Mazzy Star - Fade Into You

"I look to you and I see nothing.
I look to you to see the truth"

Album: So Tonight That I Might See [2nd album]
Recorded: California, USA
Genre: Alternative Rock, Dream Pop
Album Release: October 5th 1993
Single Release: August 16th 1994 [2nd single]
Length: 4:56
Producer: David Roback
Vocalist: Hope Sandoval [age 27]
Label: Capitol Records

Music Video


Live in Mountain View, California in 1994


Music Video (black & white version)

Charts, Streams & Sales

UK (albums): Certified gold (400,000+)
USA (albums): Certified platinum
Spotify: 450,000,000 +
YouTube Music: 225,000,000 +
Pitchfork Top 200 Tracks of the 90s: #19
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: #468

Credits

Drums, guitar, piano, slide guitar, tambourine

Details

• "It was acoustic guitar and both of us singing and after we'd written the song then we arranged it for other instruments - piano and slide guitar and drums. But it started out as an acoustic song." - Producer David Roback to news.com.au in 2018
  
  
• Mazzy Star are famous for performing in darkness as singer Hope Sandoval suffers from severe shyness. It must have been difficult for her to write songs knowing she would have to perform them live. Despite this, she would go on to have a long career releasing seven albums between 1990 and 2016.
  
  Sandoval remained secretive throughout her time in music seldom giving interviews. She has no social media presence, is largely absent in her videos and hides behind her long, dark hair on stage. This deliberate lack of an image strangely became an image of its own. Her mysteriousness raised persistent questions in the press because, for a journalist, a question without an answer is an itch that must be scratched.
  
  In a rare interview with ITV in 1994, Sandoval said in a low voice "it's pretty difficult for us to do promotional stuff, we're sort of introverted people." She clearly didn't want to be in the spotlight and forced herself to do the small amount of press she did with great difficulty because she found the agony of social interaction necessary for her music to be heard.
  
  A different person would've extracted the money possible from music before leaving it behind with a grin and a trail of dust. That Hope persisted, despite her troubles, is proof she wanted her songs to find an audience which makes them easier to appreciate.
  
  
• Has a 3/4 time signature.
• 'Fade Into You' is about having an intense crush for someone who is completely oblivious to it.
• The band have never revealed the meaning of the name 'Mazzy Star'.
  
• "You have to leave something to people’s imagination, so they feel they can participate. Music is music. We don’t want to be part of that over-determination. We feel you should be able to shut your eyes and listen to it." (David Roback talking to the LA Times about the tracks vaguer elements)
  

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