"Not Enough Time" is the third single from the 1992 album Welcome to Wherever You Are

Welcome to Wherever You Are

Welcome to Wherever You Are is the eighth album by the Australian rock music group INXS, released in 1992. With grunge music and alternative music breaking into the mainstream, INXS tried to establish a new direction for itself, à la U2 and Achtung Baby, incorporating sitars, a 60-piece orchestra,...

, it was released simultaneously with "Baby Don't Cry" (Europe and Australia) but only in the US and Japan, by Australian rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band INXS

INXS

INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...

. The song was written by Andrew Farriss

Andrew Farriss

Andrew Charles Farriss is a rock musician , best known as the keyboardist and main composer for the Australian band INXS.-Career:...

 and Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence

Michael Kelland John Hutchence was an Australian musician and actor. He was the founding lead singer-songwriter of rock band :INXS from 1977 to his death in 1997, a period of twenty years. Hutchence was a member of short-lived pop rock group Max Q and recorded solo material which was released...

, the music in Sydney

Sydney

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 and the lyrics in Paris

Paris

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, France. .

The lyrics to the song were originally intended for another composition from Welcome To Wherever You Are, which became later became the albums opening song 'Questions'. The original version can be heard on the 2002 remaster of the album.

Australian singer, Deni Hines

Deni Hines

Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines is a solo R&B artist who had chart success in the 1990s in Australia and New Zealand. She is the daughter of Marcia Hines....

, featured as a backing vocalist on the song and also married guitarist, Kirk Pengilly

Kirk Pengilly

Kirk Pengilly is an Australian musician, best known as a member of the rock group :INXS.-Early career:...

, a year later in 1993.

A video has been released for the song on YouTube on Aug 3, 2011.

B-sides

The B-sides include a solo compositions from bassist Gary Beers

Gary Beers

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; "Firma Terror" and another by Lead guitarist Kirk Pengilly

Kirk Pengilly

Kirk Pengilly is an Australian musician, best known as a member of the rock group :INXS.-Early career:...

 entitled "Light the Planet" as well as "Deepest Red", an outtake from the X

X (INXS album)

X is Australian rock band INXS's seventh studio album, released in 1990. It peaked at No. 1 in Australia, No. 5 in the United States, No. 2 in the United Kingdom, No. 5 in Switzerland and No. 10 in Sweden. The album contains four hit singles, "Suicide Blonde", "Disappear",...

album.

Track listings

CD single 7-87437-2 ATLANTIC/US

1. "Not Enough Time" (Barcelona LP Fade)
2. "Light the Planet"

CD5 maxi single 7-85819-2 ATLANTIC/US

1. "Not Enough Time" (Barcelona LP Fade)
2. "Deepest Red"
3. "Firma Terror"
4. "In My Living Room"

CD3 single WMD5-4115 WEA/JAPAN

1. "Not Enough Time" (Barcelona LP Fade)
2. "Light the Planet"

Cassette single 7-87437-4 ATLANTIC/US

1. "Not Enough Time" (Barcelona LP Fade)
2. "Deepest Red"

Charts

The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, the band's last top 40 hit in the States until 2005's comeback single, "Pretty Vegas

Pretty Vegas

"Pretty Vegas" is the first single released from Switch, the eleventh studio album by the Australian rock band INXS and first with new lead singer J.D. Fortune, winner of the Rock Star: INXS competition. The single was released on 29 November 2005....

".

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	28
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	13