Australian band INXS had asked Ram Sampath to do an Indian version for their song Afterglow. There's much more to musician Ram Sampath than his copyright spat with well-known filmmaker Rakesh Roshan and his composer brother Rajesh. He is now collaborating with the Australian rock band INXS for two songs.

INXS has asked him to re-do two of its tracks, God's top 10 and Devil's party. "It's never been done before. It's a completely crazy idea," Sampath said. Sampath got in touch with INXS when they came to India last year.

"A few years ago my wife Sona came out with an album, which INXS heard when they had come to India to perform last year. They were given a lot of music by people to hear for a possible Indian collaboration. INXS picked our CD and they wanted to collaborate with us.

"We did an Indian version of their Afterglow. We changed around the original. I completely rearranged it. I only kept the lead singer J D Fortune's vocals. Apart from the core melody, it became a completely Indian song. I added a raga to it. Towards the end of the song I even added a Rajasthani bit. INXS loved it."