"I Send a Message" was the second single released by Australian rock band INXS from their fourth album The Swing. The music video was directed by Yamamoto San and filmed in Tokyo at the city's oldest Buddhist temple in Main Old City Park.
Cash Box called the song "a powerful dance cut" with a "frenetic back beat" and "staccato vocal."
At the 1984 Countdown Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Australian Single.
Track listing 7" single Track listing
12"/CD Maxi single Track listing
Charts The song was released on 12 March 1984 and reached No.3 on the Kent Music Report. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. It also reached No.18 on the New Zealand Singles charts, No. 18 on the US Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles and No. 77 on The Billboard Hot 100. Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for "I Send a Message" Chart (1984) PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report) 3Netherlands (Single Tip)*"*" indicates an unranked position.
Year-end charts +1984 year-end chart performance for "I Send a Message"Chart (1984)PositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)45New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)47
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