Suicide Blonde



















"Suicide Blonde"
Suicide blonde.jpg

Single by INXS
from the album X
B-side"Everybody Wants U Tonight"
ReleasedAugust 1990 (1990-08)
Format

  • 7"

  • 12" maxi

  • CD maxi

Genre
Alternative rock, funk rock
Length3:53
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence
Producer(s)Chris Thomas

INXS singles chronology




"Mystify"
(1989)
"Suicide Blonde"
(1990)
"Disappear"
(1990)

"Suicide Blonde" is the first single from the INXS album X. It reached number two in Australia, number nine in the United States, and number 11 in the United Kingdom. In Canada and New Zealand, the song reached number one.




Contents





  • 1 Writing and recording


  • 2 Chart performances


  • 3 Track listings


  • 4 Charts and certifications

    • 4.1 Weekly charts


    • 4.2 Year-end charts


    • 4.3 Certifications



  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links




Writing and recording


The song was written by Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss of the group INXS, after the band had gotten back together after a year-long sabbatical in 1989. The song was named after a woman who had bleached her own hair because she had "dyed" by her own hand and who was "love devastation". It is rumoured that Hutchence's then-girlfriend, Kylie Minogue, gave him the inspiration for the title while working on her 1989 film The Delinquents. Minogue was required to dye her hair platinum blonde for the role.


The song became poignant after Hutchence committed suicide on 22 November 1997, and his lover Paula Yates died of an overdose on 17 September 2000, after attempting suicide in 1998.



Chart performances


The track was released in September 1990 throughout the world. In the US, the track reached a peak of #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped both the modern rock and mainstream rock charts. A dance remix of the track received wide airplay on US top 40 stations, reaching the top 10 of the dance chart. In the UK, the track reached a peak of #11 while it reached #2 in their homeland of Australia1 and #1 in Canada.



Track listings









Charts and certifications









See also


  • List of number-one singles in 1990 (New Zealand)

  • List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1990s

  • List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1990s


References




  1. ^ abcdef "Suicide Blonde", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)


  2. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Retrieved 26 February 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ ab "Single top 100 over 1990" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 12 April 2010.


  4. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved 10 April 2008)


  5. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved 10 April 2008)


  6. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.


  7. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)


  8. ^ abcd Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved 17 September 2008)


  9. ^ http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/inxs.html


  10. ^ 1990 Australian Singles Chart. aria.com. Retrieved 17 September 2008.


  11. ^ "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.


  12. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1990" (in Dutch). RIANZ. Retrieved 1 July 2017.


  13. ^ St John, Ed; INXS (1992). INXS: The Official Inside Story of a Band on the Road. Mandarin. p. 76. ISBN 1-86330-207-7.


  14. ^ "American single certifications – INXS – Suicide Blonde". Recording Industry Association of America.
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  • Allmusic.com song article on Suicide Blonde

  • Magazine, 16 February 1991

  • "INXS: X Marks the Spot" Rolling Stone Issue 590 1 November 1990 page 85

(1) US chart details from Allmusic.com UK chart details from Everyhit.com, Australian chart details from ARIA and Wikipedia INXS article.



External links



  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics







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