Disappear (No Angels song)
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"Disappear" is a pop song recorded by German pop band No Angels
. It was written by Scandinavian songwriters Remee
, Hanne Sørvaag
, and Thomas Troelsen
and co-produced by Remee and Troelsen. The track served as Germany's entry for the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest 2008
in Belgrade
, having earned tight 50,5% of the audience vote at the pre-selection Grand Prix Vorentscheid
. In the final show of the ESC on May 24, 2008, the song finished 23rd (out of 25) in the final voting, having earned a total of fourteen points only.
The single was released on February 29, 2008, (see 2008 in music
) in German-speaking Europe
, and reached number 4 on the German Singles Chart, where it became the band's biggest-selling single since the reformation in fall 2006. "Disappear" also reached the top 30 of the Hungarian Airplay Chart
and peaked at number 21 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
.
of the song was recorded at the Delta Lab Recording Studios in Copenhagen
by co-writer Hanne Sørvaag
, who leaked her recording of "Disappear" on her MySpace on March 10, 2008.
The demo recording was eventually presented to A&R
manager
Niklas Hafemann and the No Angels, who accepted "Disappear" as their competition song for the Deutschen Vorentscheid
. The vocals for their version were eventually recorded at the Gutleutstudios in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on December 22, 2007. Nadja Benaissa
has described the song as an earworm
with international ambition: "[It's] an emotional, very sentimental [song]. With music, that's raising your spirits and carries away." The song premiered during an official press conference on January 29, 2008; the same day a thirty-seconds clip of the song was previewed on the band's official fansite. A day later the song was officially serviced to European radio. On February 21, 2008, an edited version of "Disappear" premiered on the website of daily newspaper Bild-Zeitung
, which was shortened to meet the three-minutes or less ESC conditions
in length.
Both the official CD single and the digital download single include three remixes by the Mozart & Friends
team of music producers. The atmospheric Yin Yang remix is based on a piano performance by Australian producer Alf Tuohey and was refined by Marc Mozart
with "trip-hop-esque" drumloops. Alexander Hahn has contributed a trancy
housemix
of "Disappear," which was performed at his Chartlab Studio based in the center of Hamburg, Germany. The Soundbomb House remix has been declared "the heavier of the two house-mixes with plenty of traditional German techno
elements;" the basic tracks were programmed by Manuel Loyo and Alexander Gernert, while Mozart added synthesisers.
, near Berlin, Germany. Shooting lasted until 2:00am GMT of the 24th due to operating delays. German actor Oliver Mommsen was approached to play a supporting role in the clip immediately after meeting band members Lucy Diakovska
and Jessica Wahls
at German talk show Die Tietjen und Dibaba.
The video opens with a scene of a Mommsen discovering a remoted mansion in a seemlingly deserted rural region, following the breakdown of his car, a BMW 2000. Deciding to search for help, he enters the empty antiquated building, which is occupied by four ghost
-like entities
(played by the No Angels), whose interest he awakes. Throughout the video, each of them tries to approach him in different ways, willed to either sight or touch him. However, every time he feels their presence and is tempted to catch a view of the beings, they disappear.
The clip world premiered on February 5, 2008, on German music network VIVA's show VIVA Live. On February 21, 2008, bild.de, the official website of the daily Bild-Zeitung
, released a shortened version of video, which has served as the official version for the ESC version of "Disappear." The fully animated clip features previously unreleased pictures and short videos of the band. A making-of
-clip of the video was released on a digital video disc on the album's re-release edition, Destiny Reloaded (2008).
, "Disappear" debuted at number 12 on the German Singles Chart based on composite digital singles and CD singles sales. Following the band's participation and subsequent winning of the Grand Prix Vorentscheid
it rose eight places to number 4 in its second week, making it both the biggest-moving single of the week and the No Angels' first top 10 entry (twelfth in total) since their 2007 comeback single "Goodbye to Yesterday
" which peaked at the same position. The single eventually spent 14 weeks on that particular chart, also making it their longest-charting single since 2002's "Still in Love with You." On Media Control' s component charts "Disappear" reached number 2 on the German download chart as well as number 16 on the official airplay charts, according to Nielsen Music Control
. It was ranked seventy-eighth on the German year-end chart.
