"Disappear" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Single by No Angels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
from the album Destiny Reloaded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Released | 29 February 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format | CD single, digital download | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded | 22 December 2007; Gutleutstudios (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) |
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Genre | Pop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Length | 3:19 (single version) 3:00 (ESC edit) |
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Label | Polydor, Universal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Remee, Hanne Sørvaag, Thomas Troelsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Producer(s) | Remee, Thomas Troelsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Disappear" is a song recorded by all-female German pop group No Angels, taken from Destiny Reloaded (2008), the reissue of their fourth studio album Destiny (2007). It was written by Norwegian singer-songwriter Hanne Sørvaag along with Danish musicians Remee and Thomas Troelsen, the latter of which also handled production on the track. A mid-paced pop song that is built on a ticking clock sample, the song is influenced by elements of Europop and synthpop. Its instrumentation consists essentially of synthesizers and keyboards. Lyrically, it finds the protagonist thinking deeply over her relationship with her 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 Germany's entry for the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, having earned tight 50.5% of the audience vote over solo singer Carolin Fortenbacher at the national pre-selection show, Grand Prix Vorentscheid, in March 2008. In the final show of the ESC, on 24 May 2008, the song finished 23rd (out of 25) in the final voting, having earned a total of fourteen points only. Released as a single on 29 February 2008 in German-speaking Europe, the song reached number 4 on the German Singles Chart, where it became the band's biggest-selling single since their reformation in fall 2006. "Disappear" also reached the top 30 of the Hungarian Airplay Chart, the top 40 of the Ö3 Austria Top 40 and peaked at number 21 on the composite Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart.