"Shining Star"
Single by INXS
from the album Live Baby Live
B-side"I Send a Message" (live)
Released21 October 1991 (1991-10-21)[1]
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)Andrew Farriss
Producer(s)Mark Opitz
INXS singles chronology
"The Stairs"
(1991) 		"Shining Star"
(1991) 		"Heaven Sent"
(1992)

"Shining Star" is a song by Australian rock band INXS, released as the only single issued from the band's first live album, Live Baby Live (1991), on 21 October 1991. It is the one new studio track recorded for the album. Upon the song's release, it peaked at No. 21 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's ninth top-40 single in the latter country. In the United States, it peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 14 on the Album Rock Tracks chart.

Guest vocalists

The studio recording featured backing vocals by Keith Urban and Stuart McKie.[2] Urban was yet to release his own first album, and was not yet well known to the public, but was invited to the studio by Kirk Pengilly to join in the recording.[3]

B-sides

Four live tracks were released as B-sides: "I Send a Message" (from Wembley, London 1991), "Faith in Each Other" (from London or Sydney 1990), and "Bitter Tears" (from Paris). The fourth track, "The Loved One" (from Wembley, London 1991), was released in Australia in all formats instead of "Faith in Each Other". All these tracks were only available on the single.

Track listings

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Shining Star"
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[13] 21
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14] 37
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[15] 28
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[16] 83
Ireland (IRMA)[17] 16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 37
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] 40
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 24
UK Singles (OCC)[21] 27
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[22] 4
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[23] 14

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 19 October 1991. p. 19.
  2. ^ "INXS – Shining Star". Discogs. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ Adams, Cameron (7 August 2021). "What you didn't know about that notorious INXS concert". Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ Shining Star (Australian CD single liner notes). INXS. EastWest Records. 1991. 903175686.2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Shining Star (Australian 12-inch single vinyl disc). INXS. EastWest Records. 1991. 903175686.0.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Shining Star (Australian cassette single sleeve). INXS. EastWest Records. 1991. 9031756864.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Shining Star (UK 7-inch single sleeve). INXS. Mercury Records. 1991. INXS 18, 866 028-7.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Shining Star (UK CD single liner notes). INXS. Mercury Records. 1991. INXCD 18, 866 029-2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Shining Star (US 12-inch single vinyl disc). INXS. Atlantic Records. 1991. 0-85942.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ Shining Star (US cassette single sleeve). INXS. Atlantic Records. 1991. 4-87576.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ Shining Star (Canadian cassette single sleeve). INXS. Atlantic Records. 1991. 78 75764.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ Shining Star (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). INXS. WEA. 1991. WMD5-4085.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ "INXS – Shining Star". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  14. ^ "INXS – Shining Star" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1696." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 46. 16 November 1991. p. 31.
  17. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Shining Star". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 49, 1991" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  19. ^ "INXS – Shining Star" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  20. ^ "INXS – Shining Star". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  21. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  22. ^ "INXS Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  23. ^ "INXS Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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