INXS released their first single, "[[Simple Simon (INXS song)|Simple Simon]]"/"[[Simple Simon (INXS song)|We Are the Vegetables]]", in Australia and France in May 1980.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="s2s"/><ref name=BandRoadChronology1>{{Cite book |last=St John |first= Ed |author2=INXS |title=INXS: The Official Inside Story of a Band on the Road |year=1992 |publisher=Mandarin |page=74 |isbn=1-86330-207-7 }}</ref> The single had its debut TV performance on ''[[Simon Townsend's Wonder World]]''.<ref name="Jeff"/> Their self-titled debut album, ''[[INXS (album)|INXS]]'', was recorded at Trafalgar Studios in [[Annandale, New South Wales|Annandale]], Sydney. It was co-produced by the band and Duncan McGuire (ex-[[Ayers Rock (band)|Ayers Rock]]), with all songs attributed to the entire band, at the insistence of Murphy.<ref name="Burn"/><ref name="s2s"/> Deluxe gave them a budget of $10,000 to record the album, so to keep within the budget they had to record from midnight to dawn, usually after doing one or more performances earlier that night.<ref name="s2s"/> The album was released in October 1980. It featured "Just Keep Walking" which was their first Australian Top 40 single,<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Kent"/> with the album peaking in the Top 30 of the [[Kent Music Report]] for Australian albums.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/><ref name="Kent"/> The album eventually went [[List of music recording sales certifications|gold]] (selling over 35,000 units) but it took a number of years to do so.<ref name="Burn"/>

These early records demonstrated their [[New wave music|new wave]]/[[ska]]/pop style, and were followed by near constant touring with almost 300 shows during 1981 as the band developed their status as a live act.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Howl"/> In 1981, they signed Gary Grant as their tour manager, who then became co-manager a year later.<ref name="Burn"/> Between touring commitments, the band released their third single in May 1981, "[[The Loved One (song)|The Loved One]]", which was a cover of a 1966 song by Australian group [[The Loved Ones (Australian band)|The Loved Ones]]. The song was recorded at Studios 301 in [[Sydney]];<ref name="Burn"/> it was produced by [[Richard Clapton]]<ref name="ARDb"/> and peaked in the Top 20.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Kent"/><ref name="BandRoadChronology1"/>

The success of the single led to Clapton and the band returning to Studios 301 between July and August 1981 to create an album. In October 1981, their second album ''[[Underneath the Colours]]'' was released and became a hit in Australia peaking at No.&nbsp;15.<ref name="Kent"/>

Soon after recording sessions had finished, band members started work on outside projects. Beers, Jon and Andrew Farriss played on Clapton's solo album, ''The Great Escape''. Hutchence recorded "Speed Kills", written by [[Don Walker (musician)|Don Walker]] of [[Cold Chisel]] for the soundtrack of the film ''Freedom'' directed by [[Scott Hicks (director)|Scott Hicks]]. It was his first solo single and was released by [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] in early 1982.<ref name="Burn"/> In January, INXS toured New Zealand as support act for [[Cold Chisel]]. Murphy eventually became convinced their future no longer lay with Deluxe Records.

RCA (who distributed Deluxe) had employed music lover Rockin Rod Woods, who had been promoting Eric Clapton, Split Enz and some of the world's biggest acts. Woods was passionate about the band and brought key music people along to their gigs. He encouraged RCA to sign them worldwide because Murphy had played him some demos. Deluxe had been unable to attract international interest so the band decided to record a new song, "[[The One Thing (INXS song)|The One Thing]]" at their own expense, with [[Mark Opitz]] at Paradise Studios.<ref name="Burn"/> The song turned out so well that Murphy hired Opitz to produce three more songs.<ref name="s2s"/> Murphy approached [[Warner Music Group|WEA Australia]] with copies of the song, leading to INXS signing a recording deal in July 1982 with WEA for releases in Australia, South East Asia, Japan, New Zealand, [[Atco Records]] (a subsidiary of [[Atlantic Records]]) for North America, and [[PolyGram]] for Europe including the UK.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Howl"/><ref name="ARDb"/><ref name="Burn"/>

