Need You Tonight was taken from the band's sixth studio album, Kick,
and was released in October 1987. It reached No.1 in the U.S. Billboard
Top 100 but only reached No.58 in the UK. However, after its re-release
in November 1988 it shot to No.2 in the UK singles chart.
The Kick album sold 6 million units in the U.S. acheiving 6x Platinum. Other UK hit singles from the album were New Sensation, Never Tear Us Apart and Mystify.
On 22 November 1997, lead singer Michael Hutchence was found dead in his Sydney Ritz-Carlton hotel room. An inquest revealed it was suicide caused, apparently, by erotic asphyxiation.
