Editing Michael Hutchence

{{Short description|Australian singer (1960–1997)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Michael Hutchence
| image              = Michael-hutchence-INXS-1986.jpg
| caption            = Hutchence in 1986
| birth_name         = <!-- Leave this blank per format as he did not use a stage name. -->
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1960|01|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Sydney]], Australia<!-- Just the city and country when it's a major city per format, no suburbs or districts. -->
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1997|11|22|1960|1|22}}
| death_place        = Sydney, Australia<!-- Just the city and country when it's a major city per format, no suburbs or districts. -->
| death_cause        = [[Suicide by hanging]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| years_active       = 1977–1997
| partner            = [[Paula Yates]]<br>(1995–1997)
| mother             = [[Patricia Glassop]]
| father             = Kelland Frank Hutchence
| children           = [[Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof]]
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background    = solo_singer
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]|[[pop rock]]}}
| instrument    = Vocals
| label         = {{hlist|[[Atco Records|Atco]]|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[V2 Records|V2]]|[[Warner Music Group|Warner]]}}
| past_member_of = {{hlist|[[INXS]]|[[Max Q (Australian band)|Max Q]]}}
| website       = {{URL|michaelhutchence.com}}
}}
}}

'''Michael Kelland John Hutchence''' (22 January 1960&nbsp;– 22 November 1997) was an Australian singer and songwriter. He was the co-founder, lead singer and lyricist of the rock band [[INXS]] from 1977 until his death in 1997. The band sold over 50 million records worldwide, making them one of Australia's highest-selling music acts of all time. They were inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] in 2001.

Hutchence was also a member of the short-lived band [[Max Q (Australian band)|Max Q]] and recorded some solo material, alongside acting in films such as ''[[Dogs in Space]]'' (1986) and ''[[Frankenstein Unbound]]'' (1990). He was known for his string of love affairs with actresses, models and singers and his private life was often covered in the international press. He had a daughter with Welsh television presenter [[Paula Yates]]. Hutchence died by suicide in a [[Sydney]] hotel room on 22 November 1997 at the age of 37.

==Early life==
Michael Hutchence was born in the [[Crows Nest, New South Wales|Crows Nest]] suburb of Sydney on 22 January 1960,<ref>{{cite web|first=Mel|last=Bondfield|title=INXS Frontman And Australian Rock Legend|publisher=[[National Film and Sound Archive of Australia]]|url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/remembering-michael-hutchence|access-date=21 January 2023|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121150125/https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/remembering-michael-hutchence|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/bowral-battle-of-the-archibald-winners-20191121-p53cwk.html|title=Bowral battle of the Archibald winners|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|author=Pitt, Helena|date=23 November 2019|access-date=14 March 2023|archive-date=14 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314121557/https://www.smh.com.au/national/bowral-battle-of-the-archibald-winners-20191121-p53cwk.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the son of make-up artist [[Patricia Glassop]] and businessman Kelland Frank "Kell" Hutchence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/archives_part7.htm|title=Kelland Frank Hutchence|first=Tina|last=Hutchence|date=21 July 1924|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307215458/http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/archives_part7.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He had an elder half-sister named Tina.<ref name="PatriciaGlassop">{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/patriciaglassopanswers.html |title=Q&A with Patricia Glassop |publisher=Michael Hutchence Official Website |access-date=24 December 2016 |archive-date=27 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227005907/http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/patriciaglassopanswers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His paternal grandparents were an English couple who had relocated to Sydney in 1922,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://michaelhutchence.org/michaels-story/|title=Michael's story|first=Kelland|last=Hutchence|year=2010|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803095945/https://michaelhutchence.org/michaels-story/|url-status=live}}</ref> while his maternal grandfather was from [[County Cork]], Ireland.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxNhDwAAQBAJ&q=michael+hutchence+captain+frank+hutchence+england&pg=PT21|title=Michael: My brother, lost boy of INXS|first=Tina|last=Hutchence|date=2018|publisher=Allen & Unwin |isbn=9781760637514|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=2 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302015121/https://books.google.com/books?id=dxNhDwAAQBAJ&q=michael+hutchence+captain+frank+hutchence+england&pg=PT21|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following Kell's business interests, the Hutchence family moved to [[Brisbane]], where Hutchence's younger brother Rhett was born. They later left Australia for [[Hong Kong]]. During the early years in Hong Kong, both boys attended [[Glenealy Junior School]] and [[Beacon Hill School, Hong Kong|Beacon Hill School]]. Hutchence showed promise as a swimmer before badly breaking his arm. He then began to show interest in poetry and performed his first song in a local toy store commercial. He later attended [[King George V School (Hong Kong)|King George V School]] during his early teens. The family returned to Sydney in 1972, buying a house in [[Belrose, New South Wales|Belrose]].<ref>[https://michaelhutchence.org/michaels-story/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803095945/https://michaelhutchence.org/michaels-story/|date=3 August 2020}}</ref>

Hutchence attended [[Davidson High School (New South Wales)|Davidson High School]], where he met and befriended [[Andrew Farriss]]. Around this time, the two spent a lot of time jamming with Farriss's brothers [[Tim Farriss|Tim]] and [[Jon Farriss|Jon]] in the garage. Farriss convinced Hutchence to join his band, Doctor Dolphin, alongside their classmates Kent Kerny and Neil Sanders. Bassist [[Garry Gary Beers|Garry Beers]] and drummer Geoff Kennelly from nearby [[Forest High School (New South Wales)|Forest High School]] completed the line-up.<ref name="StJohn">{{cite book |last1=St John |first1=Ed |title=Burn : The life and times of Michael Hutchence and INXS |year=1998 |publisher=[[Bantam Books]] |location=Sydney, NSW |isbn=0-7338-0182-X}}</ref>

Hutchence's parents separated when he was 15 and he lived with his mother and half-sister in [[California]] for a short time in 1976.<ref name="Creswell">{{cite book |last1=Creswell |first1=Toby |author-link1=Toby Creswell |last2=Trenoweth |first2=Samantha |title=1001 Australians you should know |year=2006 |publisher=Pluto Press Australia |location=North Melbourne, Vic |isbn=978-1-86403-361-8 |pages=129–130 |chapter=Arts and Popular Culture" – "Michael Hutchence: A Life INXS}}</ref> He later returned to Sydney with them. In 1977, a new band called the Farriss Brothers was formed with Andrew on keyboards, Tim on lead guitar and Jon on drums. Hutchence joined on vocals and Beers on bass, while [[Kirk Pengilly]] joined on guitar and saxophone.<ref name="McF">McFarlane, {{cite web|url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=950 |title='INXS' entry |access-date=18 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040930213309/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=950 |archive-date=30 September 2004 }}. Retrieved 5 December 2010.</ref><ref name="ARDb">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101193110/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/inxs.html |url-status=usurped |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/inxs.html |title=INXS |publisher=[[Australian Rock Database]]. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren) |last1=Holmgren |first1=Magnus |last2=Shaw |first2=Julian |last3=Meyer |first3=Peer |archive-date=1 January 2009 |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref> The band made their debut on 16 August 1977 at a venue in [[Whale Beach, New South Wales|Whale Beach]].<ref name="Jenkins">{{cite book |last1=Jenkins |first1=Jeff |last2=Meldrum |first2=Ian "Molly" |author-link2=Ian Meldrum |title=Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia |year=2007 |publisher=Wilkinson Publishing |location=Melbourne, Vic |isbn=978-1-921332-11-1 |pages=86, 137, 151, 179–183, 223, 253}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early career===
Hutchence, the Farriss brothers, Kerny, Sanders, Beers and Kennelly briefly performed as the Vegetables, singing "We Are the Vegetables".<ref name="Jenkins" /> Ten months later, they returned to Sydney and recorded a set of demos.<ref name="StJohn" /> The Farriss Brothers regularly supported [[hard rock]]ers [[Midnight Oil]] on the [[Pub rock (Australia)|pub rock]] circuit, and were renamed as INXS in 1979.<ref name="Jenkins" /> Their first performance under the new name was on 1 September at the Oceanview Hotel in [[Toukley, New South Wales|Toukley]].<ref name="StJohn" /> In May 1980, the group released their first single, "Simple Simon"/"We Are the Vegetables", which was followed by the debut album ''[[INXS (album)|INXS]]'' in October.<ref name="McF" /> Their first Top&nbsp;40 Australian hit on the [[Kent Music Report]] Singles Chart, "Just Keep Walking", was released in September 1980.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book |last1=Kent |first1=David |author-link1=David Kent (historian) |title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |year=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref> Hutchence became the main spokesman for the band,<ref name="McF" /> and co-wrote almost all of the band's songs with Andrew Farriss.<ref name="Creswell" />

