Taste It Explained

Taste It
Cover:	Tasteit.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	INXS
Album:	Welcome to Wherever You Are
Length:	3:26
Label:	EastWest
Producer:	Mark Opitz, INXS
Prev Title:	Not Enough Time
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Beautiful Girl
Next Year:	1993

"Taste It" is a song by Australian rock band INXS, released as the fourth single from their eighth album, Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992), in November 1992. The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence. It peaked at 36 on the Australian Singles Chart and also charted in New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

B-sides

The B-sides include a solo compositions from guitarist Kirk Pengilly entitled "Light the Planet" as well as Youth remixes of "Taste It" and a Ralphi Rosario club mix of future single "Not Enough Time". In the UK, a second CD was available with further club mixes of three singles from the X album.

Reception

Q said, "The simple fact is that after a sustained period of rock in excess, INXS have found soul. "Taste It" grooves on a marvellously ambient and woolly drum sound."^[1]

Track listings

Australian CD single

1. "Taste It" (LP version)
2. "Taste It" (Youth 12-inch mix)
3. "Not Enough Time"

UK 7-inch and cassette single

1. "Taste It" (LP version)
2. "Light the Planet"

UK CD1

1. "Taste It" (LP version)
2. "Taste It" (Youth 12-inch mix)
3. "Not Enough Time" (Ralphi Rosario mix)
4. "Light the Planet"

UK CD2

1. "Taste It" (Youth acapella mix)
2. "Suicide Blonde" (Oakenfold Milk mix)
3. "Disappear" (Morales mix)
4. "Bitter Tears" (Lorimer 12-inch mix)

German maxi-CD single

1. "Taste It" (LP version)
2. "Taste It" (Youth 12-inch mix)
3. "Light the Planet"
4. "Suicide Blonde" (Oakenfold Milk mix)

US CD single

1. "Taste It" (LP version)
2. "Questions" (no vocals)

US cassette single

1. "Taste It" (LP version)
2. "11th Revolution"

Japanese mini-CD single

1. "Taste It" (LP version)
2. "Taste It" (Youth 12-inch mix)

Chart performance

The song reached No. 21 in the United Kingdom and No. 36 in Australia. In the United States, it reached No. 5 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Weekly charts

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label
United Kingdom	2 November 1992		Mercury	^[3]
Japan	21 December 1992	Mini-CD	EastWest	^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: . INXS: Welcome To Wherever You Are. David Sinclair .
2. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 9. 48. 27. 28 November 1992.
3. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 21. 31 October 1992.
4. Web site: テイスト・イット INXS. Taste It INXS. Oricon. ja. 22 March 2024.