Lost in Music

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Lost In Music)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
For the Stereo MCs song, see Lost in Music (Stereo MCs song).
"Lost in Music"
File:Lost In Music.jpeg
Single by Sister Sledge
from the album We Are Family
B-side"Thinking of You"
ReleasedJuly 11, 1979 (1979-07-11)
Recorded1978
StudioPower Station, New York City, New York, US
Genre
Length
  • 3:24 (single version)
  • 4:47 (album version)
Songwriters
Producers
  • Nile Rodgers
  • Bernard Edwards
Sister Sledge singles chronology
"We Are Family"
(1979) 		"Lost in Music"
(1979) 		"Got to Love Somebody"
(1979)

"Lost in Music" is a song by American vocal group Sister Sledge, released in July 1979[1] as the third single from their third studio album, We Are Family (1979), an album entirely written, produced, and arranged by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (of the group Chic). The song was a No. 35 hit on the American R&B chart.[2] In 1984 and 1993, "Lost in Music" was re-released in new remixes. In 2025, Billboard magazine included it in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time".[3]

Chart performance

[edit | edit source]

"Lost in Music" was one of the group's biggest hits, charting at No. 35 on the US Billboard R&B chart (then called the Hot Soul Singles chart).[4] It also reached the UK top twenty in three separate decades. The original version reached No. 17 in 1979,[1] a remixed version[5] reached No. 4 in 1984,[1] and another remix reached No. 14 in 1993.

Reception

[edit | edit source]

Cash Box described the song as a "very Chic tune" with "sparse, elegant instrumentation and a "fascinating" hook.[6] Richard Smith from Melody Maker wrote, "'Lost in Music' was a slice of pure pop heaven. A song about the simple thrill of going out dancing, every bit as thrilling as the feeling it was trying to describe."[7] Alan Jones from Music Week gave the 1993 remix three out of five, adding that "once again the original Chic hallmarks are ditched to turn the track into an edgy, percussive rattling slab of Nineties dance music."[8] Record World said that the "clear clean production, snappy percussion, & choir-like vocals are overwhelming."[9]

Legacy

[edit | edit source]

In March 2025, Billboard magazine ranked "Lost in Music" number 91 in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time", writing, "While brimming with musical signatures from the era's überproducer duo of Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, nothing hides the glory of the Sledges' mellifluous mirrorball harmonies."[3]

Charts

[edit | edit source]
Chart (1979) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop) 14
Ireland (IRMA) 30
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 15
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 12
UK Singles (OCC) 17
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard) 35

1984 Nile Rodgers remix

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 4
UK Singles (OCC) 4

1993 Sure Is Pure remix

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 48
Europe (European Dance Radio)[11] 4
Ireland (IRMA) 10
UK Singles (OCC) 14
UK Airplay (Music Week)[12] 24
UK Dance (Music Week)[13] 2

Certifications

[edit | edit source]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] Gold 400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

[edit | edit source]

A cover version of the song appeared on British post-punk band the Fall's 1993 album The Infotainment Scan;[15][16] their "radically different" version has been read as a critique of the "unfair derision of the disco genre".[17]

Anita Lane also covered the song on her album Dirty Pearl.

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  10. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  12. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  13. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  14. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  15. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  16. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  17. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).


Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Lost_in_Music&oldid=13849875"