Shining Star (INXS song)

"Shining Star"
File:Shining Star INXS.jpg
Single by INXS
from the album Live Baby Live
B-side	"I Send a Message" (live)
Released	2 November 1991
Format	7", 12", Cassette, CD single
Recorded	1991
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:52
Label	Atlantic, Mercury Records, EastWest
Writer(s)	Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
INXS singles chronology
"The Stairs" (1991) "Shining Star" (1991) "Heaven Sent" (1992)

"Shining Star" is a song by Australian popular rock band INXS and was the only single issued from the band's live album, Live Baby Live, released in November 1991. It is the one new studio track recorded for the album and it peaked at No. 21 on the ARIA Singles Chart, No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's ninth Top 40 single. In the United States, it peaked at No. 4 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, but did not appear on the Billboard Hot 100.

B-sides

Four live tracks were released as B-sides, three of them in the US, Europe and Japan: 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 was The Loved One (from Wembley, London 1991) and was released in Australia in all formats instead of Faith in Each Other. All these tracks were only available on the single.

Track listing

• 7"/12"/Cassette EP/CD Mercury/Europe, Atlantic/US, EastWest/Japan

Tracks:

1. "Shining Star"
2. "Send a Message" (Live)
3. "Faith In Each Other" (Live)
4. "Bitter Tears" (Live)

• 12"/Cassette EP/CD EastWest/Australia

Tracks:

1. "Shining Star"
2. "Send a Message" (Live)
3. "Bitter Tears" (Live)
4. "The Loved One" (Live)

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	21
Belgian Singles Chart	37
Canadian Singles Chart	26
Dutch Singles Chart	40
German Singles Chart	47
Swiss Singles Chart	24
UK Singles Chart	31
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	14
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	4