According to Hutchence, most of the songs on the band's second album, ''Underneath the Colours'', were written within a fairly short space of time: "Most bands shudder at the prospect of having 20 years to write their first album and four days to write their second. For us, though, it was good. It left less room for us to go off on all sorts of tangents."<ref name="StJohn" /> Soon after [[recording sessions]] for ''[[Underneath the Colours]]'' – produced by [[Richard Clapton]] – had finished, band members started work on outside projects. Hutchence recorded "Speed Kills", written by [[Don Walker (musician)|Don Walker]] of hard rockers [[Cold Chisel]], for the soundtrack to the 1982 film ''[[Freedom (1982 film)|Freedom]]'', directed by [[Scott Hicks (director)|Scott Hicks]]. It was Hutchence's first solo single and was released by [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] in April 1982.<ref name="StJohn" />

===Stardom and acting career===
In March 1985, after Hutchence and INXS recorded their album ''[[The Swing (INXS album)|The Swing]]'' (1984), WEA released the Australian version of ''[[Dekadance]]'' as a limited edition [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] only [[Extended Play|EP]] of six tracks including [[remixes]] from the album. The cassette also included a [[cover version]] of [[Nancy Sinatra]] and [[Lee Hazlewood]]'s hit "[[Jackson (song)|Jackson]]", which Hutchence sang as a [[duet]] with [[Jenny Morris (musician)|Jenny Morris]], a backing singer for ''The Swing'' sessions.<ref name="McF" /> The EP reached No&nbsp;2 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.<ref name="Kent" /> Hutchence provided vocals for new wave band [[Beargarden (band)|Beargarden]]'s 1985 single release.<ref name="ARDbMH">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102002158/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hutchencemichael.html |url-status=usurped |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hutchencemichael.html |title=Michael Hutchence |publisher=Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren) |last1=Holmgren |first1=Magnus |last2=Warnqvist |first2=Stefan |archive-date=2 January 2009 |access-date=15 June 2020 }}</ref>

On 19 May 1984, INXS won seven awards at the ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' Music and Video Awards ceremony, including Best Songwriter for Hutchence and Andrew, and Most Popular Male for Hutchence.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Count1984">{{cite web |url=http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=%2Fwebgirl%2Fmain&cmd=list&range=40%2C8&Year~=1985&cmd=all&Id=407 |publisher=baseportal.com |title=''Countdown'' Archives – 1985 – 25 May 1985 |date=25 May 1985 |access-date=5 December 2010 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802053007/http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=%2Fwebgirl%2Fmain&cmd=list&range=40%2C8&Year~=1985&cmd=all&Id=407 |url-status=live }}</ref> They performed "[[Burn for You (INXS song)|Burn for You]]" dressed in [[Akubra]]s (a brand of hats) and [[Driza-Bone|Drizabones]] (a brand of outdoor coats/oilskin jackets) followed by Hutchence and Morris singing "Jackson" to close.<ref name="Count1984" />

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.<ref name="Cockington">{{cite book |last1=Cockington |first1=James |title=Long Way to the Top: Stories of Australian Rock & Roll |year=2001 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |location=Sydney, NSW |isbn=978-0-7333-0750-8 |page=232 |chapter=Ghosts in the Ballroom}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/australian-singers-turned-actors/|title=Australian Singers Turned Actors|date=14 July 2019|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720033117/https://www.filmink.com.au/australian-singers-turned-actors/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also working on the film and its soundtrack, as music director, was [[Ollie Olsen]] (ex-[[Whirlywirld]]).<ref name="McFIOO">McFarlane {{cite web|url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=551 |title='Ian 'Ollie' Olsen' entry |access-date=19 April 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040419084449/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=551 |archive-date=19 April 2004 }}. Retrieved 5 December 2010.</ref><ref name="ARDbMQ"/>

Late in 1986, before commencing work on a new INXS album and while supposedly taking an eight-month break, the band's management decided to stage the [[Australian Made]] tour as a series of major outdoor concerts across the country. The roster featured INXS, [[Jimmy Barnes]] (Cold Chisel), [[Models (band)|Models]], [[Divinyls]], [[Mental as Anything]], [[the Triffids]] and [[I'm Talking]].<ref name="Jenkins" /> To promote the tour, Hutchence and Barnes shared vocals on [[the Easybeats]] cover "[[Good Times (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.ddttrh.info/jimmy-barnes-duet-hits/ |title="Laying down the law" cowriters |access-date=11 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922220004/http://www.ddttrh.info/jimmy-barnes-duet-hits/ |archive-date=22 September 2015 }}</ref> "Good Times" was used as the theme for the concert series of 1986–1987.<ref name="Jenkins" /> 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=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r115920 |title=''The Lost Boys'' > Overview |last1=LaVeck |first1=Theresea E. |publisher=Allmusic (Rovi Corporation) |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-date=19 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019031528/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r115920 |url-status=live }}</ref> allowing it to peak at No.&nbsp;47 in the US on 1 August 1987.<ref name="AMGSingles">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4555/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=INXS > Charts & Awards > Billboard singles |website=AllMusic |access-date=7 December 2010 |archive-date=2 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302015048/https://www.allmusic.com/search/artists/inxs |url-status=live }}</ref> Divinyls' lead singer [[Chrissy Amphlett]] enjoyed the tour and reconnected with Hutchence, stating that "[he] was a sweet man, who said in one interview that he wanted me to have his baby".<ref name="Jenkins" /> In 1987, Hutchence provided vocals for Richard Clapton's album ''Glory Road'', which was produced by Jon Farriss.<ref name="ARDbMH" />

