INXS

Released: October 4, 2005

Songwriter: Andrew Farriss Michael Hutchence

Producer: Mark Opitz

Look around
Give your eyes a new adventure
What you see
Is a mix of past and future

Your moment
Is coming now
Hold on / Hold on

How you gonna be when tell the story
Everything we took
Was it from each other

Hold on, come on

It's too late to get around it
Say goodbye to how we found it
This is what we least expected
Don't you put the blame on the messenger

It's too late to get around it
Say goodbye to how we found it
This is what we least expected
Don't you put the blame on the messenger

Hold on, hold on

I've seen the flames
That lick at survival
Check your dreams
Into the justice hotel

Your moment, is coming
Hold on, hold on

How you gonna be when tell the story
Everything we took
Was it from each other

Hold on, hold on

It's too late to get around it
Say goodbye to how we found it
This is what we least expected
Don't you put the blame on the messenger

It's too late to get around it
Say goodbye to how we found it
This is what we least expected
Don't you put the blame on the messenger

Hold on, hold on

How you gonna be when tell the story
Everything we took
Was it from each other

It's too late to get around it
Say goodbye to how we found it
This is what we least expected
Don't you put the blame on the messenger

Oh yeah, come on

INXS was originally formed in 1977 in Sydney, Australia as the Farriss Brothers. The lineup included the three Farris brothers: Andrew

(songwriter/keyboards); Tim (guitar); and Jon (drums), along with Michael Hutchence (lead vocals/songwriter); Kirk Pengilly (guitar/saxophone) and Garry Gary Beers (bass). They began gaining popularity playing in pubs before moving on to support other local Australian bands, including Midnight Oil.

In 1979, they changed their name to INXS and released their first single “Simple Simon” in 1980. They went on to release their debut self-titled album INXS in 1980, closely followed by their second album, Underneath the Colours, in 1981. Neither album gained much attention outside of Australia, however, in July of 1982 INXS released their single “The One Thing” ahead of their next studio album. The song began to climb the U.S. and international charts, thanks in part to music video’s heavy rotation on MTV.

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