I Lost It
{{short description|2000 single by Kenny Chesney}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I Lost It
| cover = Kenny Chesney - I Lost It.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kenny Chesney
| album = Greatest Hits
| B-side = "The Tin Man"
| released = August 14, 2000
| format =
| recorded = 2000
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:54
| label = BNA
| writer = Neil Thrasher
Jimmy Olander
| producer = Buddy Cannon
Norro Wilson
Kenny Chesney
| prev_title = What I Need to Do
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Don't Happen Twice
| next_year = 2001
}}
"I Lost It" is a song written by Jimmy Olander of Diamond Rio and Neil Thrasher and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released on August 14, 2000 as the first single from Chesney's Greatest Hits compilation album. It peaked at number 3 in late 2000. Pam Tillis provides background vocals for the song.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=91|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}
In early July 2000, a shipment of the promotional CDs was seized by U.S. Customs at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The singles came packaged with "English Water."{{cite news |title=Chesney's Water World |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103263442/ |access-date=6 June 2022 |work=The Independent-Record |date=July 28, 2000}}
Music video
This was the last Kenny Chesney video that Martin Kahan directed, and produced by Jamie Amos. It was filmed in black-and-white, and premiered on CMT on August 23, 2000, during "The CMT Delivery Room". It was filmed on location at the Westin Resort, in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Chart positions
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!align="left"|Chart (2000–2001) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|21|chartid=7268|accessdate=January 17, 2022}}{{Efn|"I Lost It" had not yet peaked when RPM ceased publication in November 2000.}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Kenny Chesney|artistid=49903}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|34|artist=Kenny Chesney|artistid=49903}} |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col"|Chart (2000)
!scope="col"|Position |
|---|
| US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2000: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media |year=2000 | access-date=August 16, 2012}}
| align="center" | 62 |
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col"|Chart (2001)
!scope="col"|Position |
|---|
| US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2001: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media |year=2001 | access-date=August 14, 2012}}
| align="center" | 49 |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=I Lost It|artist=Kenny Chesney|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=July 11, 2025|relyear=2000|certyear=2025}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}
Notes
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References
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{{Kenny Chesney singles}}
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Category:Songs written by Neil Thrasher
Category:Song recordings produced by Buddy Cannon
Category:Song recordings produced by Norro Wilson
Category:Black-and-white music videos
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