10 Greatest INXS Songs Of All Time

5. Don't Change

While the wonderful The Swing album cemented their style and Kick was the band at their most daring and complete, Shabooh Shoobah is INXS in out and out rock mode. Sure, there was experimental dabs with songs like The One Thing and To Look at You, but it was this rock smash that let us see the Aussie crew hit their rock peak.

Andrew Farriss' keyboards gently guide us in, but as soon as Pengilly and Farriss Senior blast into gear there is nothing stopping this juggernaut of a song. It is the ultimate pub anthem, inviting us to take a beer in hand and scream along the lyrics with Hutchence and the boys. It is pure unadulterated rock, and it's bloody fantastic.

The song was a solid chart performer, reaching the top 20 in the band's homeland, but its legacy has lived on, being on high rotation on commercial radio to this day.

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