Lose Control (Missy Elliott song)
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"Lose Control" is a song by American rapper
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featuring singer
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and rapper
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. It was released as the lead single from Elliott's sixth studio album, ''
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'', on May 23, 2005. It contains samples from Hot Streak's "Body Work" and Cybotron's " Clear". The song peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States, number two in New Zealand, and in the top thirty in various countries.


Conception

The song was written by Melissa Elliott,
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Harris, Isaac Freeman, Richard Davis and Curtis Hudson and produced by Elliott. The song is an uptempo electronic dance track and contains samples of "Clear" by Cybotron and "Body Work" by Hot Streak, of which Curtis Hudson was a member. In March 2005, Ciara confirmed she would appear on ''
The Cookbook ''The Cookbook'' is the sixth studio album by American rapper Missy Elliott, released on July 4, 2005, by The Goldmind Inc. and Atlantic Records in Germany and the United Kingdom, and on July 5 in the United States and Japan. Three singles w ...
'', singing and rapping on the potential first untitled single at the time. She explained the song's meaning, saying, "It's about music, how music makes you feel and makes you lose control." While recording the song, Elliott stated, "The only person who can pull something off with me n this trackis Ciara, because it's a record with speed." She went on to say that the toughest part of making the song was convincing Ciara to rap. In the process, Ciara asked Elliott, "Is this gonna sound messed up? My fans are gonna be mad." Along with "On & On", "Lose Control" was released in advance of ''The Cookbook'' to determine which song would serve as the lead single.


Critical reception

"Lose Control" received favorable reviews from critics.
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gave the song four out of five stars, calling the song "irresistibly danceable", saying that the sample was "a great spin on the original Cybotron material." In the album review, John Bush of
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said the song was a "nod to the type of old-school party jam that Elliott does better than ever." Brian Hiatt of ''
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'' called the song one of the "best tracks" on the album. The song was certified
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by the
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. The video for "Lose Control" was nominated for six
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, including Breakthrough Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Choreography in a Video and Best Special Effects in a Video. It went on to win two, Best Hip-Hop Video and
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. It also won a
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, while the song itself received a nomination for
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. The video won Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards and was nominated for The Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Dance Cut at the
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s. It was also nominated for Video of the Year at the 2006
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. "Lose Control" was ranked in the top songs of 2005 by
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, where it ranked at number 23, numbers 14 and 49 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the
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, respectively and number 12 on
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.


Music video

Directed by Dave Meyers, the music video starts off in a solid black room with dancers. Later, Elliott is seen buried in sand and slowly emerges in front of three other dancers. Elliott's head is added digitally to a different body. The next scene is in an old wooden house and in rows of dancers as they continue to dance. After that there are rows of people dancing outside of a building with the people dressed in vintage clothes and the footage filtered to look very old and grainy with some colors flattened and others oversaturated. They then end up on a desert road near a truck, where a single line of dancers finish dancing. The video then switches over to the song "On & On", where three dancers dance in sand as Elliott dances and levitates over a wooden plank, later accompanied by
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. Lee described the act as "cool wire work to fly around". In 2005, the music video for "Lose Control" was the most played video on
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and
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and second most played video in the United States, although many of them edited out the "On & On" section.


Track listings

* US promo CD # "Lose Control" (radio version) – 3:15 # "Lose Control" (instrumental) – 3:32 # "Lose Control" (explicit album version) – 3:34 * UK 12-inch single :A1. "Lose Control" (explicit version) :A2. "Lose Control" (instrumental version) :B1. "Lose Control" (extended version) * UK CD and digital download # "Lose Control" (explicit album version) – 3:30 # "Lose Control" (extended version) – 4:51 * Australian CD single # "Lose Control" (explicit version) # "Lose Control" (extended version) # "Lose Control" (instrumental version)


Personnel

* Marcella Araica – assistant engineer * Chris Brown – assistant engineer * Vadim Chislov – assistant engineer * Paul J. Falcone – mixing * Eric Jensen – assistant engineer * Rayshawn Woolard – assistant engineer


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


Release history


References

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