Shining Star (INXS song)

"Shining Star" is a song by Australian popular rock band INXS and was the only single issued from the band's live album, Live Baby Live, released in November 1991. It is the one new studio track recorded for the album and it peaked at No. 21 on the ARIA Singles Chart,^[1] No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's ninth Top 40 single. In the United States, it peaked at No. 4 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, but did not appear on the Billboard Hot 100.

B-sides

Four live tracks were released as B-sides, three of them in the US, Europe and Japan: I Send a Message (from Wembley, London 1991), Faith in Each Other (from London or Sydney 1990) and Bitter Tears (from Paris). The fourth track was The Loved One (from Wembley, London 1991) and was released in Australia in all formats instead of Faith in Each Other. All these tracks were only available on the single.

Track listing

7"/12"/Cassette EP/CD Mercury/Europe, Atlantic/US, EastWest/Japan

Tracks:

"Shining Star"
"Send a Message" (Live)
"Faith In Each Other" (Live)
"Bitter Tears" (Live)

12"/Cassette EP/CD EastWest/Australia

Tracks:

"Shining Star"
"Send a Message" (Live)
"Bitter Tears" (Live)
"The Loved One" (Live)

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart^[1]	21
Belgian Singles Chart^[2]	37
Canadian Singles Chart	26
Dutch Singles Chart^[3]	40
German Singles Chart	47
Swiss Singles Chart^[4]	24
UK Singles Chart	31
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	14
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	4

References

1 2 Hung, Steffen. "INXS – 'Shining Star'". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
↑ Hung, Steffen. "INXS – 'Shining Star'". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
↑ Hung, Steffen. "INXS – 'Shining Star'". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
↑ Hung, Steffen. "INXS – 'Shining Star'". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

INXS

Garry Gary Beers Andrew Farriss Jon Farriss Tim Farriss Michael Hutchence Kirk Pengilly Jon Stevens J.D. Fortune Ciaran Gribbin

Studio albums	INXS Underneath the Colours Shabooh Shoobah The Swing Listen Like Thieves Kick X Welcome to Wherever You Are Full Moon, Dirty Hearts Elegantly Wasted Switch Original Sin

EPs	Dekadance Bang the Drum

Compilations	INXSIVE The Greatest Hits Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979–1997) Definitive INXS/The Best of INXS The Years 1979–1997 Stay Young 1979–1982 INXS²: The Remixes Original Sin – The Collection Taste It: The Collection The Very Best

Live albums	Live Baby Live INXS: Live at Barker Hangar Live Germany 1984 Live at Wembley Stadium 1991

Singles	"Simple Simon" "Just Keep Walking" "The Loved One" "Stay Young" "Underneath the Colours" "Night of Rebellion" "The One Thing" "Don't Change" "To Look at You" "Black and White" "Original Sin" "I Send a Message" "Burn for You" "Dancing on the Jetty" "This Time" "What You Need" "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" "Listen Like Thieves" "Good Times" "Need You Tonight" "Mediate" "Devil Inside" "New Sensation" "Never Tear Us Apart" "Mystify" "Suicide Blonde" "Disappear" "By My Side" "Bitter Tears" "The Stairs" "Shining Star" "Heaven Sent" "Baby Don't Cry" "Not Enough Time" "Taste It" "Beautiful Girl" "The Gift" "Please (You Got That ...)" "Time" "Freedom Deep" "The Strangest Party (These Are the Times)" "Elegantly Wasted" "Everything" "Don't Lose Your Head" "Searching" "Precious Heart" "I'm So Crazy" "Tight" "One of My Kind" "I Get Up" "Mystify" (Remix) "Pretty Vegas" "Afterglow" "Devil's Party" "Perfect Strangers" "God's Top Ten" "Dream on Black Girl (Original Sin)" "Never Tear Us Apart" (featuring Ben Harper & Mylène Farmer) "Mediate" (featuring Tricky)

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