New Sensation
Appearance
"New Sensation" | ||||
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Single by INXS | ||||
from the album Kick | ||||
B-side | "Guns in the Sky" | |||
Released | 29 December 1987[1] | |||
Genre | Funk-pop[2] | |||
Length | 3:38 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Chris Thomas | |||
INXS singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"New Sensation” on YouTube |
"New Sensation" is a 1988 song by rock new wave band INXS. It was taken from their sixth studio album Kick. It went to number 1 in Canada, number 3 in the United States, number 9 in Australia and Spain, number 14 in the Netherlands, number 15 in Ireland and South Africa, number 16 in New Zealand, number 19 in Belgium and number 25 in the United Kingdom.
Track listings
[change | change source]7-inch: Atlantic / 7-89080 (US)
- "New Sensation" – 3:38
- "Guns in the Sky" (Kookaburra mix) – 2:20
- also available on MC (7 89080-4)
7-inch: Mercury / INXS 9 (UK)
- "New Sensation" – 3:40
- "Do Wot You Do" – 3:16
12-inch: Atlantic / 0-86572 (U.S.)
- "New Sensation" (Nick's 12-inch mix) – 6:28
- "Guns in the Sky" (Kick Ass mix) – 6:00
12-inch: Mercury / INXS 912 (UK)
- "New Sensation" – 3:40
- "Do Wot You Do" – 3:16
- "Love Is (What I Say)"
- "Same Direction"
12-inch: WEA Records / 0-258016 (Australia)
- "New Sensation" (Nick's 12-inch mix) – 6:28
- "Guns in the Sky" (Kick Ass mix) – 6:00
- "New Sensation" (Nick's 7-inch mix) – 3:40
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Index: Releases". Record Mirror. 19 December 1987. p. 12.
INXS, those good looking guys from Aussie, release their single 'New Sensation' on December 29.
- ↑ Pitchfork Staff (September 10, 2018). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
...it also includes "New Sensation," "Devil Inside," and "Need You Tonight"—state-of-the-art '80s funk-pop played with enough charisma and volume for the cheap seats.