Not Enough Time Explained

Not Enough Time
Cover:	Not Enough Time.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	INXS
Album:	Welcome to Wherever You Are
B-Side:	"Light the Planet" "Deepest Red" "Firma Terror" "In My Living Room"
Released:	August 1992
Length:	4:20
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Mark Opitz INXS
Prev Title:	Baby Don't Cry
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Taste It
Next Year:	1992

"Not Enough Time" is a song by Australian rock band INXS, released as the third single from their eighth studio album, Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992). The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence; the music in Sydney and the lyrics in Paris, France.^[1] It was released simultaneously with "Baby Don't Cry" but only in the United States, Canada, and Japan. The song also appears on the compilation album Barcelona Gold, released to coincide with the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Composition

The lyrics to the song were originally intended for another composition from Welcome To Wherever You Are, which later became the album's opening song, "Questions". The original version can be heard on the 2002 remaster of the album. Australian singer Deni Hines appears as a backing vocalist on the song and went on to marry guitarist Kirk Pengilly a year later in 1993.^[2]

B-sides

The B-sides include a solo composition "Firma Terror" from bassist Gary Beers, another by lead guitarist Kirk Pengilly titled "Light the Planet", and "Deepest Red", an out-take from the X album.

Track listings

US CD single^[3]

1. "Not Enough Time" (Barcelona LP fade) – 4:20
2. "Light the Planet" – 2:50

US maxi-CD single^[4]

1. "Not Enough Time" (Barcelona LP fade) – 4:20
2. "Deepest Red" – 3:20
3. "Firma Terror" – 3:05
4. "In My Living Room" – 3:54

US cassette single^[5]

1. "Not Enough Time" (Barcelona LP fade)
2. "Deepest Red"

Japanese mini-CD single^[6]

1. "Not Enough Time"
2. "Light the Planet"

Charts

Year-end charts

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
United States	August 1992		Atlantic
Japan	25 October 1992	Mini-CD	EastWest	^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: INXS.com - Not Enough Time . inxs.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101126231821/http://inxs.com/track.aspx?id=1536 . 26 November 2010 . dead.
2. Web site: Singer Deni Hines (22) weds INXS guitarist... December 30 in History at BrainyHistory.com. BrainyHistory.com. 6 June 2023.
3. Not Enough Time. INXS. 1993. US CD single liner notes. Atlantic Records. 87437-2.
4. Not Enough Time. INXS. 1993. US maxi-CD single liner notes. Atlantic Records. 85819-2.
5. Not Enough Time. INXS. 1993. US cassette single cassette notes. Atlantic Records. 4-87437.
6. Not Enough Time. INXS. 1993. Japanese mini-CD single liner notes. EastWest Records. WMD5-4115.
7. The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992. RPM. 56. 25. 8. 19 December 1992.
8. Web site: ノット・イナフ・タイム INXS. Not Enough Time INXS. Oricon. ja. 9 September 2023.