Marcia Hines - From The Inside (1975)

(Artie Wayne)
Australia
Original version
#8 Sydney #12 Melbourne #2 Brisbane #14 Adelaide #39 Perth

Produced by Robie G. Porter (Rob E. G.)

Sixteen-year-old singer Marcia Hines came to Australia from the US in 1970 for Hair, stayed for Jesus Christ Superstar, and became Australia’s most popular female pop star of the late 70s, voted ‘Queen of Pop‘ for three years. She is still a TV star in Australia as a judge on Australian Idol.

See also You and Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees by Marcia Hines.

Artie Wayne:

Thirty years ago I wrote a song, From the Inside, for my late Grandmother who is still one of my biggest inspirations. She’d always say to me, “Go on boy… You can do it!! It’s only life… There’s nothin’ to it… Just the seein’ through it… From the Inside.” – message to Spectropop Discussion Group, November 2003.

Artie Wayne also wrote Judy Stone’s 4.003,221 Tears From Now and co-wrote Ray Brown’s classic B-side Go To Him

Further reading: Milesago’s Marcia Hines page. Marcia Hines bio at Australian Idol. Artie Wayne elaborates on the writing of From The Inside – and includes the lyrics – at his blog Artie Wayne On The Web.

Yvonne Elliman - From The Inside (1975)

(Artie Wayne)
USA
Later version

From the 1975 album Rising Sun.

Maggie Macneal - From The Inside (1976)

(Artie Wayne)
Netherlands
Later version

On the 1976 album Maggie MacNeal, by popular Dutch singer born Sjoukje Lucie van’t Spijker: ‘MacNeal’ is a play on the word ‘spijker’, meaning ‘nail’.

Maggie MacNeal was one half of Mouth & MacNeal, the originators of How Do You Do, a hit in Australia for Jigsaw.

Further reading: Roel Smit’s definitive Maggie MacNeal site at MaggieMacNeal.nl
Thanks to Roel for version alert.

Arthur Wayne - From The Inside (1977)

(Artie Wayne)
USA
Later version

On an album by the song’s composer on Casablanca label, Another Island.

Thanks to Joop Jansen for version alert.

Vicki Brown - From The Inside (1977)

(Artie Wayne)
UK
Later version

From UK album From The Inside, on Power Exchange label.

Solo album by former Vernon Girls and Breakaways member Vicki Haseman under her married name (see under He’s A Rebel for more on The Breakaways).

Vicki’s husband was British musician Joe Brown. Their daughter is 80s pop star and session singer Sam Brown. The Breakaways’ first session as backing singers was Joe Brown And His Bruvvers’ A Picture Of You (1962, #2 UK).

Samantha Jones, who recorded the original of Don’t Come Any Closer, had also been in the Vernon Girls.

Further reading: Jos Van Geffen’s Vicki Brown fan page.

Lynn Anderson - From The Inside (1978)

(Artie Wayne)
USA
Later version

On the 1978 Columbia album From The Inside.

Cilla Black - From The Inside (2003)

(Artie Wayne)
UK
Later version

Recorded in 1974 but unreleased until the 2003 EMI album The Best of 1963-1978.

Thanks to Joop Jansen for version alert.

Kim Carnes - From The Inside

(Artie Wayne)
USA

Unreleased demo version

Source: Songwriter Artie Wayne’s post to Spectropop, November 2003.

Lynne Hamilton - On The Inside (1979)

(Allan Caswell)
Australia
Red herring
#3 Sydney #3 Melbourne #1 Brisbane #2 Adelaide #2 Perth (1980) #5 NZ (1981) #3 UK (1989)

SIMILAR TITLE, EASILY CONFUSED WITH ‘FROM THE INSIDE’ BY MARCIA HINES.

Theme from Prisoner, the cult Australian TV melodrama better known outside Australia as Prisoner: Cell Block H.

Further reading: 1. Wentworth Web, the Prisoner fansite, has more details (including other versions), as well as a RealAudio file and sleeve shot. 2. Prisoner at Aussie Soap Archive.

Thanks to Terry Stacey.

Marcia Hines - From The Inside (1975)

Yvonne Elliman - From The Inside (1975)

Maggie Macneal - From The Inside (1976)

Arthur Wayne - From The Inside (1977)

Vicki Brown - From The Inside (1977)

Lynn Anderson - From The Inside (1978)

Cilla Black - From The Inside (2003)

Kim Carnes - From The Inside

Lynne Hamilton - On The Inside (1979)

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