INXS released "Kick" in October 1987, and the album provided the band with worldwide popularity. "Kick" peaked at No. 1 in Australia, No. 3 on the US "Billboard" 200, No. 9 in UK, and No. 15 in Austria. The band's most successful studio album, "Kick" has been certified six times platinum by the RIAA and spawned four US top 10 singles ("New Sensation", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Devil Inside" and "Need You Tonight", the last of which reached the top of the US "Billboard" singles charts). According to "1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them", the single "Need You Tonight" is not lyrically complex; it is Hutchence's performance where "he sings in kittenish whisper, gently drawing back with the incredible lust of a tiger hunting in the night" that makes the song "as sexy and funky as any white rock group has ever been". In September 1988, the band swept the MTV Video Music Awards with the video for "Need You Tonight/Mediate" winning in five categories.