"Disappear" is a song by Australian
rock
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band
INXS
INXS (a word play, phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian Rock music, rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboar ...
, the second single taken from their seventh studio album, ''
X'' (1990). The song was written by
Jon Farriss
Jonathan James Farriss (born 10 August 1961) is an Australian drummer and founding member of rock band INXS.
Biography
Jon Farriss was born to Dennis and Jill Farriss, and is the second youngest of four children: brothers and fellow band mem ...
and
Michael Hutchence
Michael Kelland John Hutchence (22 January 1960 – 22 November 1997) was an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Hutchence co-founded the rock band INXS, which sold over 75 million records worldwide and was inducted into th ...
while they were living together in
Hong Kong
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in 1989.
"Disappear" peaked at number eight on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 in February 1991, becoming the band's seventh and final top-ten single. In Canada, the song reached number one for two weeks. It was a lesser hit on the
UK Singles Chart
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, peaking at number 21 in December 1990. At the
APRA Music Awards of 1992
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the song won Most Performed Australian Work Overseas.
B-sides
The B-sides are a
Coldcut
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remix of their 1985 hit "
What You Need" and a solo composition called "Middle Beast", which was written and performed by bassist
Garry Beers.
Track listings
7-inch and cassette single
# "Disappear" – 4:08
# "Middle Beast" – 4:56
Australian CD single
# "Disappear" (extended 12-inch mix) – 6:50
# "What You Need" (Coldcut Force mix) – 6:32
# "Disappear" (7-inch mix) – 4:08
# "Middle Beast" – 4:56
Australian 12-inch single
:A1. "Disappear" (extended 12-inch mix) – 6:50
:B1. "Middle Beast" – 4:56
:B2. "What You Need" (Coldcut Force mix) – 6:32
UK CD single
# "Disappear"
# "Disappear" (extended 12-inch mix)
# "What You Need" (Coldcut Force mix)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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1990 singles
1990 songs
APRA Award winners
Atlantic Records singles
INXS songs
Mercury Records singles
RPM Top Singles number-one singles
Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)
Songs written by Michael Hutchence
Warner Music Group singles
Songs written by Jon Farriss