INXS released ''[[Kick (INXS album)|Kick]]'' in October 1987, and the album provided the band with worldwide popularity. ''Kick'' peaked at No.&nbsp;1 in Australia,<ref name="Kent" /> No.&nbsp;3 on the US ''Billboard'' 200,<ref name="AMGAlbums">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4555/charts-awards |title=INXS > Charts & Awards > Billboard albums |publisher=Allmusic ([[Rovi Corporation]]) |access-date=7 December 2010 |archive-date=2 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302015048/https://www.allmusic.com/search/artists/inxs |url-status=live }}</ref> No.&nbsp;9 in UK,<ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=INXS Singles and Albums Charts |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=27 December 2010 |archive-date=8 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508182655/https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 (Hung Medien) |access-date=7 December 2010 |archive-date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123101058/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=INXS |url-status=live |language=de}}</ref> The band's most successful studio album, ''Kick'' has been certified six times platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] and spawned four US top 10 singles ("[[New Sensation]]", "[[Never Tear Us Apart]]", "[[Devil Inside (INXS song)|Devil Inside]]" and "[[Need You Tonight]]", the last reaching the top of the US ''Billboard'' singles charts).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inxs-kick-10-things-you-didnt-know-127082/|title=INXS' 'Kick': 10 Things You Didn't Know|first1=Van|last1=Sias|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=19 October 2017|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710040432/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inxs-kick-10-things-you-didnt-know-127082/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/01/05/inxs-kicks-through-genres/|title=INXS' "Kick"s through genres|date=5 January 2018|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525031945/https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/01/05/inxs-kicks-through-genres/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them'', the single "Need You Tonight" is not lyrically complex; it is Hutchence's performance where "he sings in kittenish whisper, gently drawing back with the incredible lust of a tiger hunting in the night" that makes the song "as sexy and funky as any white rock group has ever been".<ref name="Creswell1001">{{cite book |last1=Creswell |first1=Toby |title=[[1001 Songs]]: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them |edition=[[RocKwiz]] |orig-year=2005 |year=2007 |publisher=Hardie Grant |location=[[Prahran, Victoria|Prahran]], Vic |isbn=978-1-74066-458-5 |pages=383, 776}}</ref> In September 1988, the band swept the MTV Video Music Awards with the video for "Need You Tonight/Mediate" winning in five categories.<ref name="BandRoadChronology2">{{cite book |last1=St John |first1=Ed |last2=INXS |author-link2=INXS |title=INXS: The Official Inside Story of a Band on the Road |year=1992 |publisher=Mandarin |isbn=1-86330-207-7 |page=75}}</ref>

In 1989, Hutchence collaborated further with Olsen for the [[Max Q (Australian band)|Max Q]] project and was joined by members of Olsen's previous groups including Whirlywirld, [[No (band)|No]] and [[Orchestra of Skin and Bone]].<ref name="ARDbMQ">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515222322/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/maxq.html |url-status=usurped |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/maxq.html |title=Max Q |publisher=Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren) |last1=Holmgren |first1=Magnus |last2=Shaw |first2=Jullian |archive-date=15 May 2008 |access-date=15 June 2020 }}</ref> They released a [[Max Q (album)|self-titled album]] and three singles, "[[Way of the World (Max Q song)|Way of the World]]", "[[Sometimes (Max Q song)|Sometimes]]" and "Monday Night by Satellite". Max Q disbanded in 1990.<ref name="McFIOO" /><ref name="ARDbMQ"/> ''Max Q'' showed Hutchence exploring the darker side of his music and, with Olsen, he created "one of the most innovative dance music albums of the decade". Hutchence wrote most of the music and provided "an extraordinary performance&nbsp;... it was one of the most significant statements Hutchence was to make".<ref name="Creswell1001" /> In 1990, Hutchence portrayed nineteenth-century Romantic poet [[Percy Shelley]] in [[Roger Corman]]'s film version of ''[[Frankenstein Unbound]]'', which was based on a science fiction time travel story of the same name written by [[Brian Aldiss]].<ref name="Frankenstein">{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/frankenstein_unbound/ |title=''Frankenstein Unbound'' Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] ([[Flixster]] Inc) |access-date=6 December 2010 |archive-date=22 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222084916/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/frankenstein_unbound/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1990, INXS released ''[[X (INXS album)|X]]'', which spawned more international hits such as "[[Suicide Blonde]]" and "[[Disappear (INXS song)|Disappear]]" (both Top 10 in the US).<ref name="AMGSingles"/> "Suicide Blonde" peaked at No.&nbsp;2 in Australia and No.&nbsp;11 in the UK.<ref name="UKCharts" /> Hutchence, with Andrew Farriss, wrote the song after Hutchence's then-girlfriend, [[Kylie Minogue]], used the phrase "suicide blonde" to describe her look during her 1989 film ''[[The Delinquents (1989 film)|The Delinquents]]''; the film depicted Minogue in a platinum blonde wig.<ref name="MSNKylie">{{cite news|url=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=225964 |title=Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence (1989–1991) |publisher=[[ninemsn]] Pty Ltd |access-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720113129/http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=225964 |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}</ref> Hutchence won Best International Artist at the [[1991 BRIT Awards]] with INXS winning the related group award.<ref name="McF" /> Hutchence provided vocals for pub rockers [[Noiseworks]]' album ''[[Love Versus Money (Noiseworks album)|Love Versus Money]]'' (1991).<ref name="ARDbMH" /> ''[[Welcome to Wherever You Are]]'' was released by INXS in August 1992. It received good critical reviews and went to No.&nbsp;1 in the UK.<ref name="UKCharts" />

[[File:Michael_Hutchence_on_stage.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|January 1994, on stage during the Dirty Honeymoon world tour]]

===Later career===
Hutchence and INXS faced reduced commercial success with ''Full Moon, Dirty Hearts'', especially in the US. The band took time off to rest and be with their families, while Hutchence remained in the public eye through his romances.<ref name="McF" /><ref name="Simmonds">{{cite book |last1=Simmonds |first1=Jeremy |title=The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars : Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMBf3TYZigQC |year=1992 |publisher=[[Independent Publishers Group|Chicago Review Press]] |isbn=978-1-55652-754-8 |pages=381–382 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=2 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302015048/https://books.google.com/books?id=bMBf3TYZigQC |url-status=live }} Note: [online] version has limited functionality, with pages omitted.</ref> He commenced work on a self-titled solo album in the mid-1990s.<ref name="McF" /> After a period of inactivity and releases that received lukewarm reviews, INXS recorded the band's 10th official album, ''[[Elegantly Wasted]]'', in 1996.

===Artistry===
Hutchence was a [[baritone]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-sweet-success-of-inxs-82080/|title=The Sweet Success of INXS|first1=Rob|last1=Tannenbaum|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=14 January 1988|access-date=24 November 2019|archive-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716131024/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-sweet-success-of-inxs-82080/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://people.com/archive/adulation-is-the-new-sensation-as-aussie-throb-michael-hutchence-still-leads-his-band-in-well-inxs-vol-30-no-2/| title=Adulation Is the 'new Sensation' as Aussie Throb Michael Hutchence Still Leads His Band In, Well, Inxs| work=[[People (magazine)|People]]| date=11 July 1988| access-date=24 April 2018| first=Steve Dougherty| last=Todd Gold| archive-date=15 April 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415011505/http://people.com/archive/adulation-is-the-new-sensation-as-aussie-throb-michael-hutchence-still-leads-his-band-in-well-inxs-vol-30-no-2/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/arts/music/with-new-lead-much-the-same-sound.html| title=With New Lead, Much the Same Sound |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 February 2006 |access-date=24 April 2018 |first=Jon |last=Parales |archive-date=25 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425033352/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/arts/music/with-new-lead-much-the-same-sound.html |url-status=live}}</ref> His vocal range spanned from the [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] B1 to the high [[tenor]] F#5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/1788/michael-hutchence|title=Michael Hutchence &#124; the Range Planet|access-date=9 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709204054/https://therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/1788/michael-hutchence|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, ''[[News.com.au]]'' ranked Hutchence fourth in a list of the 15 greatest Australian singers of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/john-farnham-tops-the-list-of-australias-greatest-singers-of-all-time/news-story/84c62524c3fa820f5e22fd52cf95d2d8 |title=John Farnham tops the list of Australia's greatest singers of all time |last=Adams |first=Cameron |date=2 April 2013 |access-date=18 February 2018 |website=[[News.com.au]] |archive-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209053909/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/john-farnham-tops-the-list-of-australias-greatest-singers-of-all-time/news-story/84c62524c3fa820f5e22fd52cf95d2d8 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Billboard'' described Hutchence as "charismatic" with a "seductive purr and [a] lithe, magnetic stage presence".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7446690/inxs-michael-hutchence-documentary |title=UMG and Passion Pictures Set to Produce Documentary on INXS Lead Singer Michael Hutchence: Exclusive |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=25 July 2016 |access-date=15 January 2018 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=14 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514063551/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7446690/inxs-michael-hutchence-documentary |url-status=live }}</ref> Paul Donoughue, of Australia's [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], wrote that Hutchence had "a phenomenal voice — moody, sexual, and dynamic, able to shift effortlessly from fragile to cocksure".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-22/michael-hutchence-inxs-singer-talent-remember/9179092|title=20 years on, let's remember Michael Hutchence for his talent, not the headlines|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=22 November 2017|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116141852/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-22/michael-hutchence-inxs-singer-talent-remember/9179092|url-status=live}}</ref> Reviewing an INXS concert, Dave Simpson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that "Watching Hutchence, hair flailing, crotch thrusting, a mischievous smile forever creeping across his leathery face, I realised that here was a man born to be onstage, living and loving every minute, an explosion of sexual energy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/22/michaelhutchenceremembered|title=Michael Hutchence remembered|first=Dave|last=Simpson|date=22 November 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181136/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/22/michaelhutchenceremembered|url-status=live}}</ref> Hutchence biographer Toby Creswell asserted that "Hutchence was, without question, one of the truly great frontmen — he expressed the music in a dynamic way that few others could."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/michael-hutchence-and-inxs-searching-for-a-new-angle-in-shine-like-it-does/news-story/cab469425ba83926cbb5e3cde5090806|title=Michael Hutchence and INXS: searching for a new angle in Shine Like it Does |last=Creswell |first=Toby |date=10 November 2017 |access-date=15 January 2018 |website=theaustralian.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
According to ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', Hutchence's "public brawls and onetime open drug use" led London tabloids to dub him the "wild man of rock".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/inx-plicable-vol-48-no-23/|title=Inx-Plicable|first=Steve|last=Dougherty|work=People|date=8 December 1997|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181043/http://people.com/archive/inx-plicable-vol-48-no-23/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was romantically linked to Australian singer and actress [[Kylie Minogue]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=McLuckie|first=Kirsty|title=Dating Danger|work=The Scotsman|location=UK|date=23 January 2003|url=http://news.scotsman.com/kylieminogue/Call-it-chemistry-Kylie-Minogue.2293601.jp|access-date=26 January 2006|archive-date=19 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919181621/http://news.scotsman.com/kylieminogue/Call-it-chemistry-Kylie-Minogue.2293601.jp|url-status=live}}</ref> American singer [[Belinda Carlisle]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Confessions of an 80s pop diva |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/confessions-of-an-80s-pop-diva/news-story/b51c354093c58117e919ac1472bcd76c |work=The Sunday Telegraph |date=6 February 2011}}</ref><ref name="Carlisle">{{cite book |last1=Carlisle |first1=Belinda |author-link1=Belinda Carlisle |title=Lips Unsealed: A Memoir |year=2010 |publisher=Crown Publishing Group |location=New York |isbn=978-0-307-46349-4}}</ref> Danish model [[Helena Christensen]]<ref>{{cite book|title=INXS: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography|author=INXS |first2=Anthony |last2=Bozza|publisher=Atria|page=225 |year=2006|isbn=978-0-7432-8404-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MxTMEwwCIK8C&lpg=PT243&dq=Helena%20Christensen&pg=PT225<!-- don't remove lpg - that breaks preview-->|access-date=21 August 2010}}</ref> and Australian actress [[Kym Wilson]].<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/kym-wilson-on-the-death-of-michael-hutchence-and-the-turning-point-in-my-life/news-story/25f1d831a7b14aa0ca91ef8be2dbb566 |title=We're for Sydney |work=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |access-date=16 October 2018}}</ref>

In August 1992, Hutchence and Christensen were riding their bicycles at night in [[Copenhagen]] when he refused to move for a taxi.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/michael-hutchence-changed-after-vicious-attack-20140222-338t7.html|title=Michael Hutchence changed after vicious attack|last=Morris|first=Linda|date=23 February 2014|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=13 May 2017|archive-date=9 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509013437/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/michael-hutchence-changed-after-vicious-attack-20140222-338t7.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They were eating pizza when, unbeknown to him, the taxi tried to get through the narrow street but "didn't beep its horn or anything".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/michael-hutchence-movie/ | title="He went very strange." After Michael Hutchence was coward-punched, he immediately changed |date=2 December 2019 |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=21 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121062219/https://www.mamamia.com.au/michael-hutchence-movie/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The taxi driver assaulted Hutchence, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on the pavement; he suffered a [[fractured skull]].<ref name="rockstar">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-death-of-a-rock-star-1154565.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-death-of-a-rock-star-1154565.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The Death Of a Rock Star|date=5 April 1998|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London}}</ref> Hutchence did not immediately seek medical assistance for the injury and waited several days before seeing a doctor. He was left with [[brain damage]] and almost completely lost his sense of smell, as well as losing a significant amount of his sense of taste.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/inxs-star-michael-hutchence-and-the-secret-he-took-to-his-grave-11838007|title=INXS star Michael Hutchence 'had permanent brain damage'|last=Minelle|first=Bethany|date=29 December 2019|work=Sky News|access-date=22 November 2022|archive-date=22 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122221915/https://news.sky.com/story/inxs-star-michael-hutchence-and-the-secret-he-took-to-his-grave-11838007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Time Out">{{cite web| url= http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/timein/features/1275/5-michael-hutchence|title=A shining star on stage, a rampant hedonist in bed – his was a life in excess|date=17 February 2014|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out Sydney]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427204722/http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/timein/features/1275/5-michael-hutchence|archive-date=27 April 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> The injury led to periods of depression and increased levels of aggression, and he had still not fully recovered after two weeks in a Copenhagen hospital. According to INXS bandmate Beers, Hutchence brandished a knife and threatened to kill him during the 1993 recording of ''[[Full Moon, Dirty Hearts]]''. Beers recalled, "Over those six weeks, Michael threatened or physically confronted nearly every member of the band."<ref name="Bozza">{{cite book |last1=Bozza |first1=Anthony |author-link1=Anthony Bozza |last2=INXS |title=INXS: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OWo6lAEACAAJ |access-date=9 December 2010 |year=2005 |publisher=[[Bantam Press]] ([[Transworld (company)|Transworld]]) |location=London |isbn=978-0-7432-8404-2 |pages=212, 225}} Note: [online] link is a description of book.</ref>

