Catch My Disease
single
CoverBen Lee - Catch My Disease (single).jpg
ArtistBen Lee
AlbumAwake Is the New Sleep
Released18 January 2005
Length4:14
Label
  • Ten Fingers
  • Inertia
Writer
  • Ben Lee
  • McGowan Southworth
ProducerBrad Wood
Prev year2004
Next year2005

"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.[1] 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.[2]

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[3] At the 2006 ceremony, Lee's winning song, "Catch My Disease", was performed by indie artist, Tecoma.[4]

|- |rowspan="2"| 2006 ||rowspan="2"| "Catch My Disease" (Ben Lee, McGowan Southworth) – Ben Lee || Song of the Year[5] || |- | Most Performed Australian Work[6] ||

ARIA Music Awards

|- |rowspan="2"| 2005 ||"Catch My Disease" (Ben Lee, McGowan Southworth) – Ben Lee || Single of the Year[7] ||

Track listing

Australian and New Zealand CD EP[8]

  1. "Catch My Disease"
  2. "Float On"
  3. "No Right Angles" (live at KEXP, Seattle)
  4. "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" (live for KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic)
  5. "Catch My Disease" (demo)
  6. "Gamble Everything for Love" (video)

Charts

Chart (2005–2006)Peak
position
Quebec (ADISQ)[9]2

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States18 January 2005Triple A · alternative radioNew West[10]
Australia25 April 2005CDTen Fingers · Inertia[11]
United States16 October 2006Hot adult contemporary radioNew West[12]

References

  1. ^ "Hottest 100 2005". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Various Artists: Grey's Anatomy". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ^ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  4. ^ "2006 APRA Award Winners Announced...". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). 6 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Previous Winners Song of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  6. ^ "2006 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  7. ^ "2005 ARIA Awards Winners". ARIA Music Awards. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  8. ^ Catch My Disease (Australian & New Zealand CD single). Ten Fingers, Inertia Recordings. 2005. IR2503CDS.
  9. ^ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (in French). BAnQ. 29 April 2006. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1589. 14 January 2005. p. 21. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  11. ^ aus
  12. ^ "ACQB: Available for Airplay". FMQB. Archived 7 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 May 2022.