Not Enough Time


"Not Enough Time" is the third single from the 1992 album Welcome to Wherever You Are, it was released simultaneously with "Baby Don't Cry" but only in the US and Japan, by Australian rock band INXS. The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence, the music in Sydney and the lyrics in Paris, France.
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, Deni Hines, featured as a backing vocalist on the song and also married guitarist, Kirk Pengilly, a year later in 1993.
The song appears on the compilation album Barcelona Gold, released to coincide with the 1992 Summer Olympics.

B-sides

The B-sides include a solo compositions from bassist Gary Beers; "Firma Terror" and another by Lead guitarist Kirk Pengilly entitled "Light the Planet" as well as "Deepest Red", an outtake from the X album.

Track listings

; CD single 7-87437-2 ATLANTIC/US
  1. "Not Enough Time"
  2. "Light the Planet"
; CD5 maxi single 7-85819-2 ATLANTIC/US
  1. "Not Enough Time"
  2. "Deepest Red"
  3. "Firma Terror"
  4. "In My Living Room"
; CD3 single WMD5-4115 WEA/JAPAN
  1. "Not Enough Time"
  2. "Light the Planet"
; Cassette single 7-87437-4 ATLANTIC/US
  1. "Not Enough Time"
  2. "Deepest Red"

    Charts

The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's last top 40 hit in the States until 2005's comeback single, "Pretty Vegas".
Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 10028
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks13
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks2