INXS’s 1983 single “Original Sin” featured guest vocals from Daryl Hall on its chorus, a collaboration reportedly proposed by producer Nile Rodgers. The article highlights the pairing as notable because Hall & Oates were successful in their own right, while INXS already had established hits and did not obviously need a high-profile guest.

Rodgers encouraged changing a lyric to reference both a Black boy and a white girl, aiming to make the song’s message about interracial relationships more forceful; Hall’s manager initially considered it too controversial. “Original Sin”, written by Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss, was the first single from INXS’s fourth album, The Swing, and was the only track Rodgers produced for the record.