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“Heaven Sent” by INXS
From the album Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
“Heaven Sent” by INXS appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1992 and 2002. It was first released in 1992 on the album Welcome to Wherever You Are. Its best result is #77 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #162 alternative song of 1992 and #5,884 alternative song of all time.
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"Heaven Sent" was the first single to kick off Welcome to Wherever You Are, the eighth album INXS made, in 1992, though fans in America had to go looking for it: the single came out only in Europe, Japan and Australia.
Andrew Farriss wrote it as a ballad. The rest of the band heard it and cranked it into a rocker, and a vocal effect gave it the extra sneer Farriss credits for its attitude. Q heard a slashing guitar and a megaphone snarl out of the Stooges-era Iggy Pop playbook, and judged it a burst of unselfconscious glee from a band once weighed down by big-funk ambitions. INXS produced it with Mark Opitz, Niven Garland engineered and Bob Clearmountain mixed. The B-sides included "It Ain't Easy", "11th Revolution" and "Deepest Red", an outtake from the X sessions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 77 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 | 107 |
| 1992 | 77 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1299 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
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