Devil Inside (INXS song)

"Devil Inside"
Cover art for Australian edition
Single by INXS
from the album Kick
B-side"On the Rocks"
Released8 February 1988 (1988-02-08)
GenreFunk-pop[1]
Length
  • 5:11 (album version)
  • 3:55 (single version)
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Chris Thomas
INXS singles chronology
"New Sensation"
(1987) 		"Devil Inside"
(1988) 		"Never Tear Us Apart"
(1988)
Music video
"Devil Inside" on YouTube

"Devil Inside" is a song by Australian rock band INXS. The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence and was released as the second single (third in the UK) from the band's sixth studio album, Kick, in February 1988. The song reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks. "Devil Inside" also peaked at number six in Australia, number three in Canada, and number two in New Zealand. Cash Box said that the band "[uses] a Daytripper-like guitar sound and riff it under a sultry, breathy vocal to put the point across."[2]

Track listings

US 7", 45 RPM, Single (Atlantic 7-89144)

  1. "Devil Inside" (5:11)
  2. "On the Rocks" (3:05)

US 7", 45 RPM, Single (Promo) (Atlantic 7-89144)

  1. "Devil Inside" (Edit) (3:54)
  2. "Devil Inside" (LP Version) (5:11)

US 12' 33 1/3, Single (Atlantic 0-86622)

  1. "Devil Inside" (Remixed Version) (6:36)
  2. "Devil Inside" (Edited Version) (3:54)
  3. "On the Rocks" (Unavailable on LP) (3:05)

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Australia 8 February 1988
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
 WEA [12]
United Kingdom 22 February 1988
[26]
14 March 1988 CD [27]
Japan 25 April 1988 Mini-CD WEA [28]

References

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  27. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 12 March 1988. p. 39.
  28. ^ "デビル・インサイド | INXS" [Devil Inside | INXS] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 21 March 2024.