"Simple Simon" is the debut single by Australian rock band INXS, released in May 1980 via Deluxe Records.

This title refers to an early band name, the Vegetables, which they used when performing in Perth in 1978.

[7] Besides Australia the single was released in France (via RCA Victor).

It was not included on the band's first album, INXS, which was issued in October 1980 but appeared on a compilation album, INXSIVE, in 1982.

[citation needed] The song is heavily influenced by ska and punk styles.