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“This Time” by INXS

From the album Listen Like Thieves (1985)

“This Time” by INXS appears on 25 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1985 and 2014. It was first released in 1985 on the album Listen Like Thieves. Its best result is #8 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #9 alternative song of 1985, #666 alternative song of all time and #154 of the '80s.

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"This Time" comes from INXS's 1985 album Listen Like Thieves, and it holds a distinction on that record: it was the only song there written by Andrew Farriss alone, music and words both, without a co-writer in sight.

Chris Thomas produced it and Steve Churchyard engineered, and the result is all clean lines and forward motion. Jon Farriss's drums snap hard, Garry Gary Beers's bass rolls along underneath, and Michael Hutchence rides on top with that half-pleading, half-promising voice, turning a keyboard player's song into something that sounds made for the singer to strut through. It's slick, sure, but slick with a pulse.

The release plan split in two. In Australia and New Zealand it came out after "What You Need" as the album's second single and reached the top 20 at home; everywhere else, "This Time" was the song INXS put out first.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1985 8 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985 107
1985 11 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1985 91
1986 82 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 90

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 114 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 478 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 440 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 292 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 318 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 360 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1999 311 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 311 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 318 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 318 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1091 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 318 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 807 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 318 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 322 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 486 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 484 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 498 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 511 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 529 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 543 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 560 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Charting alongside it in 1985

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  1. 1Alive and KickingSimple Minds
  2. 2The Perfect KissNew Order
  3. 3In Between DaysThe Cure
  4. 4Take On Mea-ha
  5. 5Road to NowhereTalking Heads
  6. 6Shake the DiseaseDepeche Mode

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