"If I Lose Myself" is a song recorded by American

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for their third studio album, ''

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'' (2013). It was released as the album's first official single on January 8, 2013. The song was written by

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and

Zach Filkins Zachary Douglas Filkins (born September 15, 1978) is an American musician, actor and songwriter. He is a guitarist for the pop rock band OneRepublic. Biography Early life A significant part of Filkins's childhood was spent intensely studying c ...

. 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

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. In early 2014, the single was re-released in the UK after the huge success of "

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Writing and inspiration

OneRepublic frontman

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'' 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."

Composition

"If I Lose Myself" runs for 4:01 minutes and has a tempo of 140 beats per minute.

Live performances

On March 28, 2013, OneRepublic performed "If I Lose Myself" on ''

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. They also performed on ''

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'', as well as several other concerts and festivals.

Music video

In an interview with fuse.tv, Tedder said, "The original concept or the videowas 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." The music video was released on January 24, 2013. 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 ''

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''. The video has over 90 million views as of January 2021. It is one of the top ten most viewed OneRepublic music videos.

Track listing

*Digital download #"If I Lose Myself" – 4:01 *Digital download – remix #"If I Lose Myself" (OneRepublic vs

Alesso Alessandro Renato Rodolfo Lindblad (born 7 July 1991), better known by his stage name Alesso (), is a Swedish DJ and music producer. He has worked with numerous artists, including Tove Lo, Theo Hutchcraft, Ryan Tedder, Hailee Steinfeld, Calvi ...

) – 3:34 *CD single #"If I Lose Myself" (Album version) – 4:01 #"If I Lose Myself" (Love Thy Brother remix) – 4:03

Credits and personnel

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– Benny Blanco, Ryan Tedder *Co-production – Brent Kutzle * Mixing – Serban Ghenea *

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– Smith Carlson, Ryan Tedder *Assistant engineering – Scott "Yarmov" Yarmovsky, Chris Sclafani, Matthew Tryba *

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– 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

Weekly charts

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Certifications

Release history

Alesso vs. OneRepublic version

A progressive house version of the song remixed by Swedish

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was played for the first time at the

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on March 24, 2013 and was released in certain countries on March 30, notably Netherlands and Sweden, charting with a version credited to OneRepublic vs. Alesso. "If I Lose Myself" was promoted and released in the United Kingdom and Australia in February 2014. 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, ''

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'' (2015). The remix was nominated for a

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. Alesso explained:

Track listing

*;Digital download #"If I Lose Myself" (OneRepublic vs. Alesso) – 3:34 *;Digital download — extended remix #"If I Lose Myself" (OneRepublic vs. Alesso) (extended remix) – 7:08

Charts

Certifications

References

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