Single
"Disappointed" was the last Electronic single to be released on all four major formats (7", 12", CD and cassette). The content of the single was more dynamic than its predecessors, however; it had only one remix of the A-side (by 808 State; titled "808 Mix" in the US and "12" remix" in the UK), an additional treatment of a 1991 album track ("Idiot Country", with Ultimatum), and an earlier mix of "Disappointed" (called "Electronic Mix" in the US). The A-side of the single is itself a remix since producer Stephen Hague reworked the "Original Mix" for single release.
Although Electronic would enjoy three more Top 20 singles in the UK, "Disappointed" was the last major commercial success for the band on an international level, becoming a dance chart hit in America and reaching the Top 20 in Germany as well as #6 in Britain (their highest UK position).
"Disappointed" was featured in the 1992 film Cool World. Until the release of Get the Message - The Best of Electronic in 2006 its soundtrack album Songs from the Cool World was the only place the song was commercially available, with the exclusion of Now That's What I Call Music (NOW) 22, where it appears as track 14.
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