| "(I) Get Lost" | ||||
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| Single byEric Clapton | ||||
| from the album The Story of Us: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
| Released | 23 November 1999 (1999-11-23) | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:20 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eric Clapton | |||
| Producer(s) | Eric Clapton ·Simon Climie | |||
| Eric Clapton singles chronology | ||||
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"(I) Get Lost" is a pop song written and recorded by theBritishrock musicianEric Clapton. The title was released as both a single on 23 November 1999 for Reprise Records and is featured as part of thecompilation albumClapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton, which was released on 12 October 1999. It was written for the movieThe Story of Us.
The track was written during a period Clapton experimented with minimalisticguitar riffs andPro Tools along with his collaborator Simon Climie, while being in the recording sessions for the 1998Pilgrimstudio album.[1] "(I) Get Lost" starts with a guitar line that featured Clapton playing anacoustic guitar withnylon strings. As the song evolves,percussions,strings andsynthesizers come into action.[2] The recording was produced by Simon Climie and Clapton himself.[3] The song starts out in a key ofA major.[4] The song's lyrics tell the story of a man, who is longing for his either his girlfriend or lifelong love and feels himself lost in tears and apprehensibility.[5]
The song was originally written and recorded as part of themovie soundtrack to the 1999 filmThe Story of Us, where the song was featured along with the "Main Title" (also composed by Clapton for the movie) in the very beginning. It was later released with the soundtrackcompact disc under Reprise Records.[6] The pop title was also released as a compact disc and vinyl single on 23 November 1999.[7] InGermany, the single was re-released in 2000.[8] Besides being released inEurope and theUnited States, the CD single was also made available inJapan[9] andMexico.[10]
Music critic Dan Goldwasser ofSoundtrack.NET calls the song an "upbeat song" which "immediately grabs the listener". Additionally, the "(I) Get Lost" has got an important part of making the movie soundtrackThe Story of Us a "relaxing score".[6] The music websiteAllMusic rates the single release with one and a half of five possible stars.[7]Billboard magazine's Chuck Taylor thinks, "you will be speechless" after hearing the single, because the release is an "absolutely enchanting and bold effort by this timeless artist to step to the late–1990s plate instead of letting reflective ballads redefine his image as an aging AC balladier". Taylor goes on in his review for the music magazine, stating: "Every element of this song shines, from its light but intelligent lyric about being lost without the one he loves (though, at the same time implicationg her as less than the perfect mate) to an overwhelmingly catchy chorus. But it's the production that will elevate 'Lost' above the pop patter out there, with its dignified demeanor wrapped in a toe-tapping vibe that will delight the nation. Even the die-hards who look back to his simpler rock days will find an appreciation in this ditty, a sure step forward for an artist who demands to be noticed by the mainstream this time around. This is surprising, great fun and a sure-fire hit".[11]
| Chart (1999–2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] | 12 |
| Germany (GfK)[13] | 83 |
| Japan (Oricon Hot 100 Singles)[14] | 32 |
| Japan (Oricon International Singles)[15] | 23 |
| Portugal (AFP)[16] | 6 |
| USDance Club Songs (Billboard)[17] | 8 |
| USMaxi Single Sales (Billboard)[18] | 1 |