Disappear (INXS song)

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"Disappear"
Disappear INXS.jpg
Single by INXS
from the album X
B-side "Middle Beast"
Released26 November 1990 (1990-11-26) [1]
Length4:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Chris Thomas
INXS singles chronology
"Suicide Blonde"
(1990)
"Disappear"
(1990)
"By My Side"
(1991)

"Disappear" is a song by Australian rock band INXS, the second single taken from their seventh studio album, X (1990). The song was written by Jon Farriss, Michael Hutchence and Garry Gary Beers while they were living together in Hong Kong in 1989.

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"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, peaking at number 21 in December 1990. At the APRA Music Awards of 1992 the song won Most Performed Australian Work Overseas. [2]

B-sides

The B-sides of the "Disappear" single are a Coldcut 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

Charts

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