Murphy and the band were not entirely convinced that Opitz could produce an entire album that would attract international interest, so before recording their third album Pengilly, Hutchence, and Andrew Farriss visited the United Kingdom and USA, with a view to selecting a suitable producer, only to find that no one they wanted was available and that most people advised them that Opitz's work on their single was as good as they could wish for.<ref name="Burn"/>

To complete the band's contract with DeLuxe Records, INXS produced their first compilation album, [[INXSIVE]], released in early 1982 for the Australian market only, featuring highlights from the band's first two studio albums, related B-sides, and two non-album singles.

In mid-1982 they began recording at Rhinoceros Studios with Opitz.<ref name="ARDb"/> In October 1982, ''[[Shabooh Shoobah]]'' was released internationally on Atlantic/Atco Records, peaking at No.&nbsp;52 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and No.&nbsp;46 on the [[Top Pop Catalog Albums|Hot Pop Albums]] chart.<ref name=BBalbums/><ref name="AMGAlbums">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/276451/inxs/chart|title=Chart history|website=Billboard.com|access-date=7 October 2016}}</ref> In Australia it peaked at No.&nbsp;5 and remained in the albums charts for 94 weeks.<ref name="Kent"/> The single "The One Thing" brought them their first Top 30 hit in United States peaking at No.&nbsp;30 on 28 May 1983,<ref name="BillBoard The 80s">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first= Joel |title=Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties |year=1991 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=0-89820-079-2}}</ref> It was also a Top 20 hit in Canada,<ref name=AMGSingles/> and peaked at No.&nbsp;14 in Australia on 23 August 1982.<ref name="Kent"/> "One Thing" was their first video to air on the fledgling MTV and significantly added to the ultimate success of the single.<ref name="s2s"/>
[[File:INXS (1983 ATCO publicity photo).jpg|thumb|INXS circa 1983]]
13 February 1983, saw INXS play the [[Stop The Drop]] nuclear disarmament concert to 14,000 at the Myer Music Bowl in [[Melbourne]], alongside [[Midnight Oil]], [[Colin Hay]], [[Redgum]] and [[Goanna (band)|Goanna]]. It was simulcast on Australian TV by Channel 10 and Radio 2MMM.

INXS undertook their first US performance in [[San Diego]] in March 1983, to a crowd of 24 patrons.<ref name="Burn"/> Their first tour was as support for [[Adam and the Ants]], then support for [[Stray Cats]], [[The Kinks]],<ref name="McF"/> and [[Hall & Oates]] followed by [[The Go-Go's]].<ref name="Burn"/><ref name="s2s"/> INXS played alongside many of their contemporaries on New Wave Day in May 1983 at the ''[[US Festival]]'' in [[Devore, San Bernardino]], California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1983/83-05-28_SanBerdino/83-05-28_SanBerdino.html |title=The Clash US Festival May&nbsp;28th 1983 |website=Blackmarketcash.com |access-date=6 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307000302/http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1983/83-05-28_SanBerdino/83-05-28_SanBerdino.html |archive-date=7 March 2008 }}</ref> During that time, their co-manager Gary Grant relocated permanently to New York City to ensure a continual presence in the northern hemisphere.<ref name="Burn"/> The band remained on the road in the US for most of the year, including support for [[Men at Work]] and by mid-1983 were headlining venues such as [[The Ritz (rock club)|The Ritz]] in New York.<ref name="Burn"/>

====From "Original Sin" to ''Listen Like Thieves''====
{{See also|The Swing (INXS album)|Listen Like Thieves}}
After a performance in [[Toronto]] the band was approached by producer [[Nile Rodgers]]; by September 1983, the band had recorded "[[Original Sin (INXS song)|Original Sin]]" (originally entitled "Brand New Day") at New York's Power Station Studios.<ref name="Burn"/> Three tracks from ''Shabooh Shoobah'' were featured in the soundtrack for the 1984 film ''[[Reckless (1984 film)|Reckless]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/review/product/6301977602|title=Highly Overlooked 80s movie|date=26 September 2006|author=Kathy Curtis|website=Amazon.com|access-date=6 March 2008|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016235033/https://www.amazon.com/review/product/6301977602|url-status=dead}}</ref> The band then travelled to the UK to begin sessions on their fourth album with [[Nick Launay]] at [[the Manor Studio]]s in [[Oxford]].<ref name="Burn"/>

