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INXS — Never Tear Us Apart
Album: Kick
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Released: 1987
Length: 2:57
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Don't ask me
What you know is true
Don't have to tell you
I love your precious heart

I
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never tear us apart

We could live
For a thousand years
But if I hurt you
I'd make wine from your tears

I told you
That we could fly
'Cause we all have wings
But some of us don't know why

I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never, ever tear us apart

I (Don't ask me)
I was standing (You know it's true)
Mm, you were there (Worlds collided)
Two worlds collided (We're shining through)
And they could never tear us apart

You (Don't ask me)
You were standing (You know it's true)
I was there (Worlds collided)
Two worlds collided (We're shining through)
And they could never tear us apart

I-I-I
I was standing
You were there
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I miss him 😕
Posted 1 year ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
Lots of music before this came on. Quality just stands out.
Posted 1 year ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
 mach-hog wrote:

I am always so impressed with the huge sound this band could produce. I sure miss Michael.



same. very much.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
WHAT A SOUND !
Posted 1 year ago by andydanilo    [ Reply ]
I think this song has aged well.
Posted 1 year ago by oufason    [ Reply ]
 mach-hog wrote:

I am always so impressed with the huge sound this band could produce. I sure miss Michael.




I AGREE!!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 OldFrenchie wrote:

Holy shit I just got transported back in time to grade 8 



Grade 12. But yes. This song does that.
Posted 2 years ago by MilidelEubanks    [ Reply ]
Holy shit I just got transported back in time to grade 8 
Posted 2 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
 david927 wrote:

If you want to see what Prague looked like pre-1989, right before the wall fell, the video to this song does a great job of showing it. 

I was fortunate enough to visit East Berlin at Christmastime circa 1986. I've described it as going from color (West Berlin) to black-and-white. Bullet holes still visible in some places, 40 years on. Powerful experience.
c.

Posted 2 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 mach-hog wrote:

One of my favourite bands. The best of Oz.




AC/DC
Posted 2 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
I tend to think the arrival of Nirvana made this band somewhat obsolete.
Posted 2 years ago by firefly6    [ Reply ]
If you want to see what Prague looked like pre-1989, right before the wall fell, the video to this song does a great job of showing it. 
Posted 2 years ago by david927    [ Reply ]
I am always so impressed with the huge sound this band could produce. I sure miss Michael.
Posted 3 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:
 
 
I'm not remembering much these days.  I didn't remember posting that...



Understood.
Posted 3 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 aspalathin wrote:
My first wedding dance 
 
What was the dance at the second wedding?
Posted 3 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
I like that the sax solo transitions the song from tragic/sad to hopeful/happy.  That's brilliantly done!
Posted 4 years ago by Mpayan    [ Reply ]
If you like INXS, or even think they're OK, check out the remastered concert at Wembley Stadium, "Live Baby Live".  They were incredible live. I gained a new appreciation.
Posted 4 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

It's also somewhat worrying that anyone would remember any Gary Glitter song other than "Rock & Roll Part 2".
 
I'm not remembering much these days.  I didn't remember posting that...

Posted 4 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
As a drummer who normally worships the great drum Gods in Rush, Genesis, Yes, Zep, Who, etc., this tune has some of the tastiest drum licks I have ever heard. 
Posted 4 years ago by DanielHLloyd    [ Reply ]
One of my favourite bands. The best of Oz.
Posted 4 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
30+ years-old and Hutchence voice on certain lyrics still hits hard and true like a very righteous hammer.
Posted 4 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
Everytime I hear INXS i think of season 3 of the The X-files, the Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose episode. 
Posted 4 years ago by sm11    [ Reply ]
 djblitz wrote:
Hearing this again made me realize something, I truly miss INXS.  
 

A good aural slapping does us all well...
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Posted 4 years ago by shhhh777    [ Reply ]
This  very fine tune is in many ways so brilliantly composed and in some way I find it innovative in its structure of harmonies . Just listen to the way the sounds are layered in this song. I think this composition definitely deserves the top award.
Posted 5 years ago by Pilsenaaa    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:


 
Perhaps you could expand on what it was that started on January 1, 1980 and ended on December 31, 1989 that this song embodies so well?
Posted 5 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 Dazzerb wrote:
the 80's was a great time for saxophonists!

Saw INXS play in a tiny venue around 1992 and it was incredible.  One of the greatest gigs I as ever at. 
 
