<P> `` Never Tear Us Apart '' is a sensuous ballad , written in the tempo of a modern Viennese waltz , layered with synthesizers and containing dramatic pauses before the instrumental breaks . Kirk Pengilly lends a cathartic saxophone solo near the end . According to the liner notes of Shine Like It Does : The Anthology ( 1979 -- 1997 ) , the song was composed on piano as a bluesy number in the style of Fats Domino . Producer Chris Thomas suggested a synth - based arrangement instead . </P>
<P> `` Never Tear Us Apart '' is a sensuous ballad , written in the tempo of a modern Viennese waltz , layered with synthesizers and containing dramatic pauses before the instrumental breaks . Kirk Pengilly lends a cathartic saxophone solo near the end . According to the liner notes of Shine Like It Does : The Anthology ( 1979 -- 1997 ) , the song was composed on piano as a bluesy number in the style of Fats Domino . Producer Chris Thomas suggested a synth - based arrangement instead . </P>
who played sax on never tear us apart
who played sax on never tear us apart
Kirk Pengilly
Kirk Pengilly