Catch My Disease
{{Short description|2005 single by Ben Lee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Catch My Disease
| cover = Ben Lee - Catch My Disease (single).jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Ben Lee
| album = Awake Is the New Sleep
| released = {{start date|2005|1|18|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:14
| label =
- Ten Fingers
- Inertia
| writer =
- Ben Lee
- McGowan Southworth
| producer = Brad Wood
| prev_title = Gamble Everything for Love
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Into the Dark
| next_year = 2005
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|enhQYHxoNMY|"Catch My Disease"}}}}
}}
"Catch My Disease" is a song by Australian singer Ben Lee. It was released a single from his fifth studio album, Awake Is the New Sleep (2005), on 18 January 2005 in the United States and on 25 April 2005 in Australia. The song reached number 27 in Australia and came in second place on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 poll.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/2005.htm|title=Hottest 100 2005|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=20 June 2021}} The song obtained international recognition when it appeared in the opening scene of an episode of the American drama series Grey's Anatomy and subsequently went on to appear as a track on the drama's original soundtrack.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/greys-anatomy-mw0000642596|title=Various Artists: Grey's Anatomy|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=31 December 2021}}
Awards and nominations
=APRA Awards=
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |access-date=3 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920230857/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |archive-date=20 September 2010}} At the 2006 ceremony, Lee's winning song, "Catch My Disease", was performed by indie artist, Tecoma.{{cite press release|date=6 June 2006 |title=2006 APRA Award Winners Announced... |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/downloads/file/About/060606_Award_Winners.pdf |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |access-date=21 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308023454/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/downloads/file/About/060606_Award_Winners.pdf |archive-date=8 March 2011}}
{{awards table}}
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|rowspan="2"| 2006 ||rowspan="2"| "Catch My Disease" (Ben Lee, McGowan Southworth) – Ben Lee || Song of the Year{{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/APRASongoftheYear/PreviousWinners.aspx | title = Previous Winners Song of the Year | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | access-date = 5 May 2010}} || {{won}}
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=ARIA Music Awards=
{{awards table}}
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|rowspan="2"| 2005 ||"Catch My Disease" (Ben Lee, McGowan Southworth) – Ben Lee || Single of the Year{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners/2005 |title=2005 ARIA Awards Winners |publisher=ARIA Music Awards |access-date=19 February 2025}} || {{won}}
{{end}}
Track listing
Australian and New Zealand CD EP{{cite AV media notes|title=Catch My Disease|others=Ben Lee|year=2005|type=Australian & New Zealand CD single|publisher=Ten Fingers, Inertia Recordings|id=IR2503CDS}}
- "Catch My Disease"
- "Float On"
- "No Right Angles" (live at KEXP, Seattle)
- "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" (live for KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic)
- "Catch My Disease" (demo)
- "Gamble Everything for Love" (video)
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2005–2006) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Australia|27|artist=Ben Lee|song=Catch My Disease|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2021|refname="aus"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|32|artist=Ben Lee|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|18|artist=Ben Lee|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|16|artist=Ben Lee|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|83|artist=Ben Lee|song=Catch My Disease|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|18|artist=Ben Lee|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2021}} |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row"|United States
|18 January 2005 |{{hlist|Triple A|alternative radio}} |{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-01-14.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1589|page=21|date=14 January 2005|access-date=20 June 2021}} |
|---|
| scope="row"|Australia
|25 April 2005 |CD |{{hlist|Ten Fingers|Inertia}} |
| scope="row"|United States
|16 October 2006 |Hot adult contemporary radio |New West |{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=64265|title=ACQB: Available for Airplay|website=FMQB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207084832/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=64265|archive-date=7 February 2007|access-date=20 May 2022}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.ben-lee.com/lyrics/catchmydisease.htm Lyrics]
{{Ben Lee}}
{{ARIA Award for Single of the Year 2000s}}
{{APRA Award for Song of the Year}}
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