The album ''[[The Swing (INXS album)|The Swing]]'', released in April 1984,<ref name="ARDb"/> received significant attention from around the world, as "Original Sin" became the band's first No.&nbsp;1 single in Australia and was popular worldwide with fans and reviewers.<ref name=OSreview>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t374177|pure_url=yes}} |title=Original Sin > Song Review|website=[[AllMusic]]|author=Ned Raggett|access-date=7 March 2008}}</ref> During 1984, the single reached no. 1 in Australia (for two weeks in January),<ref name="Kent"/> [[Argentina]], and France; No.&nbsp;6 in New Zealand; No.&nbsp;11 in Canada; No.&nbsp;23 in Switzerland;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=INXS&titel=Original+Sin&cat=s |title=INXS – Original Sin|website=Australian-charts.com|access-date=7 March 2008}}</ref> No.&nbsp;31 in the [[Netherlands]]; and No.&nbsp;58 in the U.S.<ref name=AMGSingles /> However, "Original Sin" was largely ignored in the UK, and INXS would not have any Top 50 chart success in the United Kingdom until the 1985 album ''[[Listen Like Thieves]]''.<ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/ |title=INXS Singles and Albums Charts |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=20 November 2008 }}</ref>

During 1984, INXS toured non-stop, performing across Europe, the UK, the US and Australia. By December 1984, ''The Swing'' had gone [[List of music recording sales certifications|double platinum]], making it one of the five biggest domestic albums in the history of Australian music at the time.<ref name="Burn"/>

In March 1985, the band returned to Sydney's Rhinoceros Studios and recorded the Listen Like Thieves album along with producer [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]] ([[Sex Pistols]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[The Pretenders]], [[Elton John]]).<ref name="Burn"/> As the band was finishing the recording sessions, Thomas stated that the album was not good enough and still had no "killer" track. Andrew produced a demo tape of a [[funk music|funk]] song he had been working on called "Funk Song No.&nbsp;13" and evolved it into "[[What You Need (INXS song)|What You Need]]".<ref name="Burn"/>

While the band was recording, WEA released ''[[Dekadance]]'', a limited edition 12" Vinyl and [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] only [[Extended Play|EP]] of INXS remixes from their albums ''The Swing'' and ''Shabooh Shoobah''.<ref name="ARDb"/>

On 19 May 1985, INXS won seven awards at the 1984 ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' Music and Video Awards ceremony.<ref name="McF"/> They performed "[[Burn for You (INXS song)|Burn for You]]", dressed in [[Akubra]]s (hats) and [[Driza-Bone|Drizabones]] (outdoor coats/oilskin jackets). The band performed five songs for the July 1985 [[Oz for Africa]] concert, in conjunction with the [[Live Aid]] benefit.<ref name="OzAfrica">{{cite web |url=http://liveaid.free.fr/pages/ozforafrika-uk.html |title=Oz for Africa |website=Liveaid.free.fr |access-date=12 March 2008 }}</ref> Two INXS songs, "[[What You Need (INXS song)|What You Need]]" and "[[Don't Change]]", were also in the [[BBC]] broadcast and are contained on [[Live Aid]]'s four DVD boxed set released in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=1181339 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012210/http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=1181339 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2017 |title=Live Aid 4 DVD |access-date=12 March 2008 |publisher=[[Sanity (music store)|Sanity]]}}</ref>

