Disappear (No Angels song)

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"Disappear"
Single by No Angels
from the album Destiny Reloaded
Released29 February 2008
Recorded22 December 2007[1]
StudioGutleutstudios (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
GenrePop
Length3:19 (single version)
3:00 (ESC edit)
Label
  • Polydor
  • Universal
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Remee
  • Thomas Troelsen
No Angels singles chronology
"Amaze Me" / "Teardrops"
(2007) 		"Disappear"
(2008) 		"One Life"
(2009)
"Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" (2009) ►

"Disappear" is a song recorded by

love interest
from whom she parted; however, she still pines for him and feels self-conscious for doing so.

A shortened version of the song served as

Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart.[5]

A music video for the song, directed and produced by Daniel Lwowski, was filmed at Schloss Marquardt palace in Potsdam in January 2008 and co-stars German actor Oliver Mommsen [de] in a supporting role. It depicts the band as ghost-like entities, who are awakened when a foreigner visits heir home. Throughout the video, each of them tries to approach him in different ways. "Disappear" was performed on several television such as Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel, Unsere Besten and the Bulgarian version of Music Idol. It was later featured on their compilation album Very Best of No Angels (2008) and made part of the setlist of the band's 2022 Celebration Tour.

Writing and recording

"Disappear" was written by Norwegian singer–songwriter Hanne Sørvaag along with Danish musicians Remee and Thomas Troelsen, while production was handled by Remee and Troelsen.

MySpace account on 10 March 2008.[7]

Sørvaag's demo recording was eventually presented to

Bild-Zeitung, which was shortened to meet the three-minutes or less ESC conditions in length.[10]

Release and reception

Released on 29 February 2008 in

Hamburg, Germany.[11] The Soundbomb House remix has been declared "the heavier of the two house-mixes with plenty of traditional German techno elements;" the basic tracks were programmed by Manuel Loyo and Alexander Gernert, while Mozart added synthesisers.[11]

Upon its release, "Disappear" debuted at number 12 on the

Nielsen Music Control.[13] It was ranked seventy-eighth on the German year-end chart.[14]

In Austria, the single opened at number 63 on the

Mahasz Radio Chart, the band's first entry since "Still in Love with You" (2002).[5]

Music video

Lucy Diakovska at a balcony on the Potsdam set of "Disappear" (January 2008).

An accompanying music video for "Disappear", directed and produced by Daniel Lwowski for Katapult Film, was filmed on 23 January 2008 at Schloss Marquardt, a palace complex, which is located about 15 km northwest of the city center in the same-titled

Lucy Diakovska and Jessica Wahls at German NDR talk show Die Tietjen und Dibaba.[16]

The video opens with a scene of Mommsen discovering a remote mansion in a seemingly deserted rural region, following the breakdown of his car, a

BMW 2000.[19] Deciding to search for help, he enters the empty antiquated building, which is occupied by four ghost-like entities (played by No Angels), whose interest he awakes. Throughout the video, each of them tries to approach him in different ways, without touching him or being seen by him. However, every time he feels their presence and is tempted to catch a view of the beings, they disappear.[20]

The visuals world premiered on 5 February 2008 on German music network

Destiny Reloaded
(2008).

Eurovision Song Contest

National final

Wahls, Diakovska, Benaissa and Mölling during their performance at the national final on 6 March 2008 in Hamburg.

Following the moderate commercial success of their comeback album Destiny (2007), Universal Music forced the group to either casting a new fifth band member or entering the national pre-selection competition for the

SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD contestant Steffi List's recording "Breaking the Silence" without giving credit or compensation.[7] However, while investigators verified similarities in rhythm and phrasing, NDR eventually denied any existing evidence proving this argument as "Disappear" was written and recorded prior to List's song.[7][22]

Following several weeks of promotional appearances, No Angels entered the competition on 6 March 2008 at the Deutsche Schauspielhaus in

lifting platform. During their performance their outfits transformed, with silken capes in orange, pink, purple, and blue coming from their dresses. Four wind machine were specially-installed on-stage for their performance.[2] After the five songs had been performed, televoters decided about the top two songs in the superfinal which were then voted on again. Widely considered as early favourites by the media,[3] the band eventually finished first, having earned tight 50.5% of the audience vote over Fortenbacher in the second and final election round, while the other three participants were ranked joint third.[2]

ESC final

No Angels during their performance at the Eurovision Song Contest finals in Belgrade.

With Germany being one of the biggest financial contributors to the

pyrotechnics were included.[23] Wahls who had infected with chickenpox before their arrival in Belgrade, was forced to remain in quarantine until the evening of the final.[21] During rehearsals, one of the group's backing vocalist filled in for her.[21]

On 24 May 2008, No Angels started at number four during the show, following

Miss Kiss Kiss Bang."[26]

Track listings

CD Maxi single
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Disappear" (Single Version)
  • Remee
  • Troelsen
3:19
2."Disappear" (Yin Yang Remix)
  • Remee
  • Troelsen
  • Alf Tuohey
    Marc Mozart[A]
4:13
3."Disappear" (Chartlab House Remix)
  • Remee
  • Troelsen
  • Alexander Hahn[A]
5:22
4."Disappear" (Soundbomb House Remix)
  • Remee
  • Troelsen
  • Alexander Gernert[A]
  • Manuel Loyo[A]
  • Mozart[A]
5:01
5."Disappear" (Music Video) 3:35
Digital single
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Disappear" (Single Version)
  • Remee
  • Troelsen
3:19
2."Disappear" (Yin Yang Remix)
  • Remee
  • Troelsen
  • Tuohey[A]
  • Mozart[A]
4:13
3."Disappear" (Chartlab House Remix)
  • Remee
  • Troelsen
  • Hahn[A]
5:22
4."Disappear" (Soundbomb House Remix)
5:01

Notes

Credits and personnel

Credits taken from Destiny Reloaded liner notes.[6]

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Disappear"
Region Date Format Label Ref
Various 29 February 2008
[29]

References

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  3. ^
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  12. ^ a b c "Chart Performance". aCharts. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
  13. ^ "Airplay Charts Deutschland". Surfmusik. Retrieved April 2, 2008.
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  16. ^ a b "News". Katapult-Film.com. February 7, 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2008.
  17. ^ ddp (January 10, 2008). "Zum Feiern ist es jetzt noch zu früh". Ad-Hoc-News. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
  18. ^ "Videodreh, fotoshooting und proben.... (Blog)." Official Nadja Benaissa MySpace. Retrieved on 2008-01-26
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  20. ^
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  23. ^ Schacht, Andreas (May 17, 2008). "Germany's No Angels on the way to heaven?". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
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  25. ^ a b "Germans fret no one likes them after Eurovision dud". Reuters. May 25, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
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  28. ^ "No Angels – Chart Search" Billboard European Hot 100 Singles for No Angels. Retrieved May 26, 2011. [dead link]
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  30. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
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  32. ^ "Top 100 Singles-Jahrescharts (2008)". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  33. Mahasz
    . Retrieved April 28, 2020.
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