Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)

"Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" is a song by the Australian rock band INXS. It was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence and included as the third track on the 1985 album Listen Like Thieves.

"Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)"
Cover art for Australian and US vinyl editions
Single by INXS
from the album Listen Like Thieves
Released	March 1986
Recorded	August 1985
Studio	Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney
Genre	Alternative rock, pop rock, post-punk
Length	3:56
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Andrew Farriss Michael Hutchence
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
INXS singles chronology
"What You Need" (1986) "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" (1986) "Listen Like Thieves" (1986)
Music video
Kiss the Dirt on YouTube

It was released as the album's third single in March 1986 and reached #15 on the Australian singles chart,[1] becoming the band's tenth Top 20 hit in their country.[1] It was, however, the band's seventh single that failed to chart in the United States, but it did manage to reach #24 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[2]

In 2002, "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" was included on the soundtrack of the popular and critically acclaimed Rockstar video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on its in-game radio station "Flash FM".

The music video shows the band performing on a salt lake and on the moon plains in Coober Pedy in South Australia. The band flew direct from the United States to the site and filmed the clip overnight then flew back to the United States. In the bridge, the band is shown performing while fire and gloom cover the area, before the skies clear up at the end.

It was directed by Alex Proyas.