- What You Need (song)
Single infobox
Name = What You Need
Artist =INXS
from album =Listen Like Thieves
Released = 1985
Format =
Recorded = 1985
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label =Atlantic Records
Producer = Chris Thomas
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Next single = "What You Need" is a song recorded by the Australian bandINXS . It is the leadoff track from their1985 album, "Listen Like Thieves ". "What You Need" was the second single off the album after "This Time" and was the band's first American Top Ten hit, peaking at #5 on theHot 100 singles chart.The song was written by
Andrew Farriss andMichael Hutchence .After the album "Listen Like Thieves" was recorded and ready to be given to the record label for inspection, producer Chris Thomas said that the album didn't have a "hit", so he ordered
Andrew Farriss andMichael Hutchence to write a song overnight and be ready for early the next day to record. In the end they accomplished that feat and the song they wrote was "What You Need", which became the most successful single from "Listen Like Thieves".References in popular culture
*A United States
Toyota commercial featured the song.
*The song is unlockable in "FIFA 2005 ".
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