In the mid-1990s, Hutchence became romantically involved with Welsh television presenter [[Paula Yates]].<ref name="MSNChristensen">{{cite news|url=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=290449 |title=Michael Hutchence and Helena Christensen (1991–1995) |publisher=ninemsn Pty Ltd |access-date=10 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720113237/http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=290449 |archive-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> They met in 1985, during an interview for the British TV program ''[[The Tube (1982 TV series)|The Tube]]''. Yates interviewed him again in 1994 for her ''[[Big Breakfast]]'' show, and their affair was soon uncovered by the British press.<ref name="Simmonds" /> At the time, Yates was married to [[the Boomtown Rats]] singer and [[Live Aid]] organiser [[Bob Geldof]].<ref name="Bedell">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/baby-baby-baby-paula-yates-the-rock-chick-who-married-bob-geldof-and-interviews-people-in-bed-has-set-herself-up-as-an-expert-on-motherhood-is-she-serious-or-is-she-just-flirting-with-it-the-way-she-does-with-everything-else-1475902.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/baby-baby-baby-paula-yates-the-rock-chick-who-married-bob-geldof-and-interviews-people-in-bed-has-set-herself-up-as-an-expert-on-motherhood-is-she-serious-or-is-she-just-flirting-with-it-the-way-she-does-with-everything-else-1475902.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Baby, Baby, Baby: Paula Yates, the rock chick who married Bob Geldof and interviews people in bed, has set herself up as an expert on motherhood. Is she serious, or is she just flirting with it, the way she does with everything else? |last1=Beddell |first1=Geraldine |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |publisher=Independent Print Limited |date=28 February 1993 |access-date=10 December 2010 |location=London}}</ref> Media scrutiny was intense, and Hutchence assaulted a photographer who had followed them. Yates's separation from Geldof in February 1995 sparked a public and at times bitter [[custody battle]] over their daughters. Yates and Geldof divorced in May 1996.<ref name="BBCSep2000">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/929725.stm |title=Yates' turbulent loves |work=BBC News |date=17 September 2000 |access-date=10 December 2010 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102070342/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/929725.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 22 July 1996, Yates gave birth to her daughter with Hutchence, [[Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof|Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily]].<ref name="HutchenceGlossop">{{cite book |last1=Hutchence |first1=Tina |last2=Glossop |first2=Patricia |title=Just a Man: The Real Michael Hutchence |access-date=11 December 2010 |date=1 July 2000 |publisher=[[Sidgwick & Jackson]] |location=London |isbn=0-283-06356-4 |chapter=10: Tiger Lily |chapter-url=http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/JAM_chapter10.htm |archive-date=19 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219102746/http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/JAM_chapter10.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 1996, Yates and Hutchence made headlines when they were arrested for suspicion of [[drug possession]] after the family nanny reportedly found a small amount of [[opium]] in a shoebox underneath their bed. The case was dropped due to lack of evidence.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Inx-Plicable|url=http://people.com/archive/inx-plicable-vol-48-no-23/|magazine=People|last=Dougherty|first=Steve|access-date=8 January 2018|date=8 December 1997|archive-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181043/http://people.com/archive/inx-plicable-vol-48-no-23/|url-status=live}}</ref> Paula Yates died on 17 September 2000 of an accidental heroin overdose; she was discovered in the presence of her and Hutchence's then four-year-old daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/04/11/peaches-geldof-died-next-to-her-baby/|title=Peaches Geldof died next to her baby|date=11 April 2014|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113075533/https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/04/11/peaches-geldof-died-next-to-her-baby/|url-status=live}}</ref> Soon after Yates's death, Geldof assumed foster custody of their daughter so that she could be brought up with her three older half-sisters, Fifi, [[Peaches Geldof|Peaches]] and [[Pixie Geldof|Pixie]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1078627.stm | work=BBC News | title=Tiger Lily to live with Sir Bob | date=19 December 2000 | access-date=22 May 2010 | archive-date=13 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113081810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1078627.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, their daughter was adopted by Geldof.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/tiger-lily-hutchence-19-looks-like-the-spitting-image-of-late-father/news-story/9e0dd20abe1ba60eadd675e6eaf05bc7|title=Tiger Lily Hutchence is all grown up|date=20 September 2015|newspaper=Herald Sun}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/geldof-blames-decision-of-family-courts-for-daughters-pain-30689924.html|title=Geldof blames decision of family courts for daughters' pain|website=Irish Independent|date=24 October 2014 |access-date=13 January 2020|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113075137/https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/geldof-blames-decision-of-family-courts-for-daughters-pain-30689924.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/celebrity/michael-hutchences-daughter-tiger-lily-22-has-been-ignored-by-the-rock-stars-estate-as-she-is-discovered-living-in-a-london-squat-after-receiving-a-dollar900-inheritance/ar-AADODxc|title=Michael Hutchence's daughter Tiger Lily, 22, has been 'ignored' by the rock star's estate – as she is discovered 'living in a London squat after receiving a $900 inheritance'|publisher=MSN|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113080424/https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/celebrity/michael-hutchences-daughter-tiger-lily-22-has-been-ignored-by-the-rock-stars-estate-as-she-is-discovered-living-in-a-london-squat-after-receiving-a-dollar900-inheritance/ar-AADODxc|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Death==
[[File:Michael Hutchence memorial, Sydney.jpg|thumb|right|Hutchence memorial at [[Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney|Northern Suburbs Crematorium]], [[North Ryde, New South Wales|North Ryde]], New South Wales. Inscription reads: "In loving memory of Michael Kelland Hutchence, 22 January 1960 - 22 November 1997. Beloved son of Patricia and Kelland, Brother of Rhett and Tina, Partner of Paula, Father of Tiger Lily. A sensitive and loving soul who touched hearts around the world. So dearly loved - so sadly missed. 'Stay young'. Ashes Scattered in Rose Bay 22 January 1998."]]
On 22 November 1997, at the age of 37, Hutchence was found dead in his room at the [[Ritz-Carlton]] hotel in the [[Double Bay]] suburb of Sydney. His cause of death was recorded as [[suicide by hanging]].<ref name="McF" /><ref name="Hand" /> Actress [[Kym Wilson]], who visited Hutchence in his hotel room the previous evening, was the last person to see him alive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tonedeaf.com.au/michael-hutchences-brother-writes-about-the-late-singers-biggest-secret/|title=Michael Hutchence biggest secret is still safe|date=30 May 2016|access-date=16 September 2018|website=tonedeaf.com.au|archive-date=21 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221061729/http://tonedeaf.com.au/michael-hutchences-brother-writes-about-the-late-singers-biggest-secret/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Earlier that year, Hutchence and INXS had started a world tour to support the April 1997 release of ''[[Elegantly Wasted]]''.<ref name="McF" /> The final 20th anniversary tour was to occur in Australia in November and December. During the tour, Paula Yates planned to visit Hutchence with their daughter and Yates's three other children, but Bob Geldof had taken legal action to prevent the visit.<ref name="MTV18Aug99">{{cite news |title=Michael Hutchence Solo LP Date Reset; Suicide Controversy Continues |publisher=MTV ([[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]) |date=18 August 1999 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430341/19990818/inxs.jhtml |access-date=9 December 2010 |archive-date=14 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114021625/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430341/19990818/inxs.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Geldof and Yates each gave police statements concerning the phone calls they exchanged with Hutchence on the morning of his death, but did not volunteer their phone records. Yates's statement on 26 November indicated that she had informed Hutchence of the Geldof girls' custody hearing being adjourned until 17 December, which meant that Yates would not be able to bring their daughter and the Geldof girls to Australia for a visit as previously intended. According to Yates, Hutchence "was frightened and couldn't stand a minute more without his baby ... [he] was terribly upset and he said 'I don't know how I'll live without seeing Tiger'." She indicated that Hutchence said he was going to call Geldof "to let the girls come to Australia".<ref name="Hand" /><ref name="HandInquestReport">{{cite web |url=http://www.destinytours.com.au/factsheet3.doc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901015306/http://www.destinytours.com.au/factsheet3.doc |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 September 2007 |title=Inquest into the death of Michael Kelland Hutchence |publisher=destinytours.com.au |format=doc |access-date=9 December 2010 }}</ref>

Geldof's police statements and evidence to the coroner indicated he did receive a call from Hutchence, who was "hectoring and abusive and threatening" during their phone conversation. The occupant in the room next to Hutchence's heard a loud male voice and swearing at about 5:00&nbsp;am; the coroner was satisfied that this was Hutchence arguing with Geldof.<ref name="Hand" /><ref name="HandInquestReport" />

