Lost Weekend (song)

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"Lost Weekend"
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Lost Weekend 1985 single cover.jpg
Single by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
from the album Easy Pieces
B-side "Big World"
Released1 November 1985 (1985-11-01) [1]
Studio Westside Studios (Shepherd's Bush, London)
Length3:14
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions singles chronology
"Brand New Friend"
(1985)		"Lost Weekend"
(1985)		"Cut Me Down"
(1986)
Music video
"Lost Weekend" on YouTube

"Lost Weekend" is a song by the British pop and rock band Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, released in 1985 as the second single from their second studio album Easy Pieces . The song was written by band members Neil Clark, Lloyd Cole and Lawrence Donegan, and produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. It peaked at number 17 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 75 for seven weeks.

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Background

Cole was inspired to write the lyrics to "Lost Weekend" after he fell ill during a visit to Amsterdam. He told The Mouth Magazine in 2020, "As I remember it, I was going over to sort of rendezvous there with my girlfriend of the time. I got ill, properly ill and was confined to hotel quarters." [2]

Speaking of the influence that Iggy Pop's 1977 song "The Passenger" had on "Lost Weekend", Cole recalled in 2010, "It just went that way in rehearsal and while we were aware that the rhythm part was the same, the chords and everything else was different, so we weren't bothered. Gosh, I wish it owed more – 'The Passenger' is a fantastic track, 'Lost Weekend', to my ear, is a decent tune done overly quirkily." [3]

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Tom Hibbert of Smash Hits commented, "This is lovely – chiming guitars sturdily jaunting and winking at an idea based on Iggy Pop's 'The Passenger' with customary jumbly vocal delivery". He added, "It all sounds uncharacteristically merry until one starts to pick up the words which appear to be about contracting pneumonia in Amsterdam, almost dying and then undergoing a religious conversion." [4] Mat Snow of NME described it as "an agreeable piece of fluff worth at least five plays, if only to spot the 'influence', in this case Iggy's 'The Passenger'". [5]

Malcolm Dome of Kerrang! called it "catchy, sub-Buddy Holly pop/rock" which is "by no means awesome yet certainly invigorating". [6] Dave Ling of Number One felt the song is "forgettably pleasant in a whimsical sort of way" and noted that "a fair amount of thought has been put into the lyrics", but added "it's not the sort of record I'd want to be subjected to more than once". [7] Mike Mitchell of Record Mirror was critical, stating there's "too much jingle [and] not enough song". [8]

Track listing

7–inch single (UK, Europe and Australasia) [9] [10]

  1. "Lost Weekend" – 3:14
  2. "Big World" – 2:18

10-inch limited edition single (UK) [11]

  1. "Lost Weekend" (Extended Version) – 4:19
  2. "Big World" – 2:18
  3. "Lost Weekend" (7" Version) – 3:14

12-inch single (UK, Europe and Australasia) [12] [13]

  1. "Lost Weekend" (Extended Version) – 4:19
  2. "Big World" – 2:18
  3. "Nevers End" – 2:32
  4. "Lost Weekend" (7" Version) – 3:14

Personnel

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

Additional musicians on "Lost Weekend"

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [14] 49
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [15] 38
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles) [16] 57
Ireland (IRMA) [17] 10
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [18] 33
UK Singles (OCC) [19] 17

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References

  1. ↑ Strickland, Andy (2 November 1985). "Index: Lloyd's Lost Weekend". Record Mirror . p. 2. ISSN   0144-5804.
  2. ↑ "Interview: Lloyd Cole". The Mouth Magazine. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Cole, Lloyd (15 June 2010). "Not just Iggy". lloydcole.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Hibbert, Tom (6 November 1985). "Review: Singles". Smash Hits . p. 42.
  5. ↑ Snow, Mat (2 November 1985). "Singles". New Musical Express . p. 10.
  6. ↑ Dome, Malcolm (23 January 1986). "Short Kutz". Kerrang! . No. 112. p. 27. ISSN   0262-6624.
  7. ↑ Ling, Dave (2 November 1985). "Singles". Number One . No. 124. p. 36.
  8. ↑ Mitchell, Mike (2 November 1985). "Singles". Record Mirror . p. 2. ISSN   0144-5804.
  9. ↑ Lost Weekend (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. Polydor Records. 1985. COLE 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Lost Weekend (European and Australasian 7-inch single sleeve). Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. Polydor Records. 1985. 883 567-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ Lost Weekend (UK 10-inch limited edition single sleeve). Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. Polydor Records. 1985. COLET 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ↑ Lost Weekend (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. Polydor Records. 1985. COLEX 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ↑ Lost Weekend (European and Australasian 12-inch single sleeve). Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. Polydor Records. 1985. 883 567-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 69. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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