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“Kick” by INXS

From the album Kick (1987)

“Kick” by INXS appears on 21 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1987 and 2014. It was first released in 1987 on the album Kick. Its best result is #10 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #61 alternative song of 1988, #1,075 alternative song of all time and #251 of the '80s.

21countdowns
5stations
#10best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1987–2014years charted

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INXS - Kick (Official Promo Video - 2017)

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The title track of INXS's 1987 album Kick was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence, and it's the record's attitude boiled down to a single song: tight, wiry and built to strut. Chris Thomas produced it, David Nicholas engineered, and Bob Clearmountain handled the mix, buffing it to a high shine without sanding off the swagger.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 54 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 99
1988 10 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107
1988 72 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 453 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1994 275 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1999 768 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 819 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 820 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 820 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1682 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 820 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1896 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 820 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 821 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 897 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 849 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 868 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 900 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 929 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 972 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1026 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Charting alongside it in 1988

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  2. 2DesireU2
  3. 3Beds are BurningMidnight Oil
  4. 4Route 66Depeche Mode
  5. 5Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees
  6. 6Chains of LoveErasure

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