In Austria, the single opened at number 63 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40
chart. As on the German Singles Chart, sales were pushed by the Grand Prix Vorentscheid results and thus, it rose twenty-six places to number 37 in its second week of release, the group's highest peak since "Goodbye to Yesterday." The song remained another two weeks on the chart, but re-entered the top 100 at number 74 two weeks after the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. In Switzerland, the track became the group's first top 100 entry since "Goodbye to Yesterday" after the commercial failure of "Maybe
" and "Amaze Me
"/"Teardrops" the previous year, debuting and peaking at number 96.
On a composite Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
the song debuted at number 46 in the week of March 22, 2008, before jumping to number 21 the following week. Benefiting from strong airplay on foreign music markets, the single also peaked at number 22 on the Hungarian Mahasz
Radio Chart, the band's first entry since "Still in Love with You" (2002).
, the German national pre-selection of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
, organised and broadcasted by Das Erste
and the NDR
. Having refused previous offers to participate in the pre-selection, it was the second time the band was asked to submit a song for the contest since their reunion in early 2007. Following several weeks of promotional appearances, the No Angels entered the competition on March 6, 2008, at the Deutsche Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
, competing against all-male groups Marquess
("La histeria") and Cinema Bizarre
("Forever or Never"), and solo singers Tommy Reeve ("Just One Woman") and Carolin Fortenbacher ("Hinterm Ozean"). Dressed in white color, the No Angels hit the stage as the fifth entry of the evening, opening via lifting platform. During their performance however, their outfits transformed, with silk
en capes in orange
, pink
, purple
, and blue
coming from their dresses. Four wind machine
were specially-installed on-stage for their performance.
After the five songs had been performed, televoters decided about the top two songs in the superfinal which were then voted on again. Widely considered as early favourites by the media the band eventually finished first, having earned tight 50,5% of the audience vote over Fortenbacher in the second and final election round, while the other three participants were ranked joint third.
Following the win of the pre-selection, controversy occurred when several news sources reported that the writers of the track were alleged to have plagiarised
several elements (both motifs and melodies) from SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD
contestant Steffi List's recording "Breaking the Silence" without giving credit or compensation. However, while investigators verified similarities in rhythm and phrasing, the NDR eventually denied any existing evidence proving this argument as "Disappear" was written and recorded prior to List's song.
With Germany being one the biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union
, the No Angels - alongside their competing entries from France, Spain, the United Kingdom and hosting country Serbia
- were allowed to skip the contest's semi-finals and automatically qualified for competition with 24 other countries in the finals of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest
. Thus, on Saturday, May 24, 2008, the band started at number four during the show, following Albania
's entry Olta Boka
with her ballad
"Zemrën e lamë peng
" and preceding Armenia
's Sirusho
with "Qele Qele
." Having decided to rework parts of their show for the final, the group performance differed from the Grand Prix Vorentscheid: While their stage clothes had been changed into two blue
and two purple
dresses with two capes each, a new choreography
was added; the LED
projections in the back of the stage showed flying feathers on a blue ground and moreover, pyrotechnics were included.
An estimated 100 million fans watched the final contest, and viewers from all 43 participating nations voted for their favourite performers via text message and telephone. While generally never considered a pre-contest favourite (online betting firms such as Paddy Power
previously put Germany's chances of winning at 100 to 1, in the lowest third of competitors), the No Angels eventually ranked 23rd place out of the 25 countries that participated with a total of 14 points – taking 12 points from Bulgaria
, band member Lucy Diakovska's native country, and 2 points from Switzerland only. In fact, only Poland and the United Kingdom placed below the four-member female band.
It was succeeded as German representative
at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
by Alex Swings Oscar Sings (Alex C. and Oscar Loya
) with "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang
".
No Angels
The No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ...
. It was written by Scandinavian songwriters Remee
Remee
Remee is a Danish producer, composer and song writer.-Career:Throughout his career Remee has written more than 60 hits around the world and has sold over 25 million records...
