Losing My Edge

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"Losing My Edge"
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Single by LCD Soundsystem
from the album LCD Soundsystem
B-side"Beat Connection (Extended Disco Dub)"
ReleasedJuly 2002
Genre
Length
  • 7:53 (single version)
  • 4:23 (video edit)
Label
SongwriterJames Murphy
ProducerThe DFA
LCD Soundsystem singles chronology
"Losing My Edge"
(2002) 		"Give It Up"
(2003)

"Losing My Edge" is the debut single by American rock band LCD Soundsystem. It was released as a 12-inch single in July 2002, through DFA Records. It was later featured on the CD version of their eponymous debut studio album. "Losing My Edge" peaked at number 115 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also listed at number 13 on Pitchfork's Top 500 Songs of the 2000s list.[1] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 40 on its "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years" list.[2] In June 2018, Rolling Stone listed it at number 77 on its "The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far" list.[3]

Background

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In an interview with the music site "ireallylovemusic", Murphy explained his inspiration for the song: "When I was DJing, playing Can, Liquid Liquid, ESG, all that kind of stuff, I became kind of cool for a moment, which was a total anomaly. And when I heard other DJs playing similar music ...I was afraid that this new found coolness was going to go away and that's where 'Losing My Edge' comes from."[4]

Composition

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"Losing My Edge" is a dance-punk,[5] alternative dance,[6] techno,[7] and electroclash[8] song. It features a rhythm similar to "Change" by Killing Joke.[9] DFA Records cofounder Tim Goldsworthy admitted that ""Losing My Edge" was "a rip-off of a Killing Joke track".[10]

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Losing My Edge" 
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Beat Connection" (Extended Disco Dub) 

Personnel

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Personnel adapted from the liner notes of the single's Record Store Day 2012 release.[12]

Charts

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Chart (2003) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] 115

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalogue no.
US July 2002[14] DFA 12" dfa 2123[11]
UK 2002 Output OPRDFA002[15]
US April 21, 2012[16] DFA 12" (Record Store Day) dfa 2123r[17]

References

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Notes
  1. ^ Remastering, only for the song's remastered re-release.
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