After finishing as runner-up to the
second season of
American Idol,
Clay Aiken covered the song for his debut studio album,
Measure of a Man, and released it as the album's lead single. This version was produced by Child only and contains an extended
bridge. In an interview with
Billboard, Aiken stated that he wanted to amend the track's lyrics, but he believed that the content could have been much worse and decided to tone down the disturbing message with the video, calling the lyrical content "nasty" and encouraging people not to partake in stalking. Matt Keohan of online lifestyle publication BroBible called the song the "creepiest song ever made", referring to it as "The Stalkers' Anthem".
The Baltimore Sun also called the track a "stalker anthem". In 2020, Return of Rock ranked the song as Aiken's best, calling his voice "beautiful".
Chart performance In the United States, "Invisible" debuted at number 57 on the
Billboard Hot 100 in late November 2003. The song remained on the Hot 100 for 20 issues, reaching its peak of number 37 during its ninth week on the chart.
Studios • Recorded at The Gentlemen's Club, The Gallery (Miami, Florida), Storm Studios (Stockholm, Sweden), Red Door Recording Studios (
St. Davids, Pennsylvania), and Master Mix Studios (Minneapolis, Minnesota) • Mixed at
Mix This! (
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles) • Mastered at
The Hit Factory (New York City)
Personnel • Desmond Child – writing, production • Andreas Carlsson – writing, background vocals, guitar • Chris Braide – writing, background vocals • Clay Aiken – vocals, backing vocals •
Chris Willis – background vocals •
Dan Warner – guitar •
Eric Bazilian – guitar, recording • Marcus Englöf – acoustic guitar, keyboards, programming, recording • Esbjörn Öhrwall – acoustic guitar • Thomas Blindberg – bass • Doug Emery – piano •
Samuel Waermö – keyboards, programming, percussion, recording • Lee Levin – drums • Brian Coleman – production management • Jules Gondar – recording • Carlos Alvarez – recording • Craig Lozowick – recording •
Bob Clearmountain – mixing • Kevin Harp – assistant mix engineer • Joe Yannece – mastering
Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history ==References==