"New Sensation" is a song by Australianrock groupINXS. It was the third single (second in the UK) released from their sixth studio album,Kick (1987). The music was composed byAndrew Farriss and the lyrics were written byMichael Hutchence. The song features a signatureKirk Pengilly sax solo and lyrics about a partying lifestyle.
"New Sensation" was released in the United Kingdom on 29 December 1987 and was issued worldwide the following year. It reachedNo. 3 on the USBillboard Hot 100, No. 9 in Australia, No. 25 in the United Kingdom, and No. 1 in Canada. The first line on the track, "Live, baby, live", was later referenced in the title of the band's 1991 releaseLive Baby Live. The video for the song was filmed on the roof ofMunicipal House in Prague and directed byRichard Lowenstein.
Cash Box called "New Sensation" "the pop-iest, hookiest song on the album, perhaps the most radio ready."[4] In January 2018, as part ofTriple M's "Ozzest 100", the "most Australian" songs of all time, "New Sensation" was ranked number 44.[5]
^"Index: Releases".Record Mirror. 19 December 1987. p. 12.INXS, those good looking guys from Aussie, release their single 'New Sensation' on December 29.
^Pitchfork Staff (10 September 2018)."The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s".Pitchfork. Retrieved24 April 2023....it also includes "New Sensation," "Devil Inside," and "Need You Tonight"—state-of-the-art '80s funk-pop played with enough charisma and volume for the cheap seats.
