Insatiable (Darren Hayes song) explained
Insatiable |
Cover: | Rsz insatiable cover.png |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Darren Hayes |
Album: | Spin |
B-Side: | - "Ride" (demo)
- "Falling at Your Feet" (demo)
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Recorded: | 2001 |
Studio: | Wallyworld (Marin County, California) |
Length: | - 5:10 (album version)
- 4:15 (radio edit)
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Label: |
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Producer: | Walter Afanasieff |
Next Title: | Strange Relationship |
Next Year: | 2002 |
"Insatiable" is the debut solo single released by Australian singer Darren Hayes, former lead singer of Savage Garden. The song served as the lead single from his debut solo album, Spin (2002). It was serviced to American adult contemporary radio on 7 January 2002 and was issued as a CD single in Australia the following week, on 14 January. The song topped the New Zealand Singles Chart on the week of 21 April 2002, reached number three on the Australian and Danish singles charts, and peaked at number eight on the Swedish and UK charts.
Composition
"Insatiable" is in the key of G minor and is played at a tempo of 144 beats per minute.
Music video
The music video showcases Darren Hayes looking at videos of an Italian starlet that he is infatuated with, the black-and-white filmography in the music video is said to be based off 1960's Italian romances such as La Dolce Vita. The video continues with Hayes showing he has allowed his hair to grow, and has dyed it blonde, which is his natural hair colour.
Hayes said in a HuffPost piece in 2022 that although US label executives were initially enthusiastic about the song itself, after they were shown a rough cut of the video, they feared Hayes appeared "too gay" for American audiences and wanted to "overhaul" his image "so as not to scare off fans".[1]
Track listings
Australian and New Zealand CD single[2]
- "Insatiable" (album version)
- "Ride" (original demo recording)
- "Falling at Your Feet" (original demo recording)
Australian and New Zealand CD single – Remixes[3]
- "Insatiable" (album version)
- "Insatiable" (Calderone club mix)
- "Insatiable" (Pablo Larosa's Funktified mix)
- "Insatiable" (Specificus 'Insomniac' mix)
- "Insatiable" ('dp versus Darren Hayes' mix)
- "Insatiable" (Specificus 'Let It Go' mix)
European CD single[4]
- "Insatiable" (album version) – 5:10
- "Falling at Your Feet" (original demo recording) – 4:59
UK CD1[5]
- "Insatiable" (album version) – 5:10
- "Falling at Your Feet" (original demo recording) – 4:54
- "Insatiable" (Specificus 'Insomniac' mix) – 6:00
- "Insatiable" (video)
UK CD2[6]
- "Insatiable" (album version) – 5:10
- "Ride" (original demo recording) – 4:46
- "Insatiable" (Calderone radio edit) – 6:30
Japanese CD single[7]
- "Insatiable" (album version)
- "Insatiable" (Specificus 'Insomniac' mix)
- "Falling at Your Feet"
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the Spin album booklet.[8]
Studios
Personnel
- Darren Hayes – writing, lead and background vocals, co-production
- Walter Afanasieff – writing, keyboards, bass, drum and rhythm programming, production, arrangement
- Bruce Dukov – violin
- Eve Butler – violin
- Susan Chatman – violin
- Charlie Everett – violin
- Gerry Hilera – violin
- Norm Hughes – violin
- Peter Kent – violin
- Jennifer Munday – violin
- Bob Peterson – violin
- Michele Richards – violin
- Bob Sanov – violin
- Ed Stein – violin
- John Wittenberg – violin
- John Hayhurst – viola
- Karen Elaine – viola
- Virginia Frazier – viola
- Andrew Picken – viola
- Larry Corbett – cello
- Suzie Katayama – cello, orchestral contracting
- Paula Hochhalter – cello
- Dan Smith – cello
- John Mitchell – contra-alto clarinet
- David Campbell – orchestral conducting and arrangement
- David Reitzas – orchestral engineering
- Robert Conley – programming, recording (vocals)
- Nick Thomas – engineering
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
Notes and References
- Web site: I Was One Of The Most Famous Pop Stars In The World. No One Knew The Secret Pain I Hid.. HuffPost. Hayes. Darren. 1 July 2022. 2 July 2022.
- Insatiable. Darren Hayes. 2002. Australian & New Zealand CD single liner notes. Roadshow Music, Sony Music. 300654-2.
- Insatiable. Darren Hayes. 2002. Australian & New Zealand remix CD single liner notes. Roadshow Music, Sony Music. 300655-2.
- Insatiable. Darren Hayes. 2002. European CD single liner notes. Columbia Records. COL 672200 1.
- Insatiable. Darren Hayes. 2002. UK CD1 single liner notes. Columbia Records. 672399 2.
- Insatiable. Darren Hayes. 2002. UK CD2 single liner notes. Columbia Records. 672399 5.
- Insatiable. Darren Hayes. 2002. Japanese CD single liner notes. Sony Records Int'l. SICP 99.
- Spin. Spin (Darren Hayes album). Darren Hayes. 2002. Australian CD album booklet. Roadshow Music, Columbia Records, Sony Music. 300656-2.
- Canadian Digital Song Sales. Billboard. 23 February 2002. subscription. 28 May 2023.
- Web site: Oficiální česká hitparáda – 22/2002. IFPI CR. cs. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20020601185717/http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm. 1 June 2002. 9 February 2021.
- Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 20. 18. 11. 27 April 2002. 29 February 2020.
- Top National Sellers. Music & Media. 20. 20. 13. 11 May 2002. 29 February 2020. See LW column.
- Web site: Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 17, saptamina 29.04–5.05, 2002. Romanian Top 100. ro. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050215001436/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10018.html. 15 February 2005. 8 May 2020.
- Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. 16 March 2002. 28 May 2023.
- Adult Contemporary. Billboard. 2 March 2002. subscription. 28 May 2023.
- Adult Pop Airplay. Billboard. 16 March 2002. subscription. 28 May 2023.
- Dance Club Songs. Billboard. 4 May 2002. subscription. 28 May 2023.
- Pop Airplay. Billboard. 16 March 2002. subscription. 28 May 2023.
- Web site: ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2002. ARIA. 2 January 2021.
- Web site: Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002 (Part 2). Jam!. 14 January 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184715/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles2.html. 6 September 2004.
- Web site: End of Year Charts 2002. Recorded Music NZ. 29 February 2020.
- Web site: Årslista Singlar, 2002. Sverigetopplistan. sv. 29 February 2020.
- Web site: The Official UK Singles Chart 2002. UKChartsPlus. 20 June 2019.
- Most Broadcast of 2002 — Airplay Top 50. Music Week. 31. 18 January 2003. 4 August 2023.
- Most-Played AC Songs of 2002. Airplay Monitor. 10. 51. 19. 20 December 2002.
- Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 1433. 28. 21 December 2001. 26 April 2021.
- Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 1435. 34. 11 January 2002. 26 April 2021.
- Web site: The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 14/01/2002. ARIA. 23. 14 January 2002. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue620.pdf. 20 February 2002. 26 April 2021.
- Web site: 最新のCD リリース一覧. Latest CD Releases. Oricon. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20020221072907/http://www.oricon.co.jp/release/index.asp?week=2. 21 February 2002. 23 August 2023.
- New Releases – For Week Starting 18 March 2002: Singles. Music Week. 30. 16 March 2002. 23 August 2021.