I Need Your Body

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"I Need Your Body"
I-need-your-body.jpg
Single by Tina Arena
from the album Strong as Steel
B-side "Stagefright"
Released30 April 1990 (1990-04-30) [1]
Length3:59
Label Avenue
Songwriter(s) Ross Inglis
Producer(s) Doug Brady, Ross Inglis
Tina Arena singles chronology
"Turn Up the Beat"
(1985)
"I Need Your Body"
(1990)
"The Machine's Breaking Down"
(1990)

"I Need Your Body" is the second single by Australian pop singer Tina Arena, released in Australia in April 1990. It was Arena's first single to receive commercial success in Australia and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). It peaked at number three on the Australian Singles Chart and was placed at number 17 on the ARIA year-end chart for 1990.

Contents

Song information

"I Need Your Body" was written by Ross Inglis, who also produced it along with Doug Brady. It was recorded at Metropolis Audio in Melbourne. The song and the video were parodied on Fast Forward by Gina Riley in 1990. [2]

Track listings

Australian 7-inch and cassette single

  1. "I Need Your Body" – 3:59
  2. "Stagefright" – 3:34

Australian 12-inch single 1

  1. "I Need Your Body" (12-inch mix) – 6:26
  2. "I Need Your Body" (radio mix) – 3:59
  3. "I Need Your Body" (Mini mix) – 6:14
  4. "Stagefright" – 3:34

Australian 12-inch single 2

  1. "I Need Your Body" (Hot D.J. mix) – 10:10
  2. "I Need Your Body" (radio mix) – 3:59
  3. "I Need Your Body" (Mini mix) – 6:14
  4. "Stagefright" – 3:34

Scandinavian 7-inch single

  1. "I Need Your Body" (7-inch mix) – 4:20
  2. "I Need Your Body" (Mini mix) – 6:14

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [5] Platinum70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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