| "New Sensation" | ||||
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 Standard artwork (Australian 12-inch vinyl single pictured) | ||||
| Single by INXS | ||||
| from the album Kick | ||||
| B-side | "Guns in the Sky" | |||
| Released | 29 December 1987[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Chris Thomas | |||
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| "New Sensation” on YouTube | ||||
"New Sensation" is a song by Australian rock group INXS. It was the third single (second in the UK) released from their sixth studio album, Kick (1987). The music was composed by Andrew Farriss and the lyrics were written by Michael Hutchence. The song features a signature Kirk Pengilly sax solo and lyrics about a partying lifestyle.
"New Sensation" was released in the United Kingdom on 29 December 1987 and was issued worldwide the following year. It reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 9 in Australia, No. 25 in the United Kingdom, and No. 1 in Canada. The first line on the track, "Live, baby, live", was later referenced in the title of the band's 1991 release Live Baby Live. The video for the song was filmed on the roof of Municipal House in Prague and directed by Richard Lowenstein.
- ^ "Index: Releases". Record Mirror. 19 December 1987. p. 12.
INXS, those good looking guys from Aussie, release their single 'New Sensation' on December 29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Strong, Martin (10 October 2006). "INXS". The Essential Rock Discography. Canongate Books. pp. 526–529. ISBN 1-84195-860-3.