“Need You Tonight” is probably the most lustful INXS song ever. This was a throwaway song that became their biggest hit. Andrew Farriss came up with the riff, and Michael Hutchence quickly added some lyrics.

In INXS' official autobiography, INXS: Story to Story, Andrew Farriss said that the famous riff to the song appeared suddenly in his head while waiting for a cab to go to the airport to fly to Hong Kong. He asked the cab driver to wait a couple of minutes while he grabbed something from his motel room. In fact, he went up to record the riff and came back down an hour later with a tape to a very annoyed driver. This riff was later described as sounding like a cross between Keith Richards and Prince. (Actually, the riff is an ingenious variation of Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust.”)

This song and video is directly linked to the next track, “Mediate”, it even has the same drum pattern.