Devil Inside (INXS song)

"Devil Inside"
Cover art for Australian edition
Single by INXS
from the album Kick
B-side"On the Rocks"
Released8 February 1988 (1988-02-08)
GenreFunk-pop[1]
Length
  • 5:11 (album version)
  • 3:55 (single version)
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Chris Thomas
INXS singles chronology
"New Sensation"
(1987)
"Devil Inside"
(1988)
"Never Tear Us Apart"
(1988)
Music video
"Devil Inside" on YouTube

"Devil Inside" is a song by Australian rock band INXS. The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence and was released as the second single (third in the UK) from the band's sixth studio album, Kick, in February 1988. The song reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks. "Devil Inside" also peaked at number six in Australia, number three in Canada, and number two in New Zealand. Cash Box said that the band "[uses] a Daytripper-like guitar sound and riff it under a sultry, breathy vocal to put the point across."[2]

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (10 September 2018). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 April 2023. ...it also includes "New Sensation," "Devil Inside," and "Need You Tonight"—state-of-the-art '80s funk-pop played with enough charisma and volume for the cheap seats.
  2. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. LI, no. 31. 6 February 1988. p. 10. Retrieved 21 December 2022.