Song · XTC
“The Disappointed” by XTC
From the album Nonsuch (1992)
“The Disappointed” by XTC appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1992. It was first released in 1992 on the album Nonsuch. Its best result is #70 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #205 alternative song of 1992.
"The Disappointed" was the first single XTC pulled from Nonsuch, their twelfth album, a 1992 release on Virgin, and Andy Partridge wrote it about a club nobody wants to join: people who've been turned down in love, banding together into an organization of their own. Partridge has said the idea first came from Argentina's Mothers of the Disappeared, and he turned that seed into something sweet and sore at once.
Gus Dudgeon produced and Nick Davis mixed. Partridge sings lead and plays electric guitar and tambourine, Dave Gregory adds guitar, synthesizer and backing vocals, Colin Moulding plays bass, and guests Dave Mattacks, Rose Hull and Florence Lovegrove bring drums, cello and viola. It reached 33 in the UK and earned an Ivor Novello nomination in 1993.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 70 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 | 105 |
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