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What You Need
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Featured in Episode
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Top Chart Position (Hot 100)
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5 (April 12, 1986, one week)
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Year Released
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1986
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Album
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Listen Like Thieves
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Writer(s)
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Michael Hutchence, Andrew Fariss
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RIAA Certification
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NONE
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Sequence song appears
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Jackson talks to Crockett and Tubbs about deal
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"What You Need" is a song by INXS, featured on the album Listen Like Thieves in 1986 and released as a single in August of that year. appeared in the Miami Vice episode "Trust Fund Pirates".
Notes[]
- "What You Need" was written in one night to add on the album when Atlantic Records and producer Chris Thomas said the album needed a "hit" before release, and it turned out to be the biggest selling single for INXS up to that time.
- The song is one of several featured in Miami Vice that was performed at the iconic Live Aid event in 1985 -- the band played it at the Oz for Africa concert in Sydney, along with "Listen Like Thieves".
Performers[]
- Michael Hutchence - lead vocals
- Tim Fariss - guitar
- Garry Gary Beers - bass
- Andrew Fariss - keyboards
- Jon Fariss - drums
INXS - What You Need('86 VMA)
"What You Need" from 1986 MTV VMAs