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Never Tear Us Apart

"Never Tear Us Apart"
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Single by INXS
from the album Kick
B-side
  • "Different World" (7" mix)
  • "Guns in the Sky" (Kick Ass Remix)
Released 8 August 1988
Format
Recorded 1987
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:02 (single version)
3:43 (video version)
Label Atlantic
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Chris Thomas
INXS singles chronology
"New Sensation"
(1988)
"Never Tear Us Apart"
(1988)
"Kick"
(1988)
Kick track listing
"Wild Life"
(7)
"Never Tear Us Apart"
(8)
"Mystify"
(9)
"Never Tear Us Apart"
Single by Tom Jones feat. Natalie Imbruglia
from the album Reload
Released 27 September 1999
Format CD single
Recorded 1998
Genre Rock
Length 3:08
Label
Producer(s) Johnny Douglas
Tom Jones singles chronology
"Burning Down the House"
(1999)
"Never Tear Us Apart"
(1999)
"Baby, It's Cold Outside"
(1999)
"Precious Heart"
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Single by Tall Paul vs. INXS
from the album INXS²: The Remixes
Released 2001
Format CD single
Recorded 2001
Genre House
Label Mercury
Writer(s)
Tall Paul singles chronology
"Precious Heart"
(2001)
INXS singles chronology
"Searching"
(1997)
"Precious Heart"
(2001)
"I'm So Crazy"
(2001)
"Never Tear Us Apart"
Single by INXS featuring Ben Harper
Released 12 August 2010
Format iTunes single
Recorded 2010
Genre Rock
Length 4:00
Label Petrol Electric
Writer(s)
INXS singles chronology
"Dream on Black Girl (Original Sin)"
(2006)
"Never Tear Us Apart"
(2010)
"Mediate"
(2011)
"Never Tear Us Apart"
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Single by Paloma Faith
from the album Fall to Grace
Released 23 September 2012
Format Digital download
Recorded 2012
Genre
Length 3:05
Label RCA Records
Paloma Faith singles chronology
"30 Minute Love Affair"
(2012)
"Never Tear Us Apart"
(2012)
"Just Be"
(2012)

"Never Tear Us Apart" is a single released by Australian rock group INXS in August 1988. It was included on the band's sixth studio album, Kick. The music was written by keyboardist Andrew Farriss, who recorded a blues-style demo and gave it to vocalist Michael Hutchence who wrote the lyrics.

"Never Tear Us Apart" is a sensuous ballad, written in the tempo of a modern Viennese waltz, layered with synthesizers and containing dramatic pauses before the instrumental breaks. Kirk Pengilly lends a cathartic saxophone solo near the end. According to the liner notes of Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979–1997), the song was composed on piano as a bluesy number in the style of Fats Domino. Producer Chris Thomas suggested a synth-based arrangement instead.

The video for the song, featuring an extended intro, was filmed in various locations in Prague along with "Guns in the Sky" and "New Sensation", all directed by Richard Lowenstein.

The single reached #24 in the UK, and stayed on the charts for seven weeks. In the U.S., it reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.

After his death in 1997, Michael Hutchence's coffin was carried out of St. Andrews Cathedral by the remaining members of INXS and younger brother Rhett, as "Never Tear Us Apart" was played in the background.


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