Burn for You (INXS song)

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"Burn for You"
Burn For You by INXS Single Cover.jpg
Single by INXS
from the album The Swing
B-side "Johnson's Aeroplane"
Released26 July 1984 [1]
Recorded1983
Length4:59 (album version)
4:26 (single edit)
6:09 (12" extended version)
Label WEA
Songwriter(s) Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss
Producer(s) Nick Launay
INXS singles chronology
"I Send a Message"
(1984)
"Burn for You"
(1984)
"Dancing on the Jetty"
(1984)

"Burn for You" is a song by Australian rock band INXS that features on the band's fourth album The Swing . [2] It was the third single to be released from the album and peaked at #3 on the Australian chart in August 1984, remaining there for two weeks. [3]

Contents

Track listing

7" single Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Burn for You" M. Hutchence, A. Farriss [4] 4:46
2."Johnson's Aeroplane"A. Farris [5] 4:39

12"/CD Maxi single Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Burn for You" (Extended remix)M. Hutchence, A. Farriss6:09
2."Burn for You" (Remix)M. Hutchence, A. Farriss3:38
3."I Send a Message" (Extended remix)M. Hutchence, A. Farriss [6] 4:46

Video

The video was filmed by Richard Lowenstein, over a week of the band while on tour in the style of a home movie, [7] in Mackay in North Queensland. [8] Hutchence asked Lowenstein to come to Queensland to direct after seeing his work on the video for the Hunters & Collectors single "Talking to a Stranger". [9] It was the first of fifteen videos that Lowenstein directed for the band. [8] The video won Best Promotional Video at the 1984 Countdown Music and Video Awards, while the band won Best Group Performance in a Video. [10]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [11] 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [12] 29

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [13] [14] 25

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