At 9:54&nbsp;am on 22 November, Hutchence spoke with a former girlfriend, [[Michele Bennett (film producer)|Michele Bennett]]. According to Bennett, Hutchence was crying, sounded upset and told her he needed to see her. Bennett arrived at his hotel room door at about 10:40&nbsp;am, but there was no response. Hutchence's body was discovered by a hotel maid at 11:50&nbsp;am. Police reported that Hutchence was found "in a kneeling position facing the door. He had used his [[snakeskin]] belt to tie a knot on the automatic door closer at the top of the door, and had strained his head forward into the loop so hard that the buckle had broken."<ref name="Hand" />

On 6 February 1998, after an [[autopsy]] and [[Coroner's inquest|coronial inquest]], New South Wales's [[Coroner's Court of New South Wales|state coroner]], Derrick Hand, presented his report. The report ruled that Hutchence's death was suicide while depressed and under the influence of alcohol and other drugs.<ref name="Hand">{{cite book |last1=Hand |first1=Derrick |last2=Fife-Yeomans |first2=Janet |title=The Coroner: Investigating Sudden Death |orig-year=2004 |year=2008 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location=Sydney, NSW |isbn=978-0-7333-2221-1}}</ref> "An analysis report of Hutchence's blood [indicated] the presence of alcohol, [[cocaine]], [[Fluoxetine|Prozac]] and prescription drugs."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/michael-hutchence-death-explained-the-coroners-account-in-his-own-words/news-story/26dae2274fadfcbb10beb994f7cf7d26|title=Michael Hutchence death explained: the Coroner's account in his own words|date=29 January 2014|access-date=15 January 2018|newspaper=Herald Sun|archive-date=21 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121200214/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/michael-hutchence-death-explained-the-coroners-account-in-his-own-words/news-story/26dae2274fadfcbb10beb994f7cf7d26|url-status=live}}</ref> In producing his coroner's report, Hand had specifically considered the suggestions of accidental death (coupled with the fact that Hutchence left no [[suicide note]]), but had discounted them based on substantial evidence presented to the contrary.<ref name="Hand" /><ref name="HandInquestReport" /><ref name="MTVNews">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430349/19980206/inxs.jhtml |title=Hutchence death ruled suicide under the influence of drugs and alcohol |publisher=MTV ([[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]) |date=6 February 1998 |access-date=9 December 2010 |archive-date=12 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612192020/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430349/19980206/inxs.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> In a 1999 interview on ''[[60 Minutes]]'' (and in a documentary film on [[Channel 4]]), Yates claimed that Hutchence's death might have resulted from [[autoerotic asphyxiation]]; this claim contradicted her previous statements to police investigators and the coroner.<ref name="BBC10Aug99">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/416509.stm |title=Paula challenges Hutchence verdict |date=10 August 1999 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=9 December 2010 |archive-date=27 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327122637/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/416509.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Funeral and memorial===
On 27 November 1997, Hutchence's funeral was held at [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney|St Andrew's Cathedral]] in Sydney and was attended by 600 people, including his family, bandmates, Paula Yates and their daughter, Hutchence's favourite singer, [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], and former girlfriends [[Kylie Minogue]] and [[Helena Christensen]].<ref name="rockstar"/> The funeral was broadcast live on Australian television.<ref name="BBCNov1997">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/34997.stm |title=Celebrities and fans share Hutchence family grief |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=27 November 1997 |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-date=28 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628022708/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/34997.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> His casket was carried out of the cathedral by members of INXS and his younger brother, Rhett; "[[Never Tear Us Apart]]" was played in the background.<ref name="mtv">{{Cite web |last=Corr |first=Nick |date=27 November 1997 |title=INXS Leader's Funeral Celebrates 'Life Of Michael' |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/m22kvo/inxs-leaders-funeral-celebrates-life-of-michael |website=[[MTV]] |access-date=7 May 2024 |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507224640/https://www.mtv.com/news/m22kvo/inxs-leaders-funeral-celebrates-life-of-michael |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Nick Cave]], a friend of Hutchence, performed his 1997 song "[[Into My Arms]]" during the funeral and requested that television cameras be switched off.<ref name="BBCNov1997"/> Hutchence's parents asked that in lieu of flowers, donations should be sent to [[UNICEF]] and the [[Starlight Foundation]].<ref name="mtv"/> Rhett claimed in his 2004 book, ''Total XS'', that on the previous day at the funeral home, Yates had put a gram of heroin into Michael's pocket.<ref name="RhettH">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/01/1096527923523.html |title=Death comes calling |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=2 October 2004 |access-date=9 December 2010 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605175740/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/01/1096527923523.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hutchence was cremated and his ashes were divided into thirds between his parents, his siblings and Yates and their daughter, following a battle between his family and Yates that started over Hutchence's wish to be cremated.<ref name="RhettH"/> The portion that went to his mother was buried at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in Hollywood Hills, California.<ref name="Bell">{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Adam |date=12 February 2016 |title=INXS' Michael Hutchence and Johnny O'Keefe lie at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/the-hills/inxs-michael-hutchence-and-johnny-okeefe-lie-at-northern-suburbs-memorial-gardens/news-story/684ca5b4cecffe40fb9e49a5410e3445 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=10 March 2024 |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310065642/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/the-hills/inxs-michael-hutchence-and-johnny-okeefe-lie-at-northern-suburbs-memorial-gardens/news-story/684ca5b4cecffe40fb9e49a5410e3445 |url-status=live }}</ref> The portion that went to his father was scattered into [[Sydney Harbour]], in [[Rose Bay, New South Wales|Rose Bay]], on what would have been Hutchence's 38th birthday on 22 January 1998,<ref name="Bell"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Scattering of Michael's Ashes |url=https://michaelhutchence.org/memorial/ashes-ceremony/ |access-date=14 March 2024 |archive-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202084117/https://michaelhutchence.org/memorial/ashes-ceremony/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and a tombstone was placed at [[Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney|Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens]] in North Ryde, Sydney.<ref name="Bell"/> Yates kept her portion of Hutchence's ashes in a cushion she slept with.<ref name="Bell"/>

==Legacy==
After Hutchence's death, INXS continued recording and performing until 2012. According to the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), INXS have sold 15&nbsp;million units in the United States alone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=inxs#search_section |title=INXS - RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230190826/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=inxs#search_section |archive-date=30 December 2023 |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America|Riaa.com]] |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref> As of 2018, INXS have sold over 50 million records worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 June 2018 |title=Legendary Australian Rock Band INXS Name Grammy Winning Music Producer, Composer and Arranger Giles Martin as Executive Music Director for Future Projects |url=https://www.universalmusic.com/legendary-australian-rock-band-inxs-name-grammy-winning-music-producer-composer-arranger-giles-martin-executive-music-director-future-projects/ |website=[[Universal Music]] |access-date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630221129/https://www.universalmusic.com/legendary-australian-rock-band-inxs-name-grammy-winning-music-producer-composer-arranger-giles-martin-executive-music-director-future-projects/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/inxs-masquerade-ball-40-years/ |title=INXS celebrate 40 years, 50 million records with VIP masquerade ball |date=27 October 2017 |publisher=Mediaweek |access-date=28 October 2017 |archive-date=28 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028202928/https://www.mediaweek.com.au/inxs-masquerade-ball-40-years/ |url-status=live }}</ref> INXS were inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] in 2001.<ref name="ARIAHoF">{{cite web |url=http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees_listing.htm |title=ARIA 2008 Hall of Fame inductees listing |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)|access-date=16 November 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080802221754/http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees_listing.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=2 August 2008}}</ref>

