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.

"Shining Star"
Single by INXS
from the album Live Baby Live
B-side"I Send a Message" (live)
Released2 November 1991
Recorded1991
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)Andrew Farriss
Producer(s)Mark Opitz
INXS singles chronology
"The Stairs"
(1991)		 "Shining Star"
(1991)		 "Heaven Sent"
(1992)

Guest vocalists

The studio recording featured backing vocals by Keith Urban and Stuart McKie.[2] Urban was yet to release his own first album, and was not yet well known to the public, but was invited to the studio by Kirk Pengilly to join in the recording.[3]

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
  1. "Shining Star"
  2. "Send a Message" (Live)
  3. "Faith In Each Other" (Live)
  4. "Bitter Tears" (Live)
  • 12"/Cassette EP/CD EastWest/Australia
  1. "Shining Star"
  2. "Send a Message" (Live)
  3. "Bitter Tears" (Live)
  4. "The Loved One" (Live)

Charts
Chart performance for "Shining Star"
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 21
Belgian Singles Chart[4] 37
Canadian Singles Chart 26
Dutch Singles Chart[5] 40
Swiss Singles Chart[6] 24
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 28
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8] 4
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[9] 14

References
  1. "INXS – 'Shining Star'". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  2. "INXS – Shining Star". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. Adams, Cameron (7 August 2021). "What you didn't know about that notorious INXS concert". Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. "INXS – 'Shining Star'". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  5. "INXS – 'Shining Star'". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  6. "INXS – 'Shining Star'". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  8. "INXS Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  9. "INXS Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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