Burn for You (INXS song) explained

Burn for You
Cover:Burn_For_You_by_INXS_Single_Cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:INXS
Album:The Swing
B-Side:Johnson's Aeroplane
Released:26 July 1984[1]
Recorded:1983
Length:4:59 (album version)
4:26 (single edit)
6:09 (12" extended version)
Label:WEA
Producer:Nick Launay
Prev Title:I Send a Message
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Dancing on the Jetty
Next Year: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]

Track listing

7" single Track listing

12"/CD Maxi single Track listing

Video

The video was filmed by Richard Lowenstein, over a week of the band while on tour in the style of a home movie,[4] in Mackay in North Queensland. 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".[5] It was the first of fifteen videos that Lowenstein directed for the band.[6] The video won Best Promotional Video at the 1984 Countdown Music and Video Awards, while the band won Best Group Performance in a Video.[7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 29

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kent Music Report No 525 – 16 July 1984 > Singles: New Releases. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 30 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Promo Videos - Burn for You. inxs.com. 5 February 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116162443/http://inxs.com/videos/promo-videos/. 16 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Michael Hutchence Discography • INXS Discography. michaelhutchence.com.au. 5 February 2014.
  4. Book: INXS: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography . INXS Publications . Simon and Schuster . 2010 . 9780743290029.
  5. News: The Death of a Rock Star . 5 April 1998 . Milliken, Robert . The Independent (UK).
  6. News: Richard Lowenstein to direct Michael Hutchence movie biopic. 31 October 2013. news.com.au. News Ltd. 9 August 2016. 15 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140215152922/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/richard-lowenstein-to-direct-michael-hutchence-movie-biopic/story-e6frfmvr-1226750753586. dead.
  7. Web site: Countdown Archives – 1985 – 25 May 1985 . baseportal.com . 25 November 2008 .
  8. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Music Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988
  9. Web site: charts.nz . Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. 17 September 2017.
  10. Web site: Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 23 January 2023.
  11. Web site: Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1984 . Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien . 17 September 2017.