"Lost in Love" is a 1979 song recorded by the Australian

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group

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. The song was written by group member

Graham Russell Graham Cyril Russell (born 11 June 1950) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, producer and guitarist of the soft rock duo Air Supply. In 1975, with Russell Hitchcock, he formed Air Supply in Australia. The duo have been singing and p ...

. The original version of the song appeared on the ''Life Support'' album in 1979 and was released as a single in Australia, reaching number 13 on the

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. The group re-recorded the song for the album of the same name in 1980 and this version was released as a single in the US, reaching number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song reportedly took Russell just 15 minutes to write and the single was made in a single afternoon. It was among the first he wrote after returning to Australia from touring with Rod Stewart, yet found little work upon his return. Despite being short of money, Russell went on a retreat to

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, where he felt the solitude would help him to write new material. Air Supply's popularity in their native country during the mid to late 1970s had not been matched elsewhere. Russell travelled to England in 1979, and while there, discovered that the group's Australian record label

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had sold "Lost in Love" to

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in the United States for distribution. Soon thereafter, their song became a hit on the music charts in the US. ''

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'' described it as "soft rock, with elegant acoustic guitar work, glistening harmonies, light rhythm and electric piano touches." This song was featured in an episode of ''

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", the 1981 American film '' Private Lessons'', and the Australian film ''

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''.

Personnel

Russell Hitchcock Russell Charles Hitchcock (born 15 June 1949) is an Australian musician and lead vocalist of the soft rock duo Air Supply. Early life Born in Melbourne, Hitchcock attended South Brunswick State School, and later studied at Princes Hill High ...

–

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– vocals,

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Frank Esler-Smith Frank Esler-Smith (5 June 1948 in London, England – 1 March 1991 in Melbourne, Australia) was an English arranger and keyboard player for Doug Parkinson's Southern Star from 1978 to 1980 before joining the soft rock band Air Supply in their 198 ...

– keyboard

Chart performance

Within six weeks after its release, the song made it to the top 40 and was in the top 10 seven weeks after that. It spent four weeks at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in May 1980 and topped the ''Billboard''

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for six weeks that same year.

Music videos

There are two music videos for "Lost in Love". One, an official video, has Air Supply singing on a blue background, while their entire band of additional personnel play their music for them. The other one has Air Supply singing live at a concert.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Dickey Lee and Kathy Burdick version

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version of "Lost in Love" was recorded later in 1980 by singers

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and Kathy Burdick. This version peaked at number 30 on the ''Billboard'' country music chart.

Demis Roussos version

That same year 1980,

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covered the song on his 1980 studio album '' Man of the World''. The recording featured singer

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. The cover was also released as a

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, which reached no. 3 in Belgium (Flanders) and no. 4 in the Netherlands. The recording was produced by David Mackay.

Track listing

7" single Mercury 6000 419 (1980, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, UK, Peru, South Africa, etc.)
: A. "Lost In Love" (featuring

) (3:31) : B. "Had to Run'" (3:04) 7" single Mercury 6000 601 (1980, Italy)
: A. "Lost In Love" (featuring

) (3:30) : B. "Nascerà (Highway Home)'" (3:10)

Charts

Deep Obsession version

In 1998, "Lost in Love" was covered by New Zealand pop group

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. It was released as their debut single and topped the charts in their homeland, staying at number one for two weeks in August 1998.

References

External links

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Personnel

Chart performance

Music videos

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Dickey Lee and Kathy Burdick version

Demis Roussos version

Track listing

Charts

Deep Obsession version

See also

References

External links