I'm making a playlist of my favorite sax solos from a few decades and genres, but I don't think this will make it. It is just to slow for me. I agree  though that the solo is one of the best of the 80's.
Posted 5 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
Love this song! Joe Cocker's version is worth an ear, too (sax solo being replaced by guitar).
Posted 5 years ago by zaam    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:

Um, yes, this was released in the 80s.  Good catch, there.
 

Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Not played this for so long I had forgotten how good it was. Thanks Bill.
Posted 5 years ago by cob427uk1    [ Reply ]
They miss us  
Posted 5 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
Fantastic song, wonderful memories.
Posted 6 years ago by tanyhon    [ Reply ]
My first wedding dance 
Posted 6 years ago by aspalathin    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:
I've just heard Gary Glitter's " I love you, love" slowed down in this, which is worrying.
 
It's also somewhat worrying that anyone would remember any Gary Glitter song other than "Rock & Roll Part 2".
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Damn I miss these guys
Posted 6 years ago by balinor    [ Reply ]
I didn't really understand why this song was so massive down under.  Then recently saw this version in a commercial... some serious impact there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjlNKiH1iBk
Posted 6 years ago by jademon    [ Reply ]
 photolew wrote:
This falls into the catagory of heard it way too many times on commercial radio.....

 
But, you don't really hear it anymore (unless you're listening to the 80's channel on Sirius XM).  So it's OK by me, 30 years later.
Posted 6 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
My fav INXS, along with Mystify Me
Well done William
Posted 6 years ago by NorthernLad    [ Reply ]
This falls into the catagory of heard it way too many times on commercial radio.....
Posted 6 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
Nine
Posted 7 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
This album was kick ass... Still is...
Posted 7 years ago by Bert7    [ Reply ]
I've just heard Gary Glitter's " I love you, love" slowed down in this, which is worrying.
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
R.I.P Michael Hutchence. Good memories of an 80s stalwart band & his Jaggeresque swagger.
Posted 7 years ago by sleepinggypC    [ Reply ]
{#Cowboy}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Quintessential 80s-ness. 

 
Um, yes, this was released in the 80s.  Good catch, there.
Posted 7 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Hearing this again made me realize something, I truly miss INXS.  
Posted 7 years ago by djblitz    [ Reply ]
 Imkirok wrote:
Reminds me of a trip or two to Boston in the 90's to see a college friend of mine.  Ended up hooking up with her roommate.  Good times, and this song/album remind me of those!

 
How'd your friend feel about that? Good music for such memories, I'm thinking...

Great saxophone bits in this... 
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
  Relayer wrote:
I do love this song, quality stuff.   And in the chorus guitar break, you can hear part of Robert Plant's Big Log riff.

  
mediamarv wrote:

Robert Plant's or Jimmy Page's?

 
Since Big Log was on Robert Plant's second solo album, The Principle of Moments, it wasn't Page's riff.  Robbie Blunt was the guitarist on and co-writer of Big Log.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Blunt
Posted 8 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
the 80's was a great time for saxophonists!

Saw INXS play in a tiny venue around 1992 and it was incredible.  One of the greatest gigs I as ever at. 
Posted 8 years ago by Dazzerb    [ Reply ]
 michaele wrote:
This song makes me smile a little, memories of being a teenager

 
Yep!  I was in love with Michael Hutchense, RIP.  This song brings me right back to listening to this in my teenage bedroom.
Posted 9 years ago by gratefulgator    [ Reply ]
 Relayer wrote:
I do love this song, quality stuff.   And in the chorus guitar break, you can hear part of Robert Plant's Big Log riff.

 
Robert Plant's or Jimmy Page's?
Posted 9 years ago by mediamarv    [ Reply ]
Quintessential 80s-ness. 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 RandomousJam wrote:
In terms of style & music, INXS is one of my absolute favorite popular musical acts of all time. Michael Hutchence had an amazing stage presence and vocal intensity, with some at least half-decent introspective lyrics. Almost a Jim Morisson-like appeal, but with a different style, more urban. Like a half intelligent grownup city kid going on the prowl.

I realize that's a bit cheezy, all of it. But I guess everyone is entitled to a little cheezyness from time 2 time, I see I'm not the only one on this comment list with similar feelings.

and if anyone out there has the same feeling about this band, keep on rockin'!

