Invisible (Duran Duran song)
2021 single by Duran Duran
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"INVISIBLE" (stylized in all caps) is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran. It was released on 19 May 2021 as the lead single[1] from their fifteenth studio album, Future Past (2021),[1] and their 39th single overall.
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| Single by Duran Duran | ||||
| from the album Future Past | ||||
| Released | 19 May 2021 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | BMG
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| "INVISIBLE" on YouTube | ||||
The song debuted and peaked at number 45 on the UK Singles Sales Chart and number 44 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[2]
Background and development
When asked about the origin of the song, singer Simon Le Bon said, "Invisible began as a story about a one-sided relationship and then transformed into something much bigger".[3] He also said that the songstarted with its big drum track before anything else was added on.[4]
Reception
In 2023, the song started being used by fans of the Metal Gear video game series in fan-made short-form videos of the series. This led to an inside joke where fans would gaslight other people into believing that the song was included in the soundtrack for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain due to the similarities in the themes of the song and the video game.[5]
Duran Duran responded to the meme on TikTok by reposting an edit of MGS3 featuring the song and replied to several comments.[6]
Music video
The music video for Invisible was made with Huxley, an artificial intelligence described as a "unique dreamer whose 'mind' [was] modelled after the cognitive and emotional processes of humans", with it being the first music video of the Future Past album to feature Huxley.[7] Huxley's production on the music video marked the first music video ever produced entirely by artifical intelligence.[8]
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] | 146 |
Cover version
Galleons, a transcontinental post-hardcore and mathcore band, released a mathcore cover of Invisible in 2025.[10]
