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“Not Enough Time” by INXS
From the album Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
“Not Enough Time” by INXS appears on 17 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1992 and 2023. It was first released in 1992 on the album Welcome to Wherever You Are. Its best result is #13 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #24 alternative song of 1992, #1,707 alternative song of all time and #454 of the '90s.
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"Not Enough Time" came off INXS's 1992 album Welcome to Wherever You Are, and it was written in two cities: Andrew Farriss built the music in Sydney, and Michael Hutchence put the words together in Paris. Those words had first been meant for another tune, which ended up leading off the album as "Questions". In the US, Canada and Japan it arrived at the same time as "Baby Don't Cry" instead of taking its turn.
Mark Opitz produced it with the band and Bob Clearmountain mixed it, and the whole thing glides, all polish and space, with Hutchence sounding unhurried and Deni Hines adding backing vocals. It got an Olympic send-off, too: the song turned up on Barcelona Gold, the compilation tied to the 1992 Summer Games, and Howard Greenhalgh's video premiered on NBC on 28 July 1992, cut in with footage from that day's events.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 22 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 | 107 |
| 1992 | 33 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992 | 91 |
| 1992 | 13 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 | 105 |
| 1992 | 22 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 | 101 |
| 1992 | 67 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 749 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 674 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 675 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 677 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 677 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 820 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 677 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 677 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 677 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 413 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2022 | 490 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2022 | 273 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 542 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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