, Hanne Sørvaag
Hanne Sørvaag
Hanne Margrethe Fredriksen Sørvaag is a Norwegian singer/songwriter born in Stavanger, Norway, December 27, 1979. She is currently based in Stockholm, Sweden....
, and Thomas Troelsen
Thomas Troelsen
Thomas Troelsen is a composer and producer from Denmark.- History :Thomas Troelsen is a singer, songwriter, and producer responsible for chart-topping hits, like Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet", Monrose's "Hot Summer", PRIVATE's "My Secret Lover", and BoA’s “Eat You Up." He was also the lead...
and co-produced by Remee and Troelsen. The track served as Germany's entry for the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, having earned tight 50,5% of the audience vote at the pre-selection Grand Prix Vorentscheid
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
As a "Big 4" member , Germany qualifies directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside last year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members France, Spain and the United Kingdom....
. In the final show of the ESC on May 24, 2008, the song finished 23rd (out of 25) in the final voting, having earned a total of fourteen points only.
The single was released on February 29, 2008, (see 2008 in music
2008 in music
2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such...
) in German-speaking Europe
German-speaking Europe
The German language is spoken in a number of countries and territories in West, Central and Eastern Europe...
, and reached number 4 on the German Singles Chart, where it became the band's biggest-selling single since the reformation in fall 2006. "Disappear" also reached the top 30 of the Hungarian Airplay Chart
Mahasz
Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....
and peaked at number 21 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,...
.
Writing and recording
First drafts of a melody for "Disappear" were already in existence in 2005, with Troelsen, who also wrote the vocal melody, intensifying work on the track in January 2006; however, it took until November 5, 2007, the song was fully produced and provided with its final lyrics, who chronicle the aftermathes of an unforgettable love affair. The demo versionDemo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
of the song was recorded at the Delta Lab Recording Studios in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
by co-writer Hanne Sørvaag
Hanne Sørvaag
Hanne Margrethe Fredriksen Sørvaag is a Norwegian singer/songwriter born in Stavanger, Norway, December 27, 1979. She is currently based in Stockholm, Sweden....
, who leaked her recording of "Disappear" on her MySpace on March 10, 2008.
The demo recording was eventually presented to A&R
A&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
manager
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
Niklas Hafemann and the No Angels, who accepted "Disappear" as their competition song for the Deutschen Vorentscheid
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
As a "Big 4" member , Germany qualifies directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside last year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members France, Spain and the United Kingdom....
. The vocals for their version were eventually recorded at the Gutleutstudios in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on December 22, 2007. Nadja Benaissa
Nadja Benaissa
Nadja Benaissa is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date", according to the German media.After a series of commercially successful releases...
has described the song as an earworm
Earworm
Earworm, a loan translation of the German Ohrwurm, is a portion of a song or other music that repeats compulsively within one's mind, put colloquially as "music being stuck in one's head."...
with international ambition: "[It's] an emotional, very sentimental [song]. With music, that's raising your spirits and carries away." The song premiered during an official press conference on January 29, 2008; the same day a thirty-seconds clip of the song was previewed on the band's official fansite. A day later the song was officially serviced to European radio. On February 21, 2008, an edited version of "Disappear" premiered on the website of daily newspaper Bild-Zeitung
Bild-Zeitung
The Bild is a German tabloid published by Axel Springer AG. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday, while on Sundays, Bild am Sonntag is published instead, which has a different style and its own editors...
, which was shortened to meet the three-minutes or less ESC conditions
Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest
The official rules of the Eurovision Song Contest are long, technical, and ever-changing. Many of the rules cover technical aspects of the television broadcast itself. However, a few of the more important rules affecting the conduct and outcome of the Contest follow.-Number of songs:Each country in...
in length.