 
I'm not sure I have the same feeling, but nevertheless this was a fabulous band. IMHO, they lost a skosh of vitality when Hutchence died. It happens.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
IF I ever hurt you I'd make wine from your tears.
Posted 10 years ago by DanaeBlythe    [ Reply ]
This song makes me smile a little, memories of being a teenager
Posted 10 years ago by michaele    [ Reply ]
blast from the 80ies past {#Cool}
Posted 10 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
I do love this song, quality stuff.   And in the chorus guitar break, you can hear part of Robert Plant's Big Log riff.
Posted 10 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
This is perfect 80s good stuff!
Posted 10 years ago by hugogdt    [ Reply ]
Perfect{#Daisy}{#Bounce}{#Daisy}short ....but perfect
Posted 10 years ago by paradisepig    [ Reply ]
     Top of the range - godlike {#Clap}  two worlds collided.....
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
I so like the video version of this song, with it's extended string lead in.  The video itself was pretty cool, too.
Posted 10 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
In terms of style & music, INXS is one of my absolute favorite popular musical acts of all time. Michael Hutchence had an amazing stage presence and vocal intensity, with some at least half-decent introspective lyrics. Almost a Jim Morisson-like appeal, but with a different style, more urban. Like a half intelligent grownup city kid going on the prowl.

<I'm hearing the Beatles come Together while tying now>

I realize that's a bit cheezy, all of it. But I guess everyone is entitled to a little cheezyness from time 2 time, I see I'm not the only one on this comment list with similar feelings.

and if anyone out there has the same feeling about this band, keep on rockin'!
Posted 10 years ago by RandomousJam    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of a trip or two to Boston in the 90's to see a college friend of mine.  Ended up hooking up with her roommate.  Good times, and this song/album remind me of those!
Posted 10 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
This was in heavy rotation when I was in high school and I got tired of it.  Now I like it again as I reminisce.  It's a good song and I'm glad I like listening to it again. 
Posted 11 years ago by nelsonha    [ Reply ]
I wish he was not dead.  Love this song!  {#Heartkiss}
Posted 11 years ago by Larrygrrl    [ Reply ]
Agreed.  It doesn't get more pop than this.  
 
sirdroseph wrote:
This whole album is fabulous, now this is a top 40 tune that is perfectly acceptable and suited for here!{#Clap}

 


Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches loves this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

Posted 11 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
"Need You Tonight" was a good tune as well.
Posted 11 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Still a very good song. I love his voice, he was an excellent singer.
Posted 11 years ago by Lkw    [ Reply ]
Hey, wow, still sounds pretty good...and I can never forget how on my first trip to Bali in '88 my manic Brit mate "Short-Circuit" Mike kept this fine INXS album almost constantly playing on the jammin' little stereo we had in the pool-side bungalow in Kuta...
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
They played in my college in my old home town in OZ in front of a couple of hundred people or less several times on their way up in the late 70s. They were great then. MC had really bad skin.
Posted 12 years ago by Sweet_Virginia    [ Reply ]
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:
I loved this album when it came out, but later came to feel that it represented the start of the decline of the band, in terms of quality of music. I hate to be one of those hipper-than-thou music snobs, but their first few albums were fantastic compared to their later stuff, at least to my ears.
 
I hear what you're saying - have thought that about many, many bands. But I think this song holds up remarkably well. Hard to believe it's 25 years old.
Posted 12 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
I loved this album when it came out, but later came to feel that it represented the start of the decline of the band, in terms of quality of music. I hate to be one of those hipper-than-thou music snobs, but their first few albums were fantastic compared to their later stuff, at least to my ears.
Posted 12 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
 NatureDeficit wrote:
Love the song actually... still waiting for the great sax
 
The video-clip was in Praga.
It´s fantastic! 
Posted 12 years ago by Josua    [ Reply ]
finally some music....
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 KrischanZ wrote:
Ganz großes Kino!{#Notworthy}
(not to translate...)
 

Untranslatable? Why? You said "Real big cinema", but this analogy does not work!


Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 coomerfan wrote:
This is our wedding song.  First dance.
 
Sorry to hear you are divorced!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Way-way-way NOT ENOUGH INXS on RP!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
". . . and they could never pry us apart!"
Posted 12 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
Love the song actually... still waiting for the great sax
Posted 12 years ago by NatureDeficit    [ Reply ]
I am so glad that I had the privelage to see INXS w/ MH in the day! Awesome performances!!!
Posted 13 years ago by pdjpirate    [ Reply ]
Ahhhhh, this was my very FIRST CD I ever bought — and it's still in my collection today, 24 years later.  Now that's some staying power!  
Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
This whole album is fabulous, now this is a top 40 tune that is perfectly acceptable and suited for here!{#Clap}
 

I remember really liking the video for "Mediate", although I never got into "Kick" that much. I really liked "Welcome to Wherever You Are" when I got it in music club subscription, but apparently the album went nowhere commercially. 
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 BKardon wrote:
I welcome INXS on RP.  The 80's is in my blood.
 