Hutchence's solo album, ''[[Michael Hutchence (album)|Michael Hutchence]]'', was released in October 1999.<ref name="McF"/> He had started on the album in 1995, recording songs in between INXS sessions; he had last worked on it three days before his death. The last song he recorded was "Possibilities".<ref name="McF" /> The album includes "Slide Away", a duet with U2's [[Bono]];<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/film-maker-reveals-michael-hutchence-had-been-cast-in-the-matrix-three-days-before-he-died/news-story/cd03480bf8b9a6713bd4c22d0344e047|title=Michael Hutchence's Matrix role|date=15 July 2016|website=NewsComAu|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701035905/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/film-maker-reveals-michael-hutchence-had-been-cast-in-the-matrix-three-days-before-he-died/news-story/cd03480bf8b9a6713bd4c22d0344e047|url-status=live}}</ref> Bono's vocals were recorded after Hutchence's death.<ref name="auto"/> The 1999 movie ''Limp'' includes a [[Cameo role|cameo]] by Hutchence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/inxs-singer-michael-hutchences-hauntingly-prophetic-words-days-before-his-death/news-story/b7380993141570ed805945a5e4b1d950|title=Hutchence's hauntingly prophetic words|date=8 February 2014|website=NewsComAu|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717055417/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/inxs-singer-michael-hutchences-hauntingly-prophetic-words-days-before-his-death/news-story/b7380993141570ed805945a5e4b1d950|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 18 June 2000, Hutchence's mother [[Patricia Glassop]] and his sister Tina Hutchence released their book ''Just a Man: The Real Michael Hutchence'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2001 |title=A Death in the Family |url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/a-death-in-the-family-416700 |website=[[Hot Press]]}}</ref> which has been described as "an odd biography&nbsp;... [that] combines the basic facts of Hutchence's early life&nbsp;... with an almost too-intimate view of the authors' feelings".<ref name="PublishersWeekly">{{cite news |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0283063564/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books |title=Book Reviews – ''Just a Man: The Real Michael Hutchence'' |newspaper=[[Publishers Weekly]] |publisher=Cevin Bryerman, Jim Milliot, Michael Coffey |date=1 July 2000 |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312143602/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0283063564/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 20 August 2005, Melbourne's ''[[The Age]]'' reported on the disposition of Hutchence's estate and assets, which, although estimated at between $10&nbsp;million and $20&nbsp;million, amounted to virtually nothing. The remainder of his estate had reportedly been sold off or swallowed in legal fees.<ref name="McClymont">{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/20m-mystery-of-the-disappearing-estate/2005/08/19/1124435143873.html |title=$20m mystery of the disappearing estate |last1=McClymont |first1=Kate |work=The Age |location=Australia |date=20 August 2005 |access-date=10 December 2010 |archive-date=4 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704060613/http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/20m-mystery-of-the-disappearing-estate/2005/08/19/1124435143873.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A documentary about Hutchence, ''Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar'', aired on Australia's [[Seven Network]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/rhett-hutchence-slams-the-last-rockstar-documentary-on-channel-7/news-story/6c4132f3f1931b85d6383198ab2bd573|title=Hutchence doco slammed by star's brother|date=6 November 2017|newspaper=Herald Sun|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717055416/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/rhett-hutchence-slams-the-last-rockstar-documentary-on-channel-7/news-story/6c4132f3f1931b85d6383198ab2bd573|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/inxs-distances-itself-from-michael-hutchence-documentary-the-last-rockstar-20171016-gz1n37.html|title=INXS distances itself from Michael Hutchence documentary The Last Rockstar|first=Broede|last=Carmody|date=16 October 2017|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717055417/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/inxs-distances-itself-from-michael-hutchence-documentary-the-last-rockstar-20171016-gz1n37.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Mystify: Michael Hutchence]]''—another documentary about Hutchence's life directed by [[Richard Lowenstein]]—was released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/film-review-mystify-michael-hutchence-1203198746/|title=Film Review: 'Mystify: Michael Hutchence'|first1=Katherine|last1=Turman|date=26 April 2019|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430140202/https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/film-review-mystify-michael-hutchence-1203198746/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{see also|INXS discography}}

===Posthumous albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
|-
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name="AUS">{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Michael+Hutchence|title=Australian Charts – Michael Hutchence|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224155005/https://australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Michael+Hutchence|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8428/michael-hutchence/|title=Official Charts – Michael Hutchence|publisher=Official Charts|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524110227/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8428/michael-hutchence/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Michael Hutchence (album)|Michael Hutchence]]''
|
* Released: 14 December 1999
* Label: [[V2 Records|V2]]
| 3 || 90
|
* [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]: Gold<ref name="AUS99">{{cite certification|region=Australia|certyear=1999| access-date = 2024-12-22}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Mystify: A Musical Journey with Michael Hutchence]]''
|
* Released: 5 July 2019
* Label: Petrol
| 28<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=15 July 2019|access-date=13 July 2019|archive-date=4 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104035350/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref> || —
|
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:0.5em;"| Release
!colspan="1"|Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2" |Album
|-
! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name="AUS"/><ref name="AUS2">{{Cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| "Speed Kills"
|1982
|align="center"|—
|[[Freedom (1982 film)|Freedom (soundtrack)]]
|-
!scope="row"| "[[Rooms for the Memory]]"
|1987
|align="center"|11
|[[Dogs in Space#Soundtrack album|''Dogs in Space'' (soundtrack)]]
|-
!scope="row"| "A Straight Line"
|1999
|align="center"|44
|''Michael Hutchence''
|-
!scope="row"| "Friction"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/friction-single/1229208874|title=Friction|date=4 November 2015|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225020950/https://music.apple.com/au/album/friction-single/1229208874|url-status=live}}</ref>
|2015
|align="center"|—
|{{N/A|Non-album single}}
|-
!scope="row"| "[[Spill the Wine]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/spill-the-wine-single/1463246382|title=Spill the Wine|date=24 May 2019|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224195819/https://music.apple.com/au/album/spill-the-wine-single/1463246382|url-status=live}}</ref>
|2019
|align="center"|—
|''[[Mystify: A Musical Journey with Michael Hutchence]]''
|}

===Other appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of other non-single song appearances
|-
! scope="col" style="width:23em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row" | "Forest Theme" <br> (with Don Walker)
| 1982
| ''Freedom (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''
|-
! scope="row" | "Dogs in Space", "Golf Course" and "The Green Dragon"
| 1987
| ''Dogs in Space (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Under My Thumb]]" <br> (with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]])
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| ''Symphonic Music of the Rolling Stones''
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Baby Let's Play House]]"<br> (with [[NRBQ]])
| ''It's Now or Never: The Tribute to Elvis''
|-
! scope="row" | "[[The Passenger (song)|The Passenger]]"
| 1995
| ''[[Batman Forever (soundtrack)|Batman Forever Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]] ''
|-
! scope="row" | "Spill the Wine"
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[Barb Wire (soundtrack)|Barb Wire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
|-
! scope="row" | "Red Hill"
| ''One Voice: The Songs of Chage & Aska''
|-
! scope="row" | "The King Is Gone" <br> (with [[Talking Heads|the Heads]])
| 1996
| ''[[No Talking, Just Head]]''
|}