Both the official CD single and the digital download single include three remixes by the Mozart & Friends
Mozart & Friends
Mozart & Friends is a record production and songwriting team working in genres of Pop, R&B and Hip hop. The team was founded in 2006 and is consisting of producers and songwriters located in different countries:...
team of music producers. The atmospheric Yin Yang remix is based on a piano performance by Australian producer Alf Tuohey and was refined by Marc Mozart
Marc Mozart
Marc Christian Gernert, who performs as Marc Mozart and Marc Z, is a German songwriter, record producer and music manager.He started his career in Germany during the early 1990s. His professional career started after high school when he signed a contract, in 1993, with Sony Music Germany...
with "trip-hop-esque" drumloops. Alexander Hahn has contributed a trancy
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
housemix
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
of "Disappear," which was performed at his Chartlab Studio based in the center of Hamburg, Germany. The Soundbomb House remix has been declared "the heavier of the two house-mixes with plenty of traditional German techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
elements;" the basic tracks were programmed by Manuel Loyo and Alexander Gernert, while Mozart added synthesisers.
Music video
A music video for the single, directed and produced by Daniel Lwowski for Katapult Film, was filmed on January 23, 2008, inside a castle in PotsdamPotsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
, near Berlin, Germany. Shooting lasted until 2:00am GMT of the 24th due to operating delays. German actor Oliver Mommsen was approached to play a supporting role in the clip immediately after meeting band members Lucy Diakovska
Ludmilla Diakovska
Ludmilla "Lucy" Diakovska is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter, music producer, dancer, stage actress and television personality, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German...
and Jessica Wahls
Jessica Wahls
Jessica Martina Wahls , also known under her nickname Jess, is a German pop singer, songwriter and television host, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media.-Early...
at German talk show Die Tietjen und Dibaba.
The video opens with a scene of a Mommsen discovering a remoted mansion in a seemlingly deserted rural region, following the breakdown of his car, a BMW 2000. Deciding to search for help, he enters the empty antiquated building, which is occupied by four ghost
Ghost
In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
-like entities
Entity
An entity is something that has a distinct, separate existence, although it need not be a material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity is animate.An entity could be viewed as a set...
(played by the No Angels), whose interest he awakes. Throughout the video, each of them tries to approach him in different ways, willed to either sight or touch him. However, every time he feels their presence and is tempted to catch a view of the beings, they disappear.
The clip world premiered on February 5, 2008, on German music network VIVA's show VIVA Live. On February 21, 2008, bild.de, the official website of the daily Bild-Zeitung
Bild-Zeitung
The Bild is a German tabloid published by Axel Springer AG. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday, while on Sundays, Bild am Sonntag is published instead, which has a different style and its own editors...
, released a shortened version of video, which has served as the official version for the ESC version of "Disappear." The fully animated clip features previously unreleased pictures and short videos of the band. A making-of
Making-of
In cinema, a making-of, also known as behind-the-scenes, is a documentary film that features the production of a film or television program...
-clip of the video was released on a digital video disc on the album's re-release edition, Destiny Reloaded (2008).
Chart performance
First released on February 29, 2008, in German-speaking EuropeGerman-speaking Europe
The German language is spoken in a number of countries and territories in West, Central and Eastern Europe...
, "Disappear" debuted at number 12 on the German Singles Chart based on composite digital singles and CD singles sales. Following the band's participation and subsequent winning of the Grand Prix Vorentscheid
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
As a "Big 4" member , Germany qualifies directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside last year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members France, Spain and the United Kingdom....
it rose eight places to number 4 in its second week, making it both the biggest-moving single of the week and the No Angels' first top 10 entry (twelfth in total) since their 2007 comeback single "Goodbye to Yesterday
Goodbye to Yesterday
"Goodbye to Yesterday" is a pop song performed by German pop group the No Angels. It was written and produced by Pelle Ankarberg, David Jassy, Niclas Molinder, and Joacim Persson and co-produced by Twin and Ankarberg for the band's fourth studio album Destiny...
" which peaked at the same position. The single eventually spent 14 weeks on that particular chart, also making it their longest-charting single since 2002's "Still in Love with You." On Media Control
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
. It was ranked seventy-eighth on the German year-end chart.