Agreed!  R.I.P. Michael H.

Posted 13 years ago by Helchat    [ Reply ]
I welcome INXS on RP.  The 80's is in my blood.
Posted 13 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
Maybe the fact that I have no memories, good or bad, associated with this song makes me objective enough to say that this song is nowhere near their best work, although I do love that sax.  I never liked this song - I always preferred "Disappear" and "Suicide Blonde," probably because of the beat. (So, awright - I wasn't into slow-dancing, so maybe I'm NOT objective.)

Anyway, I could never just sit and groove on this song. Still can't.  Sorry.  I loved INXS. RIP Michael. You selfish idiot.
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
This is our wedding song.  First dance.
Posted 14 years ago by coomerfan    [ Reply ]
RIP Michael.  You and the band were one of the best.
Posted 14 years ago by jimbaca    [ Reply ]
I was never a huge fan of INXS, but this is arguably their best song - especially with that wailing sax solo (although I always wished in went a little longer).

Posted 14 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
Classic :)
Posted 14 years ago by flapser    [ Reply ]
Ganz großes Kino!{#Notworthy}
(not to translate...)
Posted 14 years ago by KrischanZ    [ Reply ]
close my eyes and I'm drunk and slow dancing with my high school sweetheart....

nostalgic.

 
Posted 14 years ago by SirLars    [ Reply ]
As a child of the 80s, this really takes me back.  I hadn't listened to INXS in a while!
Posted 14 years ago by Sirena815    [ Reply ]
This whole album is fabulous, now this is a top 40 tune that is perfectly acceptable and suited for here!{#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Nice!!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 Bosami wrote:


You mean your attempts at clever commentary? Yes - I agree.

Haters suck.

This song is an easy 8.

 
Amen!

Posted 15 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 EssexTex wrote:
Awful, really really bad.
 

You mean your attempts at clever commentary? Yes - I agree.

Haters suck.

This song is an easy 8.

Posted 15 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
Pieter wrote:
And they want to pull down the hotel where Hutchence met his end. Make it a shrine I say.

Nah....make it a chain coffee joint...can't ever have enough of them on every street.

Posted 15 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
In their prime, this was a terrific band. Listen Like Thieves and Kick were as good as anything produced in the '80s—and that would include U2 and R.E.M. RIP, Michael Hutchence
Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Awful, really really bad.
Posted 15 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Nice1
Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
MH
So sad to hear this song now - RIP.
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Donnie Darko!!
Posted 15 years ago by strawtarget    [ Reply ]

yuk


Posted 15 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
INXS is one of my guilty pleasures. love the sax and vocals.
Posted 15 years ago by stevematic    [ Reply ]
 renegade_X wrote:
This was such an awesome album. I used to love INXS. Still enjoy hearing them, but it makes me angry when I think of Michael Hutchence. What a freakin idiot, the way he died. Has anyone heard anything from the band with their new lead singer?
  Heard they recently dumped him due to his cocaine issues. 


Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Not their best, but listenable
Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
And they want to pull down the hotel where Hutchence met his end. Make it a shrine I say.
Posted 15 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
Oh Bill!....Kung Fu....
Posted 15 years ago by annoffalese    [ Reply ]
There are definitely other tracks off this album that I would rather hear on RP. Nice to hear INXS in the mix, though.
Posted 15 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
 mirland wrote:
Best album they ever made and one of the best of it's kind in the eighties.
 

it was good, but not as good as Listen Like Thieves or Shabooh Shoobah...they "jumped the shark" soon after Kick.  Great live band!!! 

Posted 15 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
Best album they ever made and one of the best of it's kind in the eighties.
Posted 15 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
This was such an awesome album. I used to love INXS. Still enjoy hearing them, but it makes me angry when I think of Michael Hutchence. What a freakin idiot, the way he died. Has anyone heard anything from the band with their new lead singer?
Posted 15 years ago by renegade_X    [ Reply ]
their best......no contest.....wait for the kick in of the sax

another BluesFest moment........new singer, but the band kicked a**
Posted 15 years ago by nmcleod    [ Reply ]
My God, this song gives me an uncontrollable need to just make out with somebody.{#Hug}
Posted 16 years ago by pixalman    [ Reply ]
Wow, this really takes me back to the high school years!  Good stuff!
Posted 16 years ago by ChicoCyclist    [ Reply ]