Barnes was born… Read Full Bio ↴Jimmy Barnes (b. 1956) is an Australian rock singer.
Barnes was born James Dixon Swan on the 28th April 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland, and moved to Australia with his family when he was six years old.
He first came to public attention as the lead singer with popular Australian pub-rock band Cold Chisel, which he joined in 1973 and with whom he recorded seven albums between 1978 and 1983. When the band split up in 1983 he launched a solo career almost immediately; his first album, Bodyswerve, entered the Australian charts at number one. It was the first of a remarkable run of top charting albums for Barnes, as each of his first six solo albums entered the charts at number one, a feat that no other Australian artist is likely to match.
In 1986 Barnes recorded two singles with INXS, duetting with that band's singer Michael Hutchence on a cover of The Easybeats' "Good Times", and "Laying Down the Law", which was co-written by Barnes with INXS members Andrew Farriss and Hutchence. "Good Times" was used as the theme song for the Australia Made series of concerts that toured the country in the summer of 1986-1987. Both songs later appeared on the soundtrack of the 1980s teen vampire film The Lost Boys.
Following Hutchence's death in 1997, Barnes appeared live on stage with INXS at shows throughout Australia between 1999 and 2001.
His album Double Happiness, released in July 2005, reaffirmed his popularity, entering the ARIAnet albums chart at number one, his seventh album to do so. Barnes was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame on the 23rd October 2005 for his solo career efforts. Coupled with Cold Chisel's previous induction, Barnes is the only artist to be entered into the Hall of Fame twice.
Barnes is also the father of singer David Campbell, who recently starred in the Australian production of the musical Sunset Boulevard, and was a contestant on the Australian television programme Dancing with the Stars. The two perform the duet "Wichita Lineman" on Double Happiness.
Come Undone
Jimmy Barnes Lyrics
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I've been waiting for you
Signed, with a home tattoo
Happy birthday to you was created for you
(Can't ever keep from falling apart
At the seams
Can't I believe you're taking my heart
Oh, it'll take a little time
Might take a little crime
To come undone now
(PRECHORUS)
We'll try to stay blind
To the hope and fear outside
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind
And blow me in to cry
(CHORUS)
Who do you need, who do you love
When you come undone
(Repeat)
(Verse 2)
Words, playing me deja vu
Like a radio tune I swear I've heard before
Chill, is it something real
Or the magic I'm feeding off your fingers
(Can't ever keep from falling apart
At the seams
Can I believe you're taking my heart
To pieces)
Lost, in a snow filled sky, we'll make it alright
To come undone now
The opening lines of Jimmy Barnes’s song Come Undone describe a dream that is so powerful it manifests as “breath and skin”. The dream is about someone he has been waiting for, signed with a home tattoo, and to whom he wishes a happy birthday. In a haunting refrain, the lyrics return to the central theme of falling apart, taken apart and coming undone. Barnes sings it will take time and a little crime to come undone. He advises that to avoid being overwhelmed by the outside world, we should try to stay blind to the hope and fear around us, and stay wilder than the wind.
Line by Line Meaning
Mine, immaculate dream made breath and skin
I had a perfect dream, so magical yet but realistic that it felt like it was a part of me.
I've been waiting for you
I always knew that I would meet you someday, the person who would complete me.
Signed, with a home tattoo
I decided to ink my body with this symbol to remind myself of the special day we shared.
Happy birthday to you was created for you
I created something special for you on your birthday as a token of my love.
(Can't ever keep from falling apart
I always feel like I am on the edge of falling apart, that everything will come crumbling down.
At the seams
I am always at the seams, like I'm about to burst open.
Can't I believe you're taking my heart
I can't believe you're making me feel like this, it's like you're taking my heart and crushing it in your hands.
To pieces)
I feel like my heart is breaking into a million pieces.
Oh, it'll take a little time
It's going to take a little while to feel whole again.
Might take a little crime
Maybe I'll do something I'm not proud of to forget about the pain.
To come undone now
To let go of this pain and leave behind this feeling of being lost.
We'll try to stay blind
We will try to ignore everything around us that reminds us of our pain and hold onto the good.
To the hope and fear outside
Ignore everything that's happening beyond our relationship; all the hope, the fear, the expectations.
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind
Hey, my love, stay free-spirited and untamed like the wind.
And blow me in to cry
Let our love guide me to weep my sorrows and cry.
Who do you need, who do you love
Who do you love, who do you need to feel complete and happy?
When you come undone
When you feel like your world is falling apart, and you're losing everything.
Words, playing me deja vu
Your words feel like they are something I have heard before.
Like a radio tune I swear I've heard before
It's like hearing a song on the radio that you know all the words to, even though you don't know the name of the song.
Chill, is it something real
Is this feeling that I am feeling real?
Or the magic I'm feeding off your fingers
Or is it this sense of magic I feel when I'm with you?
Lost, in a snow-filled sky, we'll make it alright
Even though we feel lost in this white world, we'll eventually find a way out and make things alright.
Contributed by Hannah K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
The Anderson Family
If you can do this when you are as pickled on drugs and booze as him at the time you are an amazing talented! Long live Jimmy! Great song. (Under rated!)
Sam Bayly
Love it
Lee-Anne “Queeniegirl”
Love this song awesome 👌
Sonyalee Williams
Marvellous
Mat Sullivan
Another great song from JB! 🤦🏼♂️ not even 1k views! Wake up world!!