Lose Your Way (song)

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"Lose Your Way"
Sophie B. Hawkins Lose Your Way 1999 single cover.jpg
Single by Sophie B. Hawkins
from the album Timbre
Released1999
Length4:03
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Sophie B. Hawkins
Producer(s) Sophie B. Hawkins
Sophie B. Hawkins singles chronology
"Only Love (The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty)"
(1996)		"Lose Your Way"
(1999)		"Walking in My Blue Jeans"
(2001)

"Lose Your Way" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, which was released in 1999 as the sole single from her third studio album Timbre . The song was written and produced by Hawkins. "Lose Your Way" peaked at No. 26 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. [1]

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Shortly prior to its release as a single and on Timbre, "Lose Your Way" was featured in a 1999 episode of the American teen drama television series Dawson's Creek and was included on the show's first soundtrack album Songs from Dawson's Creek . [2] In 2000, it was featured in the American romantic drama film Bounce and included on its soundtrack release. [3]

Background

Despite its release in 1999, Hawkins' third album Timbre was completed for an expected release during 1996. On hearing Hawkins' new material, which she produced herself, Columbia disapproved of the album's musical direction and also felt Hawkins needed a new image. Wishing to maintain her artistic integrity, a lengthy battle between Hawkins and Columbia followed. [4] Columbia had initially picked "No Connection" to be the album's single, but this was later changed to "Lose Your Way". Although the label requested the song's banjo be replaced, Hawkins refused. She told Billboard in 1999: "I put banjo on that song because that's what I heard, and I am the songwriter, right? Without the banjo, it sounded like Muzak." [5]

In response to Columbia's pressure, Hawkins had "Lose Your Way" played during a radio interview in Florida. Listener reception was positive and a subsequent internet campaign saw 200,000 emails sent to Sony Music (Columbia's parent company) in support of the artist. The company then agreed to give Hawkins control over her musical direction and Timbre was released in 1999, with "Lose Your Way" as a promotional single. [5] After Timbre saw limited commercial success, Hawkins left Columbia in 2000 and had the album re-released independently (with distribution by Rykodisc) in 2001. [6]

Critical reception

On its release, Chuck Taylor of Billboard described "Lose Your Way" as a "lovely, folk-rinsed track" with an "exquisitely written lyric that vows lifetime of love". He noted Hawkins' "gentle, ambling vocal" and the use of "quirky banjo". [7] In a review of Timbre, Sandra Sperounes of the Edmonton Journal considered the song a "lovely, bittersweet ballad" and added: "Banjo isn't known for being the most delicate of instruments, but [here] it gracefully mingles with a tinkling piano and Hawkins' quavering voice." [8]

Track listing

CD single (US promo)
  1. "Lose Your Way" - 4:03

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [9] 26

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References

  1. ↑ "Sophie B. Hawkins". Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Songs from Dawson's Creek - Original TV Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bounce [UK Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 187/8. ISBN   0-7535-0427-8.
  5. 1 2 Bell, Carrie (June 6, 1999). "Artists & Music: Hawkins finally unleashes 'Timbre'". Billboard. p. 12.
  6. ↑ "Timbre - Sophie B. Hawkins | Releases | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ Taylor, Chuck (May 29, 1999). "Reviews & Previews: Singles". Billboard. p. 22.
  8. ↑ Sperounes, Sandra (July 31, 1999). "Banjo does the trick on Hawkins' Timbre". The Edmonton Journal. p. C5.
  9. ↑ "Sophie B. Hawkins Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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