What You Need (INXS song)

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"What You Need"
Single by INXS
from the album Listen Like Thieves
Released26 August 1985 (AUS)[1]
1986 (US)
Recorded1985
GenreRock, alternative rock
Length3:35
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence
Producer(s)Chris Thomas
INXS singles chronology
"Dancing on the Jetty"
(1984)
"What You Need"
(1985)
"This Time"
(1985)

"What You Need" is a 1985 song by Australian new wave band INXS and is the leading single from their fifth studio album Listen Like Thieves. It went to number 2 in Australia, number 5 in the United States, number 14 in New Zealand, number 21 in Canada and number 51 in the United Kingdom.

Track listing[change | change source]

UK 7" INXS 12

  1. "What You Need" – 3:35
  2. "Sweet As Sin" – 2:20

UK 12" single INXS 512

  1. "What You Need" (Remix) – 5:35 (Remix: Nick Launay)
  2. "Sweet As Sin" – 2:21
  3. "What You Need" (Live) – 3:56
  4. "The One Thing" (Live) – 3:31

References[change | change source]

  1. "Kent Music Report No 581 – 26 August 1985 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Kent Music Report). Retrieved 2017-11-30.