Disappear (No Angels song)

"Disappear"
Single by No Angels
from the album Destiny Reloaded
Released29 February 2008
Recorded22 December 2007[1]
StudioGutleutstudios (Frankfurt am Main)
Length3:19 (single version)
3:00 (ESC edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Remee
  • Thomas Troelsen
No Angels singles chronology
"Amaze Me" / "Teardrops"
(2007) 		"Disappear"
(2008) 		"One Life"
(2009)
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry
Country
Artist(s)
As
No Angels
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Remee
  • Hanne Sørvaag
  • Thomas Troelsen
Finals performance
Final result
23rd
Final points
14
Entry chronology
◄ "Frauen regier'n die Welt" (2007)
"Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" (2009) ►

"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. 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.[2] 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.[3][4] "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.[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.

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  3. ^ Pittelkau, Mark (March 6, 2008). "Grand-Prix-Kandidaten 2008". Bild-Zeitung. Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
  4. ^ "No Angels für Deutschland?". Official website. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
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