"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.

[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.

[8] On 21 February 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.

[11] 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.

[11] 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.

[12] 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."

[15] 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.

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).

[16] The video opens with a scene of Mommsen discovering a remote mansion in a seemingly deserted rural region, following the breakdown of his car, a BMW 2000.

[21] In January 2008, it was announced that the group and "Disappear" had qualified for Wer singt für Deutschland, the German national final, organised and broadcast by Das Erste and Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR).

[3] Controversy occurred when several news sources reported that the writers of the track were alleged to have plagiarised several elements from SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD contestant Steffi List's recording "Breaking the Silence" without giving credit or compensation.

[7] However, while investigators verified similarities in rhythm and phrasing, NDR eventually denied any existing evidence proving this argument as "Disappear" was written and recorded prior to List's song.

[7][22] Following several weeks of promotional appearances, No Angels entered the competition on 6 March 2008 at the Deutsche Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, competing against all-male groups Marquess and Cinema Bizarre, and solo singers Tommy Reeve and Carolin Fortenbacher.

Widely considered as early favourites by the media,[3] 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.

[24][25] While 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),[25] the band was heavily criticized for their performance,[21] which they themselves later described as a failure, attributing bad in-ear sound and a high level of stage freight.

[21] As a direct consequence, planned recordings for the band's next studio album during the summer were indefinitely delayed,[26] and the group went on a two-month hiatus to rethink and analyze the past year.