Song · INXS
“Taste It” by INXS
From the album Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
“Taste It” by INXS appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1992 on the album Welcome to Wherever You Are. Its best result is #302 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,412 alternative song of all time.
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"Taste It" was the fourth single INXS lifted from Welcome to Wherever You Are, their eighth album, landing in November 1992. Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence wrote it, the band produced it with Mark Opitz, and Bob Clearmountain mixed it, and it's all slow heat and slink, a groove that takes its sweet time.
Q heard a band that had swapped rock excess for soul, and fell for its fuzzy, ambient drum sound. It went to 21 in the UK and 36 at home in Australia, and reached number five on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. The B-sides went clubward, with Youth remixes of the song itself and a Ralphi Rosario mix of the next single, "Not Enough Time", plus "Light the Planet", a solo piece by guitarist Kirk Pengilly.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1791 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1792 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1792 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1780 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 302 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1761 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1761 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1764 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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