Adam+Mitchell-+INXS

Never Tear us Apart is a popular song released in 1987 by Australian Rock band INXS. It reached #11 in the ARIA charts and #7 in the UK and #24 in the US. Over the years, INXS have had 9 members and were originally called The Farriss Brothers because 3 of their founding members were brothers. They have been part of the ARIA hall of fame since 2001 and have now sold over 40 million records worldwide. Over the years there has been alot of debate over the meaning of the song but the most popular theory is that the song was writeen by ex-lead singer Michael Hutchence(died from drug overdose) about his first love Michele Bennett.

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the strcuture of the song is Verse,Chorus,Verse,Verse,Chorus. Only a few instruments are used during the piece, being the Piano, Electric Guitar,Saxophone,Vocals and Drums. The song is soft to start with bit gradually gets louder and louder as the song goes on. The tempo is similar because they also get quicker at the same time as the dynamics get louder. The sudden spike in the dynamics/pace happens during the 3rd verse and last chorus. The song starts with the piano and a soft beat on the drums. The vocals soon come in with the 1st verse and the beat stays the same. The elctric guitar comes in before the chorus and the dynamics change, with more instruments coming in at the same time as the chorus. The piano has a strong synthesiser with it and plays the beat for the whole song. After the second chorus the saxophone comes in with solo. Michael Huthence has a very strong distinctive voice with quite a large range. I think that the song is major but is just played relatively slow and soft.
 * Song Analysis:**

The texture of the song is quite thin with the chorus being the thickest section.The chorus has quite a distinctive high point, with many more instruments being played at a much qicker pace.