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An Entity of Type : wsb:Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • Never Tear Us Apart
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  • 12-inch single
  • CD single
  • Cassette single
  • Gramophone record
  • Music download
has language
  • eng
Subject
  • 2012 singles
  • 2010 singles
  • 1988 singles
  • 1988 songs
  • 2001 singles
  • Atlantic Records singles
  • INXS songs
  • Songs written by Andrew Farriss
  • Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)
  • 1999 singles
  • Pop rock songs
  • Rock ballads
  • V2 Records singles
  • Paloma Faith songs
  • Songs written by Michael Hutchence
abstract
  • %22Never Tear Us Apart%22 is a single released by Australian rock group INXS in August 1988. It was also 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.%22Never Tear Us Apart%22 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 originally 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 %22Guns in the Sky%22 and %22New Sensation%22, 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 %22Never Tear Us Apart%22 was played in the background. This song is now thought of by many original INXS fans as Hutchence's anthem.The song was used in the opening sequence of the director's cut of the 2001 cult film, Donnie Darko. It would have been featured in the original release had the rights for it not been deemed too expensive by the producers. (%22The Killing Moon%22 by Echo & the Bunnymen served as its replacement.)In 2006, the song was voted %22Nation's Favourite Lyric%22 by viewers of pay TV music channel VH1 in Australia.Recently, the song has been adopted by The Squadron, the Newcastle United Jets supporter group, and sung in unison at the start and 90th minute of their A-League association football matches. This is in homage to the line, %22cause we all have wings, but some of us don't know why%22, used now in reference to the Jets symbol of their club. The song's popularity among supporters has prompted a move to have the song be played at the beginning of each match, first happening on 18 October 2008, when the Jets defeated the Melbourne Victory 1−0.In February 2014, after the Channel 7 screening of %22INXS: Never Tear Us Apart%22 mini-series, %22Never Tear Us Apart%22 charted again in Australia via download sales. It peaked at #11 on the ARIA Singles Chart, surpassing its original peak position of #14 back in 1988.
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  • Andrew Farriss
  • Michael Hutchence
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  • 5714ded425ac0d8aee4509e8
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  • GBAMX8700005
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  • Chris Thomas (record producer)
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schema:award
  • Silver
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wsb:deezer_artist_id
  • 1231
wsb:deezer_page
wsb:deezer_song_id
  • 1104563
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wsb:gain
wsb:goEar_page
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wsb:iTunes_page
wsb:language_detected
  • english
wsb:rank
wsb:record_label
  • V2 Records
  • RCA Records
  • Atlantic Records
  • Mercury Records
  • Gut Records
wsb:recording_description
  • 1998
  • 1987
  • 2001
  • 2010
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wsb:title_without_accent
  • Never Tear Us Apart
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