"Fade into You" is a song by American

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band

Mazzy Star Mazzy Star is an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Santa Monica, California, from remnants of the group Opal. Founding member David Roback's friend Hope Sandoval became the group's vocalist when Kendra Smith left Opal. Mazzy Star ...

from their second studio album, '' So Tonight That I Might See'' (1993). The song was written by

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Hope Sandoval Hope Sandoval (born June 24, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead singer of Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions. Sandoval has toured and collaborated with other artists, including Massive Attack, for whom she san ...

and

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David Roback David Edward Roback (April 4, 1958 – February 24, 2020) was an American guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Mazzy Star. Early life Roback was born on April 4, 1958 and raised in Los ...

, who also served as producer. The song reached number three on the US ''Billboard''

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chart in 1994 and is Mazzy Star's only single to appear on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 44. The song also charted at number 48 on the

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and number three in Iceland. In 2021, ''

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'' ranked it 468th on its list of "

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". ''

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'' included the song at number 19 on their ''Top 200 Tracks of the 90s''. Australian

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ranked the song the 32nd greatest of 1994.

Music videos

Two

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were made for "Fade into You". The first was directed by

Kevin Kerslake Kevin Kerslake is an American filmmaker and photographer. He has directed documentaries on Joan Jett ('' Bad Reputation''), DJ AM (''As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM''), The Ramones (''We're Outta Here!''), Nirvana (''Live! Tonight! Sold Out! ...

and premiered on

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in late October 1993, several weeks after the album's release. The video features the band performing in front of a projection screen depicting white clouds in a black sky, and is interlaced with

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footage of the band in various locales in the

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. Portions of this video were filmed at the same location U2 shot the artwork for ''

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''. The second music video was directed by Merlyn Rosenberg and first aired in February 1994. Known as the

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version for its monochromic content throughout, the intentionally grainy, distorted footage shows the band performing in a darkened

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-era

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, and is interspersed with footage of Sandoval and Roback at various sites around

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, including the All Seasons Hotel (now the Crescent Hotel) and neighboring Stockton Street tunnel, coupled with genuine footage of the same sites shot in the 1930s. Only the latter music video was broadcast internationally.

Track listings

All songs were written and composed by Hope Sandoval and David Roback except where noted. * US and Australasian CD single (C2 7243 8 58121 2 5; 88114482) # "Fade into You" – 4:52 # "I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit" – 3:37 # "Under My Car" – 3:35 # "Bells Ring" (acoustic version) – 4:36 * US cassette single (4 km 7243 8 58286 4 5) # "Fade into You" – 4:52 # "Halah" – 3:12 * UK CD single (CDCL 720) # "Fade into You" # " Blue Flower" # "I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit" * UK 10-inch vinyl (10CL 720) # "Fade into You" # "Five String Serenade" (album version) # "Under My Car" # "Bells Ring" (acoustic version) * Australian cassette single (8814484) # "Fade into You" (LP version) – 4:52 # "I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit" – 3:37 * US limited-edition in-store play CD (DPRO-79401) # "Fade into You" (album version) # "

Into Dust "Into Dust" is a song by American duo Mazzy Star that appears as the ninth track on their second album '' So Tonight That I Might See''. The song's arrangement is sparse and features only acoustic guitar and cello as accompaniment to the vocals. ...

" (live from

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) # "Ride It On" (live from MTV Europe) # "Ghost Highway" (live from MTV Europe) # "Blue Light" (live from MTV Europe) # "I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit" # "Under My Car" # "Bells Ring" (acoustic version) # "Fade into You"

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References

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