Songwriter: Michael Hutchence Andrew Farriss Jon Farriss Tim Farriss

Producer: Chris Thomas

[Verse 1]
On the talk back show
On the radio
At the local bar
In the hot traffic by the red tail lights

[Chorus]
Everybody's down on their knees
Listen like thieves
But who needs that
When it's all in your hands

[Verse 2]
And we take it down
To the end of town
Where they have control
But they're losing touch when the lights go out

[Chorus]
Everybody's down on their knees
Listen like thieves
But who needs that
It's all in your hands
Everybody's on their knees
Listen like thieves for the end result
But who needs that when you got it all in your hands
All in your hands
It's all in your hands!

[Verse 3]
You are all you need
You are all you need
And that is everything
So don't hesitate
There's no time to waste
Just do it for yourself

[Chorus]
I said everybody's down on their knees
Listen like thieves
But who needs that when it's all in your hands
You got it all
You got it all
It's all in your hands
You got it all
You got it all

[Outro]
I said everybody's down on their knees
Listen like thieves
But who needs that when it's all in your hands

INXS

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.