''[[Listen Like Thieves]]'' was released in October 1985<ref name="ARDb"/> to critical approval,<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/inxs/albums/album/148097/review/5944088/listen_like_thieves|title=INXS: Listen Like Thieves|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Parke Puterbaugh|date=5 December 1985|access-date=7 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516072828/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/inxs/albums/album/148097/review/5944088/listen_like_thieves|archive-date=16 May 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> reaching No.&nbsp;3 on the Australian charts and No.&nbsp;11 on the US charts. With the release of ''Listen Like Thieves'', the band developed a rock sound influenced by [[Led Zeppelin]] and [[XTC]] while remaining true to the band's original roots in [[Pub rock (Australia)|Aussie pubs]]. It was also the first album to feature songs written by a combination of band members, with Andrew Farris and Hutchence becoming the primary songwriters in the years to follow.<ref name="s2s"/> The first U.S. single from the album, "[[This Time (INXS song)|This Time]]", stalled at No.&nbsp;81 in late 1985, but the next single, "What You Need"—released there in early 1986—became a top five ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' hit,<ref name=AMGSingles/> bringing INXS its first break-out US success. The single was also a top 20 hit in Canada and reached No.&nbsp;2 in Australia (September 1985),<ref name="Kent"/> but only reached No.&nbsp;51 on the UK charts.<ref name="UKCharts"/> The British press dismissed the album, with [[New Musical Express]] calling the band 'INX-cusable' and a reviewer declaring ''Listen Like Thieves'' to be a 'complete and utter turkey'.<ref name="Burn"/> In the United States, however, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "INXS rocks with passion and seals the deal with a backbeat that'll blackmail your feet."<ref name="RS"/>

In August 1985, INXS toured ahead of the release of ''Listen Like Thieves'', touring South America before returning to Melbourne to play for [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] and [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]] of Wales at a concert. The concert was filmed and later released on a home video entitled ''Living INXS'';<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0288058/ |title=Living INXS|website=IMDb.com|access-date=27 November 2008}}</ref> an edited version of the concert was played on MTV in the U.S. in 1985 on its Saturday night concert series. INXS toured North America, Europe, and New Zealand from November 1985 to February 1986. Next the band took a two-month break, with Andrew Farriss writing and producing "You're Gonna Get Hurt" for [[Jenny Morris (musician)|Jenny Morris]] (who had previously been a backing vocalist with the band),<ref name="jenny">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805230300/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/morrisjenny.html |url-status=usurped |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/morrisjenny.html |title=Jenny Morris Discography|publisher=Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) |last1=Holmgren |first1=Magnus |last2= Warnqvist |first2=Stefan |archive-date=5 August 2011 |access-date=11 February 2014 }}</ref> and Hutchence featuring in [[Richard Lowenstein]]'s second feature film ''[[Dogs in Space]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092904/ |title=Dogs in Space|website=IMDb.com|access-date=27 November 2008}}</ref> Lowenstein had previously made the video clip for "[[Dancing on the Jetty]]". While a song from the movie, "Rooms for the Memory", written by [[Ollie Olsen]], with vocals by Hutchence<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/release/567834 |title=Michael Hutchence – Rooms for the Memory|website=Discogs.com|year=1987 |access-date=27 November 2008}}</ref> charted, the movie was received well by critics but was not a commercial success. Beginning in May 1986, the band performed 32 European shows (including support for [[Queen (band)|Queen]] at their [[Live at Wembley '86]] concert on 12 July), 42 U.S. shows, and 12 Australian shows. America's influential [[Musician (magazine)|Musician]] magazine called INXS "the best live band in the world."<ref name="Burn"/>

