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“Mystify” by INXS

From the album Kick (1987)

“Mystify” by INXS appears on 25 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1987 and 2023. It was first released in 1987 on the album Kick. Its best result is #82 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #268 alternative song of 1987 and #772 alternative song of all time.

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9stations
#82best position
0#1 finishes
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1987–2023years charted

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INXS - Mystify (Official Music Video)

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"Mystify" goes back to the very first sessions for Kick, INXS's 1987 album, and Australian crowds got an early taste of it on the Australian Made tour that January, long before it became the record's fifth and final single. Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence wrote it, Chris Thomas produced and Bob Clearmountain mixed, and it's Kick at its slinkiest: a tight, twitchy groove with Hutchence purring and prowling over the top.

Richard Lowenstein's black-and-white video opens with Hutchence and Farriss at a piano, drifting through a bit of "Never Tear Us Apart" and seemingly working the song out on the spot, then cuts to the band recording it in the studio and finally tearing through it in front of a crowd.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 82 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 272 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1992 386 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1996 357 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 639 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 639 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 648 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 353 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 648 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 972 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 648 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1144 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 648 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 376 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 648 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 871 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 724 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 689 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 711 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 727 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 749 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 781 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 813 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 492 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2023 343 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850

Charting alongside it in 1987

Best songs of 1987 →
  1. 1Girlfriend in a ComaThe Smiths
  2. 2With or Without YouU2
  3. 3Dear GodXTC
  4. 4Why Can't I Be You?The Cure
  5. 5StrangeloveDepeche Mode
  6. 6Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen

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