“I think it was a very important lyric for Michael. His lyrics were very poignant. He didn’t have to say very much, but you knew exactly what he was talking about”: The classic INXS ballad with deep meaning for Michael Hutchence

INXS.

It happened 40 years ago, but Andrew Farriss, keyboard player and founding member of INXS, can still remember the moment when he and singer Michael Hutchence began working together on the most emotive hit song the band ever recorded.

Farriss tells MusicRadar: “I wrote the music for it on a piano at home, and some time later Michael heard me playing on it on someone else’s piano at a friend’s house. He said, ‘I like that. When we get home to Sydney let’s finish that.’