I Need Your Body Explained

I Need Your Body
Cover:	I-need-your-body.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Tina Arena
Album:	Strong as Steel
B-Side:	Stagefright
Released:	^[1]
Length:	3:59
Label:	Avenue
Producer:	Doug Brady, Ross Inglis
Prev Title:	Turn Up the Beat
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	The Machine's Breaking Down
Next Year:	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.

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

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Product Available from: 30/04/90 – Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 16). ARIA. Imgur. 13 May 2016.
2. Web site: Gina Riley parodying Tina Arena- Fast Forward 1990 (YouTube). 18 February 2012.
3. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1990. ARIA. 17 January 2023.