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“I Disappear” by Metallica
“I Disappear” by Metallica appears on 30 radio countdowns from 23 stations between 2000 and 2026. Its best result is #3 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #30 alternative song of 2000, #4,179 alternative song of all time and #366 of the '00s.
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Metallica cut "I Disappear" for the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack, and it arrived as that album's lead single on June 2, 2000. James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich wrote it and produced it alongside Bob Rock. It's a moderate-tempo number in E minor with a hard, brooding pull. When the song leaked on the file-sharing service Napster, the band responded by suing the service.
Officially released only in Germany, it still reached the top ten in seven different countries and topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. Wayne Isham directed the video, splitting it into four mini-movies, each one following a member of the band through a story of his own.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 16 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
| 2000 | 13 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 | 101 |
| 2000 | 47 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 10 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 | 93 |
| 2000 | 98 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 11 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 33 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 | 89 |
| 2000 | 3 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000 | 106 |
| 2000 | 14 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 32 | 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY | 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 | 103 |
| 2000 | 30 | The Edge Phoenix, AZ | KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001 | 50 |
| 2000 | 84 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 37 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 450 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 270 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2004 | 274 | Y100 | Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2005 | 363 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2010 | 32 | WJRR | WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade | 101 |
| 2010 | 462 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) | 500 |
| 2019 | 384 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 384 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2020) | 500 |
| 2021 | 246 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2021) | 500 |
| 2022 | 380 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 440 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2024 | 396 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) | 400 |
| 2025 | 291 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) | 500 |
| 2025 | 311 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) | 400 |
| 2026 | 495 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
| 2026 | 268 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) | 500 |
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