In Austria, the single opened at number 63 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40
Ö3 Austria Top 40
Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...
chart. As on the German Singles Chart, sales were pushed by the Grand Prix Vorentscheid results and thus, it rose twenty-six places to number 37 in its second week of release, the group's highest peak since "Goodbye to Yesterday." The song remained another two weeks on the chart, but re-entered the top 100 at number 74 two weeks after the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. In Switzerland, the track became the group's first top 100 entry since "Goodbye to Yesterday" after the commercial failure of "Maybe
Maybe (No Angels song)
"Maybe" is a pop-rock song performed by German pop group No Angels. It was written and composed by Pelle Ankarberg, Niclas Molinder, Maryann Morgan, and Joacim Persson and originally recorded by Norwegian singer Trine Rein, featuring strings by violinist Andreas Ljones...
" and "Amaze Me
Amaze Me
"Amaze Me" is a pop ballad performed by German pop group No Angels. It was written by British songwriters Steve Mac and Karen Poole, and produced by Boogieman and Roland Spremberg for the band's fourth studio album Destiny ....
"/"Teardrops" the previous year, debuting and peaking at number 96.
On a composite Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,...
the song debuted at number 46 in the week of March 22, 2008, before jumping to number 21 the following week. Benefiting from strong airplay on foreign music markets, the single also peaked at number 22 on the Hungarian Mahasz
Mahasz
Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....
Radio Chart, the band's first entry since "Still in Love with You" (2002).
National final
In January 2008, it was announced that the group and "Disappear" had qualified for the Grand Prix VorentscheidGermany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
As a "Big 4" member , Germany qualifies directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside last year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members France, Spain and the United Kingdom....
, the German national pre-selection of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
, organised and broadcasted by Das Erste
Das Erste
Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...
and the NDR
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Norddeutscher Rundfunk is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein...
. Having refused previous offers to participate in the pre-selection, it was the second time the band was asked to submit a song for the contest since their reunion in early 2007. Following several weeks of promotional appearances, the No Angels entered the competition on March 6, 2008, at the Deutsche Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, competing against all-male groups Marquess
Marquess (band)
Marquess is a German pop band established in 2006 in Hannover. The group predominantly sings songs in Spanish.-Albums:* Marquess * Frenetica * ¡YA! * Compañía del sol -Singles:-Trivia:...
("La histeria") and Cinema Bizarre
Cinema Bizarre
Cinema Bizarre is a band from Berlin. They released their debut album in 2007. Their manager is Lacrimosa singer and songwriter Tilo Wolff. In January 2010, the band announced that they were taking a break and have since said that they will not reform....
("Forever or Never"), and solo singers Tommy Reeve ("Just One Woman") and Carolin Fortenbacher ("Hinterm Ozean"). Dressed in white color, the No Angels hit the stage as the fifth entry of the evening, opening via lifting platform. During their performance however, their outfits transformed, with silk
Silk
Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity...
en capes in orange
Orange (colour)
The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nm, and has a hue of 30° in HSV colour space. It is numerically halfway between red and yellow in a gamma-compressed RGB colour space, the expression of which is the RGB colour wheel. The...
, pink
Pink
Pink is a mixture of red and white. Commonly used for Valentine's Day and Easter, pink is sometimes referred to as "the color of love." The use of the word for the color known today as pink was first recorded in the late 17th century....
, purple
Purple
Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue, and is classified as a secondary color as the colors are required to create the shade....
, and blue
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
coming from their dresses. Four wind machine
Wind machine
The wind machine is a specialist musical instrument used to produce the sound of wind. One type uses an electric fan with wooden slats added to produce the required sound...
were specially-installed on-stage for their performance.
After the five songs had been performed, televoters decided about the top two songs in the superfinal which were then voted on again. Widely considered as early favourites by the media the band eventually finished first, having earned tight 50,5% of the audience vote over Fortenbacher in the second and final election round, while the other three participants were ranked joint third.
Following the win of the pre-selection, controversy occurred when several news sources reported that the writers of the track were alleged to have plagiarised
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous...
several elements (both motifs and melodies) from SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD
TV total
TV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show that has run since 8 March 1999 on ProSieben, and is currently aired at around 23:15 from Monday to Thursday....
contestant Steffi List's recording "Breaking the Silence" without giving credit or compensation. However, while investigators verified similarities in rhythm and phrasing, the NDR eventually denied any existing evidence proving this argument as "Disappear" was written and recorded prior to List's song.
ESC final
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...
