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“Disappear” by INXS
From the album X (1990)
“Disappear” by INXS appears on 11 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1990 and 2005. It was first released in 1990 on the album X. Its best result is #27 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #98 alternative song of 1990 and #3,008 alternative song of all time.
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"Disappear" came off X, the seventh INXS album, in 1990, and it's the sound of a band so deep in its groove it barely has to break a sweat. Jon Farriss wrote the music and Michael Hutchence the words while the two were sharing a place in Hong Kong in 1989, and Farriss plays both drums and keyboards on it, which is why the beat and the shimmer lock together so neatly. Hutchence glides over the top, cool and unhurried, with Kirk Pengilly's saxophone and backing vocals around the edges, and Chris Thomas's production keeps everything glossy.
In America it peaked at number eight, the band's seventh top-10 single there and its last. It spent two weeks on top in Canada, and in 1992 it won the APRA award for the Australian work most performed overseas.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 99 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
| 1990 | 27 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1494 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1494 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1494 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1492 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1726 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1471 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 1476 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 1471 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1470 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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