<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Never Tear Us Apart" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Never Tear Us Apart" is a single released by Australian rock group INXS in August 1988 . It was included on the band's sixth studio album, Kick . The music was written by keyboardist Andrew Farriss, who recorded a blues - style demo; vocalist Michael Hutchence wrote the lyrics . </P> <P> "Never Tear Us Apart" is a sensuous ballad, written in the tempo of a modern Viennese waltz, layered with synthesizers and containing dramatic pauses before the instrumental breaks . Kirk Pengilly lends a cathartic saxophone solo near the end . According to the liner notes of Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979--1997), the song was composed on piano as a bluesy number in the style of Fats Domino . Producer Chris Thomas suggested a synth - based arrangement instead . </P> <P> The video for the song, featuring an extended intro, was filmed in various locations in Prague along with "Guns in the Sky" and "New Sensation", all directed by Richard Lowenstein . </P>

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