, the No Angels - alongside their competing entries from France, Spain, the United Kingdom and hosting country Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
- were allowed to skip the contest's semi-finals and automatically qualified for competition with 24 other countries in the finals of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
. Thus, on Saturday, May 24, 2008, the band started at number four during the show, following Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
's entry Olta Boka
Olta Boka
Olta Boka is an Albanian singer who was chosen to represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with her song "Zemrën e lamë peng". She won the Albanian national final, called Festivali i Këngës, and competed in the second semifinal, on May 22 and won a place in the final on May 24 where...
with her ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
"Zemrën e lamë peng
Zemrën E Lamë Peng
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" and preceding Armenia
Armenia
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's Sirusho
Sirusho
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with "Qele Qele
Qele Qele
"Qélé, Qélé" is a song by Armenian singer Sirusho and composed by H.A. Der-Hovagimian...
." Having decided to rework parts of their show for the final, the group performance differed from the Grand Prix Vorentscheid: While their stage clothes had been changed into two blue
Blue
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and two purple
Purple
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dresses with two capes each, a new choreography
Choreography
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was added; the LED
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projections in the back of the stage showed flying feathers on a blue ground and moreover, pyrotechnics were included.
An estimated 100 million fans watched the final contest, and viewers from all 43 participating nations voted for their favourite performers via text message and telephone. While generally never considered a pre-contest favourite (online betting firms such as Paddy Power
Paddy Power
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previously put Germany's chances of winning at 100 to 1, in the lowest third of competitors), the No Angels eventually ranked 23rd place out of the 25 countries that participated with a total of 14 points – taking 12 points from Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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, band member Lucy Diakovska's native country, and 2 points from Switzerland only. In fact, only Poland and the United Kingdom placed below the four-member female band.
It was succeeded as German representative
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
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by Alex Swings Oscar Sings (Alex C. and Oscar Loya
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) with "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang
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"Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" is a song by Alex Christensen and Oscar Loya which was the German entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Moscow, Russia. In Moscow the duo performed the song under the group moniker Alex Swings Oscar Sings. It was featured on Oscar Loya's debut album Heart 4 Sale.-...
".
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Disappear."CD maxi single
- "Disappear" (single version) - 3:19
- "Disappear" (Yin Yang remix) - 4:13
- "Disappear" (Chartlab house remix) - 5:22
- "Disappear" (Soundbomb house remix) - 5:01
- "Disappear" (music video) - 3:35
Digital single
- "Disappear" (single version) - 3:19
- "Disappear" (Yin Yang remix) - 4:13
- "Disappear" (Chartlab house remix) - 5:22
- "Disappear" (Soundbomb house remix) - 5:01
Credits and personnel
- Vocals: N. BenaissaNadja BenaissaNadja Benaissa is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date", according to the German media.After a series of commercially successful releases...
, L. Diakovska, S. MöllingSandy MöllingSandy Mölling , known professionally as Sandy, is a German singer-songwriter, dancer, television presenter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German...
, J. WahlsJessica WahlsJessica Martina Wahls , also known under her nickname Jess, is a German pop singer, songwriter and television host, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media.-Early... - WritersSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
: RemeeRemeeRemee is a Danish producer, composer and song writer.-Career:Throughout his career Remee has written more than 60 hits around the world and has sold over 25 million records...
, Hanne SørvaagHanne SørvaagHanne Margrethe Fredriksen Sørvaag is a Norwegian singer/songwriter born in Stavanger, Norway, December 27, 1979. She is currently based in Stockholm, Sweden....
, Thomas TroelsenThomas TroelsenThomas Troelsen is a composer and producer from Denmark.- History :Thomas Troelsen is a singer, songwriter, and producer responsible for chart-topping hits, like Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet", Monrose's "Hot Summer", PRIVATE's "My Secret Lover", and BoA’s “Eat You Up." He was also the lead... - Producers: Remee, T. Troelsen
- Vocal editing: Nicolaj Rasted
- Vocal recording: Trevor U. Hurst, Marijo Dolic
- MixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
: Will Simms- Mixing engineer: Sawas Iossifidis
- Mastering: Götz-Michael Rieth
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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External links
- NoAngels-Music.de — official site