Song · INXS
“Black and White” by INXS
From the album Shabooh Shoobah (1982)
“Black and White” by INXS appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1983 and 2003. It was first released in 1982 on the album Shabooh Shoobah. Its best result is #78 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #139 alternative song of 1983 and #4,407 alternative song of all time.
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"Black and White" closed the book on Shabooh Shoobah, INXS's 1982 third album: WEA released it in June 1983 as the fourth and last single pulled from the record, and the band's tenth single overall. Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence wrote it, and Mark Opitz produced, engineering alongside David Nicholas and Andrew Scott. It's the band snapping back into their faster, twitchier new wave gear, and it got to 24 on the ARIA chart at home.
Flip it over and there are two more songs: Andrew Farriss's "Long in Tooth" and Tim Farriss's "Any Day but Sunday", both cut at Emerald City Studios. The second ended up on the soundtrack of No Small Affair, the 1984 film with Jon Cryer and Demi Moore.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 78 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 236 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 2003 | 1399 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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