Disease (song)
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{{Infobox Single | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Disease
| Cover = Disease20.jpg
| Artist = [[Matchbox Twenty]]
| from Album = [[More Than You Think You Are]]
| Released = [[September 30]], [[2002]]
| Format = [[CD single]] / [[Compact audio cassette|Audio cassette]]
| Recorded = 2002
| Genre = [[Hard Rock]]
| Length = 3:43
| Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| Writer = [[Rob Thomas (musician)|Rob Thomas]]<br/>[[Mick Jagger]]
| Producer = [[Matt Serletic]]
| Last single = "[[Last Beautiful Girl]]" <br/>(2001)
| This single = "'''Disease'''" <br/>(2002)
| Next single = "[[Unwell]]" <br/>(2003)
}}
"'''Disease'''" is the first [[single (music)|single]] from [[Matchbox Twenty]]'s third album, ''[[More Than You Think You Are]]''. It was co-written by Matchbox Twenty lead singer [[Rob Thomas (musician)|Rob Thomas]] and [[The Rolling Stones]] frontman [[Mick Jagger]]. It had some success on [[rock (music)|rock]] and [[alternative (music)|alternative]] charts, though—owing to its relatively [[hard rock]] sound—it was not as successful on mainstream pop charts as some of Matchbox Twenty's other singles (peaking at #29 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]).
==Music video==
The video, directed by Phil Harder, starts with a kid turning on his colorful beatbox, then roller skating over a wide section of [[New York City]], with some images on billboards of 1st Rob, then later the whole band (albeit on separate billboards). At the 2nd chorus, we see the band performing in what appears ironically enough to be a disco hall, complete with ball. They are surrounded by a crowd dancing along, and to begin the 3rd chorus, Rob slides off the stage on all fours onto the dance floor past the crowd. At the end of the song, the roller skater shuts off his beat box and then proceeds up some stairs, presumably to his home.
==Chart positions==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Charts
!Peak<br>position
|-
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|31
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|29
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]]
|align="center"|21
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Adult Top 40]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top 40 Mainstream]]
|align="center"|15
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|50
|-
|}
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[[Category:2002 singles]]