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Insatiable (Darren Hayes song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Insatiable
| cover = Rsz insatiable cover.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Darren Hayes
| album = Spin
| B-side =
* "Ride" (demo)
* "Falling at Your Feet" (demo)
| released =
| recorded =
| studio = Wallyworld (Marin County, California)
| genre =
| length =
* 5:10 (album version)
* 4:15 (radio edit)
| label =
* Roadshow Music
* Sony Music
* Columbia
| writer =
* Darren Hayes
* Walter Afanasieff
| producer = Walter Afanasieff
| next_title = Strange Relationship
| next_year = 2002
| misc =
}}
"'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 first released to American adult contemporary radio on 7 January 2002 and was issued as a CD single in Australia on 14 January 2002. 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 singles 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 actress that he is infatuated with. 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".
Track listings
'Australian and New Zealand CD single'
# "Insatiable" (album version)
# "Ride" (original demo recording)
# "Falling at Your Feet" (original demo recording)
'Australian and New Zealand CD single Remixes'
# "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'
# "Insatiable" (album version) 5:10
# "Falling at Your Feet" (original demo recording) 4:59
'UK CD1'
# "Insatiable" (album version) 5:10
# "Falling at Your Feet" (original demo recording) 4:54
# "Insatiable" (Specificus 'Insomniac' mix) 6:00
# "Insatiable" (video)
'UK CD2'
# "Insatiable" (album version) 5:10
# "Ride" (original demo recording) 4:46
# "Insatiable" (Calderone radio edit) 6:30
'Japanese CD single'
# "Insatiable" (album version)
# "Insatiable" (Specificus 'Insomniac' mix)
# "Falling at Your Feet"
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the 'Spin' album booklet.
'Studios'
* Recorded and mixed at Wallyworld Studios (Marin County, California)
* Orchestra recorded at Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles)
* Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine, US)
'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 and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
Category:2001 songs
Category:2002 debut singles
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Darren Hayes songs
Category:Music videos directed by Alek Keshishian
Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand
Category:Song recordings produced by Walter Afanasieff
Category:Songs written by Darren Hayes
Category:Songs written by Walter Afanasieff
Category:Sony Music singles
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