{"id":3628025,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628025/?format=json","airdate":"2026-03-12T07:10:06-07:00","show":66159,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=json","image_uri":"https://dn710603.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-db4df73a-58f7-47bd-b2c4-b02e50b6da99/mbid-db4df73a-58f7-47bd-b2c4-b02e50b6da99-18011680860_thumb500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://dn710603.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-db4df73a-58f7-47bd-b2c4-b02e50b6da99/mbid-db4df73a-58f7-47bd-b2c4-b02e50b6da99-18011680860_thumb250.jpg","song":"Never Tear Us Apart","track_id":"96a2a960-9fe1-4e0a-8024-d2dff9856502","recording_id":"619ee3de-edef-4370-9373-02d90b1ccbb7","artist":"INXS","artist_ids":["481bf5f9-2e7c-4c44-b08a-05b32bc7c00d"],"album":"Kick","release_id":"2d50bb4c-756c-4336-a546-a6049cd9530f","release_group_id":"ec6bc9d7-01e1-3d58-8e79-960611b26f44","labels":["Atlantic"],"label_ids":["50c384a2-0b44-401b-b893-8181173339c7"],"release_date":"1987-10-20","rotation_status":"Library","is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"https://kexp.org/donate/\n\nAccording to Andrew Farriss, INXS’ co-songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist, the song's chords were originally played on guitar for Michael Hutchence, who laughed when he first heard it, since the blues-y feel was so different than their usual sound.\n\nWatch INXS' Never Tear Us Apart video\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIBv2GEnXlc","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}