==Tributes and dedications==
* In 1997, [[Duran Duran]] wrote the song "Michael You've Got a Lot to Answer For". The song appeared on their album ''[[Medazzaland]]''. Lead singer [[Simon Le Bon]] told [[Q magazine]] that the song, released shortly before Hutchence's death, was about "Michael being a naughty boy ... when he was living with Paula Yates. He did like his substances."<ref name="Duran">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8006584/inxs-michael-hutchence-songs-inspired-life-death |title=Six Songs Inspired by INXS Frontman Michael Hutchence's Life and Death |date=19 October 1997 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=26 July 2019 |archive-date=26 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726214409/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/8006584/inxs-michael-hutchence-songs-inspired-life-death |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Nick Cave]] sang "[[Into My Arms]]" at Hutchence's funeral on 27 November 1997. The funeral was broadcast live on Australian TV. Out of respect, Cave requested the song not be televised.<ref name="BBCNov1997"/>
* [[Terri Nunn]] of [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]] and [[Billy Corgan]] collaborated on "Sacred and Profane" for Berlin's 2000 album ''Live: Sacred & Profane''. Nunn said, "The song is about my first experience seeing [Hutchence] because that changed my life. He influenced me probably more than anyone else as a performer. I became 12 years old in five minutes wanting to have sex with him. That's all I wanted! Oh my God. Everybody did! You just wanted him. He was the epitome of [a] rock star."<ref name="OrrickGuzman">{{cite news |url=http://www.qvmagazine.com/qvArtist/berlin/index.html |title=Like Nunn Other&nbsp;... |newspaper=qvMagazine: The Latino Men's Journal |publisher=QVmagazine.com |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-date=15 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715141045/http://www.qvmagazine.com/qvArtist/berlin/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Apicella">{{cite news|url=http://www.music-reviewer.com/Interviews/December-2002/Berlin-(Terri-Nunn)/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224132642/http://www.music-reviewer.com/Interviews/December-2002/Berlin-%28Terri-Nunn%29/ |archive-date=24 February 2008 |title=Interviews – Terri Nunn (Berlin) |date=December 2002 |newspaper=Music Reviewer |publisher=Perihelion |last1=Apicella |first1=Vinnie |access-date=11 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Bono, a close friend of Hutchence, wrote "[[Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of]]" on the 2000 U2 album ''[[All That You Can't Leave Behind]]''. The song is written in the form of an argument about suicide in which he tries to convince Hutchence of its foolishness. Bono characterised the song as a good old row between friends, adding that he felt guilty for never having had it with Hutchence in real life.<ref name="McMartin">{{cite news|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/music/news/article_1056777.php/Bono_feels_regret_over_death_of_Michael_Hutchence |title=Bono feels regret over death of Michael Hutchence |last1=McMartin |first1=Trent |newspaper=Music News |publisher=Monsters and Critics |date=23 October 2005 |access-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105030256/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/music/news/article_1056777.php/Bono_feels_regret_over_death_of_Michael_Hutchence |archive-date=5 November 2010 }}</ref> In a 2005 interview, Bono regretted that he had not spent more time with Hutchence. Bono's wife, [[Alison Hewson]], had seen Hutchence before his death and noted "he looked a bit shaky to [her]".<ref name="McMartin" />
* On 23 November 2019, [[U2]] paid tribute to Hutchence in Sydney, Australia, on their Joshua Tree Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moustafa |first=Abi |date=24 November 2019 |title=U2 pay tribute to INXS' Michael Hutchence on the anniversary of his death |url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/u2-pay-tribute-to-inxs-michael-hutchence-on-the-anniversary-of-his-death-c-573210 |website=[[Seven News]]}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
===APRA Awards===
The [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]] are presented annually from 1982 by the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) &#124; [[Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society]] (AMCOS) |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523045713/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/apraawards/musicawards/history.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[APRA Music Awards of 2021|2021]]
| rowspan="3"| "[[Break My Heart (Dua Lipa song)|Break My Heart]]" by [[Dua Lipa]] (Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence, Dua Lipa, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Watt)
| Song of the Year
| {{shortlisted}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/one-of-these-songs-will-be-the-peer-voted-apra-song-of-the-year|title=One of these songs will be the Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year!|website=[[APRA AMCOS]]|date=3 February 2021|access-date=26 April 2022|archive-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426070611/https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/one-of-these-songs-will-be-the-peer-voted-apra-song-of-the-year|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Most Performed Pop Work
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref name="APRA Noms 2021">{{cite web | url = https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/apra-music-awards-2021#_127439 | title = Nominees announced for the 2021 APRA Music Awards | publisher = [[APRA AMCOS]] | year = 2021 | access-date = 31 March 2021 | archive-date = 29 April 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210429205229/https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/apra-music-awards-2021#_127439 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| Most Performed Australian Work
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}

===Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame===
The Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 2004 to honour the lifetime achievements of some of Australia's greatest songwriters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asai.org.au/hall-of-fame/|title=Hall of Fame|website=asai|access-date=17 September 2020}}</ref>
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|-
| 2016
| Himself
| [[Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame]]
| {{yes2|inducted}}
|}

===Countdown Australian Music Awards===
''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC-TV]] from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine ''[[TV Week]]''. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.<ref name="CountdownMarch1987">{{Cite web | url = http://www.countdownmemories.com/magazines/pdfs/1987_03.pdf | title = Countdown to the Awards | work = Countdown Magazine | date = March 1987 | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) | format = [[Portable document format]] (PDF) | access-date = 16 December 2010 | archive-date = 21 February 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110221005954/http://www.countdownmemories.com/magazines/pdfs/1987_03.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="1987noms&wins">{{cite web|url=http://1970scountdown.atspace.com/1987.html|title=Final episode of Countdown|website=1970scountdown|access-date=23 October 2020|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026142001/http://1970scountdown.atspace.com/1987.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|-
| rowspan="3" | 1984
| Himself (with [[Andrew Farriss]])
| Best Songwriter
| {{won}}
|-
| Himself
| Most Popular Male Performer
| {{won}}
|-
| Himself ("Burn for You" by INXS)
| Best Male Performance in a Video
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1986
| Himself
| Most Popular Male Performer
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last1=Carlisle |first1=Belinda |author-link1=Belinda Carlisle |title=Lips Unsealed: A Memoir |year=2010 |publisher=Crown Publishing Group |location=New York |isbn=978-0-307-46349-4}}
* {{cite book |last=Constantine |first=Alex |title=The covert war against rock: what you don't know about the deaths of Jim Morrison, Tupac Shakur, Michael Hutchence, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Phil Ochs, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, John Lennon, the Notorious B.I.G. |year=2000 |publisher=Feral House |location=[[Venice, California|Venice, Calif]] |isbn=978-0-922915-61-3 |chapter=14: Dancing on the Jetty: The Death of Michael Hutchence, et al}}
* {{cite book |last1=Bozza |first1=Anthony |author-link1=Anthony Bozza |last2=INXS |title=INXS: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OWo6lAEACAAJ |access-date=9 December 2010 |year=2005 |publisher=[[Bantam Press]] ([[Transworld (company)|Transworld]]) |location=London |isbn=978-0-7432-8404-2}}
* {{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |title=Whammo Homepage |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |access-date=4 December 2010 |year=1999 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |archive-date=5 April 2004 }} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
* {{cite book |author3=Paul McHenry |last1=Spencer |first1=Chris |last2=Nowara |first2=Zbig |title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock |orig-year=1987 |year=2002 |publisher=Five Mile Press |location=[[Noble Park, Victoria|Noble Park]], Victoria |isbn=1-86503-891-1}} Note: On-line version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. As from September 2010, the on-line version appears to have an Internal Service Error.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Michael Hutchence}}
* [http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/ Michael Hutchence Official Site] – created by his mother, Patricia Glassop, and his half-sister Tina Hutchence.
* [http://www.michaelhutchence.org/ Official Michael Hutchence Memorial Website]&nbsp;– created by his father, Kelland Hutchence
* {{IMDb name|id=0404191|name=Michael Hutchence}}
* {{Discogs artist}}

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