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“Suicide Blonde” by INXS

From the album X (1990)

“Suicide Blonde” by INXS appears on 21 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1990 and 2026. It was first released in 1990 on the album X. Its best result is #8 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 alternative song of 1990, #1,298 alternative song of all time and #475 of the '90s.

21countdowns
15stations
#8best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1990–2026years charted

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"Suicide Blonde" kicked off X, INXS's seventh studio album, in 1990, and it came out strutting. Andrew Farriss wrote the music and Michael Hutchence the words, with Chris Thomas producing, and the band sounds lean and hungry: Jon Farriss driving the groove from the kit, Garry Gary Beers locked in on bass, three guitars (Andrew and Tim Farriss, Kirk Pengilly) chopping away, and Pengilly adding saxophone and backing vocals while Hutchence purrs and sneers up front.

It was a hit well beyond Australia, reaching number one in Canada and New Zealand and the top 10 in America, and it won the APRA award for Most Performed Australian Work Overseas in 1991. It also turned out to be a farewell: the last song Hutchence sang with INXS in front of a crowd, in Pittsburgh on 27 September 1997, weeks before his death that November.

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#StationCountdownof
1990 16 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 107
1990 8 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 91
1990 12 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 105
1990 17 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 90

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 110 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1999 1025 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 537 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 537 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 537 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 537 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 750 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 537 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 537 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 537 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 361 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2021 407 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 499 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 852 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 330 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2024 736 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738
2026 909 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Also listed as: Suicide Blond.

Charting alongside it in 1990

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  2. 2The Only One I KnowThe Charlatans
  3. 3Blue Sky MineMidnight Oil
  4. 4Enjoy the SilenceDepeche Mode
  5. 5Here's Where The Story EndsThe Sundays
  6. 6The Emperor's New ClothesSinéad O'Connor

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