"Invisible" is a song recorded by Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet , is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy voice.Her UK album sales have reached a certified 2.3 million, with 800,000 singles sold, all in the UK, where all seven of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the Top 40 UK Album Chart,...

 in 1984, written by Lamont Dozier

Lamont Dozier

Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...

 (of the songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland), from her album Alf

Alf (album)

Alf is the debut solo studio album of British singer/songwriter Alison Moyet, her first since leaving 80s electro-pop duo Yazoo...

.

Reaching #21 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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, the song went as high as #6 in Ireland

Ireland

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, and gave Moyet her third Irish top 10 hit of the year. The song is Moyet's most successful American single, reaching #31 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 in the spring of 1985 and becoming her only US Top 40 hit, either solo or with Yazoo

Yazoo (band)

Yazoo are a British synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. They had a number of Top 10 hits in the UK charts in the early 1980s...

, thus far. It was also the first single from Alf to be released there.

There are two versions of the music video for the song. In the first version, Moyet is seen at a party surrounded by friends, all of whom appear to have partners of various forms. She walks into another room to perform the song. Moyet is often seen singing alone outside, or in what appears to be a cupboard. There are also many cutaways to where Moyet walks through the party unnoticed (hence, she is invisible). The video ends with her drinking a glass of wine and lost in thought. The second version of the video mostly features Moyet performing the song and omits many of the party scenes. It concludes with Moyet walking out of the room and into a white light. In both videos, there are moments when the camera pans on what seems to be a silver rhombus

Rhombus

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with the letter 'i' in the middle.

The lyrics are about being in love with someone who continues to cheat and lie, despite proclaiming their 'invisible' love for her.

Chart performance

Chart (1984/1985)	Peak position	Total weeks
Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart	9	6
Canadian Singles Chart	25	22
German Singles Chart	22	11
Irish Singles Chart	6	7
New Zealand Singles Chart	4	10
Swedish Singles Chart	18	2
Swiss Singles Chart	25	4
UK Singles Chart	21	10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	31	17