Not enough time INXS

'Not Enough Time' is INXS at their most vulnerable, seductive and sonically haunted. Released in 1992, the track from their album Welcome to Wherever You Are pulses with a kind of desperate intimacy - a love letter written on borrowed time.

From the opening synth shimmer, there's a sense of urgency that never lets up. The rhythm section is taut, almost anxious, with Jon Farriss' drums ticking like a countdown. Andrew Farriss' keyboard textures evoke a dreamscape that's slowly unravelling, while the guitar work is restrained, letting the atmosphere breathe and ache.

But it's Michael Hutchence's voice that fills up 4:20 number with a tremulous sigh that doubles as a warning. 'We will make time stop/ For the two of us/ Make time stop,' he sings as a wish-command.


The song is a paradox about infinite desire trapped in finite time. It's the soundtrack of hold water in your hands. 'Not Enough Time' isn't just a love song, but a slow burn about the second law of thermodynamics: why natural processes tend towards a state of greater disorder, or higher entropy. And natural processes that include strange phenomena like love.