Need You Tonight
| "Need You Tonight" | ||||
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| Single by INXS | ||||
| from the album Kick | ||||
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| Released | 21 September 1987 | |||
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| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | WEA | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Chris Thomas | |||
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| "Need You Tonight" on YouTube | ||||
"Need You Tonight" is a song by the Australian rock band INXS, released as the lead single from their sixth studio album, Kick (1987). In additional to reaching number three in Australia, the song became a chart hit worldwide, peaking at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart to give INXS their only number-one single in the United States. It also entered the top five in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
In February 2014, after the Channel 7 screening of the INXS: Never Tear Us Apart mini-series, "Need You Tonight" charted again in Australia via download sales. It peaked at No. 28 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Need You Tonight" was ranked number 69. In 2025, the song was ranked at number 59 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs.