"Not Enough Time" is a song by Australian

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band

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, released as the third single from their eighth studio album, ''

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'' (1992). The song was written by

Andrew Farriss Andrew Charles Farriss (born 27 March 1959) is an Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist, backing vocalist, and main composer for rock band INXS. Farriss released his debut studio album in 2021. Caree ...

and

Michael Hutchence Michael Kelland John Hutchence (22 January 1960 – 22 November 1997) was an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Hutchence co-founded the rock band INXS, which sold over 75 million records worldwide and was inducted into th ...

; the music in Sydney and the lyrics in

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, France. It was released simultaneously with " Baby Don't Cry" but only in the United States, Canada, and Japan. The song also appears on the compilation album '' Barcelona Gold'', released to coincide with the

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Composition

The lyrics to the song were originally intended for another composition from ''Welcome To Wherever You Are'', which later became the album's opening song, "Questions". The original version can be heard on the 2002 remaster of the album. Australian singer

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appears as a backing vocalist on the song and went on to marry guitarist

Kirk Pengilly Kirk Pengilly ( ; born 4 July 1958) is an Australian musician and member of the Australian rock group INXS. Kirk plays saxophone, guitar and also performs as a backing vocalist. Early career Pengilly moved to Sydney in 1966, and became best fri ...

a year later in 1993.

B-sides

The B-sides include a solo composition "Firma Terror" from bassist

Gary Beers Garry William Beers (born 22 June 1957), known as Garry Gary Beers, is an Australian musician and was the bass guitarist for the new wave rock group INXS. Career Garry William Beers was born to Lola (died 2011) and William Beers. William Beer ...

, another by lead guitarist

titled "Light the Planet", and "Deepest Red", an out-take from the '' X'' album.

Track listings

US CD single # "Not Enough Time" (Barcelona LP fade) – 4:20 # "Light the Planet" – 2:50 US maxi-CD single # "Not Enough Time" (Barcelona LP fade) – 4:20 # "Deepest Red" – 3:20 # "Firma Terror" – 3:05 # "In My Living Room" – 3:54 US cassette single # "Not Enough Time" (Barcelona LP fade) # "Deepest Red" Japanese mini-CD single # "Not Enough Time" # "Light the Planet"

Charts

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References

1992 singles 1992 songs INXS songs Atlantic Records singles Song recordings produced by Mark Opitz Songs written by Andrew Farriss Songs written by Michael Hutchence {{1990s-rock-song-stub