I Send a Message

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"I Send a Message"
INXS- I Send a Message.jpg
Single by INXS
from the album The Swing
B-side "Mechanical"
ReleasedMarch 14th 1984
Recorded1983
Length3:24 (album version)
3:20 (single edit)
5:02 (12" extended version)
Label WEA
Songwriter(s) Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss
Producer(s) Nick Launay
INXS singles chronology
"Original Sin"
(1983)		"I Send a Message"
(1984)		"Burn for You"
(1984)

"I Send a Message" was the second single released by Australian rock band INXS from their fourth album The Swing . The music video was directed by Yamamoto San and filmed in Tokyo at the city's oldest Buddhist temple in Main Old City Park. [1] [2]

Contents

Cash Box called the song "a powerful dance cut" with a "frenetic back beat" and "staccato vocal." [3]

At the 1984 Countdown Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Australian Single. [4] [5]

Track listing

7" single Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Send a Message" M. Hutchence, A. Farriss [6] 4:46
2."Mechanical"A. Farris [7] 4:39

12"/CD Maxi single Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Send a Message" (Extended remix)M. Hutchence, A. Farriss [6] 5:02
2."Burn for You" (Remix)M. Hutchence, A. Farriss [8] 4:26
3."Johnson's Aeroplane" (Remix)A. Farris [9] 3:54

Charts

The song was released on 12 March 1984 and reached No.3 on the Kent Music Report. [10] It also reached No.18 on the New Zealand Singles charts, [11] No. 18 on the US Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles and No. 77 on The Billboard Hot 100. [12]

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "I Send a Message"
Chart (1984)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [10] 3
Netherlands (Single Tip) [13] *
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [14] 18
US Billboard Hot 100 [15] 77
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [16] 18
"*" indicates an unranked position.

Year-end charts

1984 year-end chart performance for "I Send a Message"
Chart (1984)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [17] [18] 45
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [19] 47

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  4. ↑ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
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  6. 1 2 ""I Send a Message" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  7. ↑ ""Mechanical" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 6 March 2014.
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  9. ↑ ""Johnson's Aeroplane" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  10. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, Sydney: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
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