====From "Good Times" to ''Kick''====
{{See also|Kick (INXS album)}}[[File:Michael-hutchence-INXS-1986.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|Lead singer Michael Hutchence in 1986]]
While on an eight-month break before beginning work on a new album, Murphy, their manager, decided to stage a series of major outdoor concerts across Australia, featuring INXS, [[Jimmy Barnes]], [[Models (band)|Models]], [[Divinyls]], [[Mental as Anything]], [[The Triffids]] and [[I'm Talking]].<ref name="Jeff"/> To promote the tour, INXS recorded two songs with [[Jimmy Barnes]] of Cold Chisel: [[The Easybeats]] cover "[[Good Times (The Easybeats song)|Good Times]]" and "Laying Down the Law" which Barnes co-wrote with Beers, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, Hutchence and Pengilly.<ref name="ASCAP">{{cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=420342641&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=10&start=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110170203/http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=420342641&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=10&start=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 January 2009 |title=ACE Title Search – 'Laying Down the Law' |publisher=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]] |access-date=20 November 2008 }}</ref> "Good Times" was used as the theme song for the [[Australian Made]] series of concerts in the summer of 1986–1987.<ref name="Jeff"/> It peaked at No.&nbsp;2 on the Australian charts,<ref name="Kent"/> and months later was featured in the [[Joel Schumacher]] film ''[[The Lost Boys]]'' and its [[The Lost Boys (soundtrack)|soundtrack]],<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r115920|pure_url=yes}} |title=''The Lost Boys'' > Overview |last=LaVeck |first=Theresea E. |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=20 November 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093437/soundtrack |title=Lost Boys Soundtrack|website=IMDb.com|access-date=27 November 2008}}</ref> allowing it to peak at No.&nbsp;47 in the US on 1 August 1987.<ref name=AMGSingles/><ref name="BillBoard The 80s"/>
After the success of "What You Need" and ''Listen Like Thieves'', the band knew their new material would have to be even better and wanted every song on the album to be good enough to be a single.<ref name="Jeff"/> They recorded ''[[Kick (INXS album)|Kick]]'' in Sydney and Paris, produced by Chris Thomas.<ref name="ARDb"/> According to the 2005 official autobiography, Atlantic Records was not happy with the result; the label offered the band $1&nbsp;million to go back to Australia and record another album, but the band declined.<ref name="s2s" />

Despite Atlantic's protests, ''Kick'' was released in October 1987 and provided the band with worldwide popularity. The album peaked at No.&nbsp;1 in Australia,<ref name="Kent"/> No.&nbsp;3 on the US ''Billboard'' 200,<ref name=AMGAlbums/> No.&nbsp;9 in UK,<ref name="UKCharts"/> and No.&nbsp;15 in Austria.<ref name="AUTCharts">{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=INXS |title=Discographie INXS |publisher=Austrian Charts Portal |access-date=20 November 2008 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123101058/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=INXS |archive-date=23 January 2011 }}</ref> It was an upbeat, confident album that yielded four Top 10 US singles: No. 1 single "[[Need You Tonight]]", "[[Devil Inside (INXS song)|Devil Inside]]", "[[New Sensation]]", and "[[Never Tear Us Apart]]".<ref name=AMGSingles/> "Need You Tonight" peaked No.&nbsp;2 on the UK charts,<ref name="UKCharts"/> No.&nbsp;3 in Australia,<ref name="Kent"/> and No.&nbsp;10 in France.<ref name="FRACharts">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=INXS |title=Discographie INXS |publisher=French Charts Portal |access-date=20 November 2008 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128074749/http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=INXS |archive-date=28 November 2011 }}</ref> The band toured heavily behind the album throughout 1987 and 1988. The video for the 1987 INXS track "Mediate" (which played after the video for "Need You Tonight") replicated the format of Bob Dylan's video for "[[Subterranean Homesick Blues]]", even in its use of apparently deliberate errors. In September 1988, the band swept the MTV Video Music Awards with the video for "Need You Tonight/Mediate" winning in 5 categories.<ref name=BandRoadChronology2>{{Cite book |last=St John |first= Ed |author2=INXS |title=INXS: The Official Inside Story of a Band on the Road |year=1992 |publisher=Mandarin |page=75 |isbn=1-86330-207-7
}}</ref> ''Kick'' was, by far, INXS's best-selling album of all time.

During 1989, Hutchence collaborated with [[Ollie Olsen|Ian "Ollie" Olsen]] on a side project, [[Max Q (Australian band)|Max Q]],<ref name="McF"/> the two had previously worked together on Lowenstein's film ''Dogs in Space''. The rest of the band also took a break to work on side projects, but soon returned to the studio to record their follow-up album to ''Kick''.