If I Lose Myself

"If I Lose Myself"
Single by OneRepublic
from the album Native
Released January 8, 2013
Recorded 2012
Genre
Length 4:01
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ryan Tedder
  • Benny Blanco
  • Brent Kutzle
OneRepublic singles chronology
"Feel Again"
(2012)		 "If I Lose Myself"
(2013)		 "Counting Stars"
(2013)

"If I Lose Myself" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic for their third studio album, Native (2013). It was released as the album's first official single on January 8, 2013.[1] The song was written by Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco, Brent Kutzle and Zach Filkins. It was produced by Tedder and Blanco while Kutzle served as the co-producer. The song peaked at number 74 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the Media Control Charts in Germany. In early 2014, the single was re-released in the UK after the huge success of "Counting Stars".

Writing and inspiration

OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder told Billboard about the song's lyrics: "It's actually about my buried, latent fear of flying and going down in an airplane, having that moment of sheer panic, looking out the window, seeing your life pass before you and somehow finding comfort in the fact that the person next to you is experiencing the same traumatic event."[2]

Composition
"If I Lose Myself" (2013)
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"If I Lose Myself" runs for 4:01 minutes and has a tempo of 140 beats per minute.[3][4][5]

Live performances

On March 28, 2013, OneRepublic performed "If I Lose Myself" on American Idol with former Idol contestant and NBC Smash star Katharine McPhee.[6] They also performed on Good Morning America, The Ellen Degeneres Show and Rachael Ray, as well as several other concerts and festivals.

Music video

In an interview with fuse.tv, Tedder said, "The original concept [for the video] was borrowing from the opening scene of Garden State—the plane's going down and all the oxygen masks drop out and everyone's going crazy... We chased that for a minute but realized... It's one thing to watch that kind of video once, but you don't wanna sit there and hit repeat on watching a plane crash."[7]

The music video was released on January 24, 2013.[8] In the video, a group of people are sent a text from Ryan Tedder, of a picture of a wolf and the numbers 11.11.11 at the bottom. The camera follows the group around the city chasing clues that are spray painted on fire hydrants and street signs around the town that will help them guide their way to a secret concert that OneRepublic is holding. The video cuts to scenes of the band performing the song in a dark, smokey room with colored lights surrounding the room with a bunch of fans dancing. There are pictures of owls and foxes being projected around the room which are allusions to the album cover for Native. At the end of the video, there is a fox being projected on Tedder's face. The video was inspired by the movies 12 Monkeys and The Matrix.

Track listing

  1. "If I Lose Myself" – 4:01
  1. "If I Lose Myself" (OneRepublic vs Alesso) – 3:34
  1. "If I Lose Myself" (Album version) – 4:01
  2. "If I Lose Myself" (Love Thy Brother remix) – 4:03

Credits and personnel

Recording[12]
Personnel[12]
  • Backing vocals – Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Eddie Fisher, Brent Kutzle, David McGlohon
  • Instrumentation and programming – Benny Blanco, Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, OneRepublic
  • Mix engineering – John Hanes
  • Assistant mix engineering – Phil Seaford
  • Mastering – Chris Gehringer, Will Quinnell

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[13] 14
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15] 46
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[16] 10
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[17] 41
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[18] 57
France (SNEP)[19] 186
Germany (Official German Charts)[20] 6
Italy (FIMI)[21] 41
Luxembourg (Billboard)[22] 9
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23] 18
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[24] 5
Poland (Dance Top 50)[25] 29
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[26] 3
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[27] 95
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[28] 44
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[29] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] 9
US Billboard Hot 100[31] 74
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[32] 23
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[33] 10
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[34] 49
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[35] 34

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Germany (Media Control AG)[36] 56

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[37] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[38] Gold 40,000^
Germany (BVMI)[39] Gold 150,000^
Italy (FIMI)[40] Gold 15,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[41] Gold 7,500*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[42] Gold 15,000^
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[43] Gold 900,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Alesso vs. OneRepublic version

"If I Lose Myself"
Single by Alesso vs. OneRepublic
from the album Forever
Released March 30, 2013
Genre Progressive house
Length
  • 3:34 (album version)
  • 5:54 (original Alesso remix)
  • 6:52 (extended Alesso remix)
Label
  • Mosley
  • Interscope
Writer(s)
  • Ryan Tedder
  • Brent Kutzle
  • Zach Filkins
  • Benny Blanco
Producer(s) Alesso
Alesso singles chronology
"Years"
(2013)		 "If I Lose Myself"
(2013)		 "City of Dreams"
(2013)

A progressive house version of the song remixed by Swedish producer Alesso was released in certain countries on March 30, 2013, notably Netherlands and Sweden, charting with a version credited to OneRepublic vs. Alesso.[44] "If I Lose Myself" was promoted and released in the United Kingdom and Australia in February 2014.[45] This remix was later featured on both the UK and US reissue of the group's album, Native, as well as Alesso's debut album, Forever (2015).

The remix was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.[46] Alesso explained:

“ I haven’t been this happy about a remix I’ve done since "Pressure". I feel like I’ve got everything I want in this record, all what I could wish for musically. I do like the original and I wanted a kick that would preserve the ‘live’ feeling energy you get when you listen to it. I worked on it for like a month, going to the studio everyday, wondering what I was going to do, going backward, forward, trying different beats and drums and basslines, everything. I had an idea but didn’t really know how to make it sound the way I wanted. Then I thought, I’m not going to mess around for ages, I want to give it to them straight away. Sometimes people give just a preview, and you never know when it’s coming out. This time I wanted to hear their thoughts immediately because I felt so excited by the record.[47] ”

Track listing

  1. "If I Lose Myself" (OneRepublic vs. Alesso) – 3:34
  1. "If I Lose Myself" (OneRepublic vs. Alesso) (extended remix) – 7:08

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[49] 89
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[50] 6
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[51] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[52] 8

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Sweden (GLF)[53] 4× Platinum 160,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[54] Silver 200,000double-dagger

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Schneider, Marc (January 8, 2013). "OneRepublic Going 'Native' in March, Release Single". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Greenwald, David (January 29, 2013). "OneRepublic's 'If I Lose Myself' Video: Go Behind the Scenes". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Ho, Alan. "Pop/rockers return in top form on spectacular third effort". Musiqtone.com.
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  14. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – OneRepublic – If I Lose Myself" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
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  16. ↑ "Ultratop.be – OneRepublic – If I Lose Myself" (in French). Ultratip.
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  21. ↑ "FIMI – Classifiche – Top Digital – Classifica settimanale WK 34 del 2013". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian).
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  30. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – OneRepublic – If I Lose Myself". Swiss Singles Chart.
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  32. ↑ "OneRepublic – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for OneRepublic.
  33. ↑ "OneRepublic – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay for OneRepublic.
  34. ↑ "OneRepublic – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for OneRepublic.
  35. ↑ "OneRepublic – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for OneRepublic.
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