Fade into You

Sandoval wrote the lyrics, Roback the music, and Roback produced it for Capitol. It went to US modern rock radio in September 1993, with a US CD single in April 1994, and UK vinyl and CD on August 15, 1994; the B-sides include "I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit", "Under My Car" and an acoustic "Bells Ring". It reached 44 on the Hot 100, their only entry, 3 on Modern Rock Tracks and 48 in the UK. We found no recording date or studio for it and no statement from either writer on its meaning. Songfacts reads it as a relationship's end, a slow waltz in smoke-filled country gloom, which is the author's interpretation.

Merlyn Rosenberg directed a black-and-white video, premiered on MTV's 120 Minutes in October 1993 in a darkened ballroom, the only version shown internationally; Kevin Kerslake directed a second, first aired in March 1994. Rolling Stone placed the song 468th on its 2021 list, Pitchfork 19th among the tracks of the 1990s, and it passed one billion Spotify plays in November 2025. Vulture named it the most overused song in film and television in 2013. Inhaler, Perfume Genius, American Football with Miya Folick, Mallrat, Sponge and the Rubens have covered it. Setlist.fm shows it in 67 setlists, sixth among their songs, with the first on March 11, 1994 at Tipitina's in New Orleans. Our upload carries the album title, so it is presumably the album recording.