Losin' Myself

Peter Fawthrop from AllMusic felt that "Losin' Myself" is "one of the least accessible tunes" from the album.{{cite web|first= Peter |last= Fawthrop |title= Debbie Gibson – Body Mind Soul |publisher= AllMusic |date= |accessdate= November 4, 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/body-mind-soul-mw0000092668}} Larry Flick from Billboard commented, "Brace yourself for the new and improved Ms. Gibson. On this first single [...] she delivers her most assured and mature performance to date by exploring the previously untapped lower register of her voice. Add a sullen melody and an urbanized pop/dance groove, and you have the ingredients for a potential smash."{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= Billboard |date= January 16, 1993 |page= 72 |accessdate= October 26, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-01-16.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}} Randy Clark from Cashbox remarked that this is "a big stretch from the little popster we knew just a few short years ago. Debbie has made a turn for a more mature sound and a bigger, slightly more R&B style on this mid-tempo ballad."{{cite magazine|first= Randy |last= Clark |title= Music Reviews: Singles |magazine= Cashbox |date= January 23, 1993 |page= 5 |accessdate= November 1, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1993/CB-1993-01-23.pdf}}

Jean Rosenbluth from Los Angeles Times viewed it as one of the album’s "more mature moments" and a "dusky ballad single", that emphasize Gibson’s "sure" and "steady" talent.{{cite news|first=Jean|last=Rosenbluth|title=In Brief|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 7, 1993|page=|accessdate=January 29, 2023|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-07-ca-1384-story.html}} Tim Jeffery from Music Week's RM Dance Update commented on the remix, "It's not the first time Debbie Gibson has had her singles mixed for club consumption. This time it's Masters at Work who transform this slow, funky ballad into a light skipping jazzy house dub. Even though it's lacking in bass, it's a useful track."{{cite magazine|first= Tim |last= Jeffery |title= Hot Vinyl Buzzing |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= February 6, 1993 |page= 6 |accessdate= March 24, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-02-06.pdf}} In a retrospective review, Pop Rescue noted that it has a light beat, that gives the singer "the perfect space in which she can show the warmth and richness of her vocals, before the chorus lets her expand her range."{{cite web|first= |last= |title= Review: "Body Mind Soul" by Debbie Gibson (CD, 1993) |url= https://poprescue.com/2020/04/10/review-body-mind-soul-by-debbie-gibson-cd-1993/ |publisher= Pop Rescue |date= April 10, 2020 |accessdate= November 24, 2020}}

The Matthew Rolston-directed video clip for "Losin' Myself" generated a minor controversy due to Gibson's portrayal of a stripper doing a pole dance.

• Cassette single

1. "Losin' Myself" (Masters at Work "Hot" Mix/3:57)
2. "Love or Lust" (3:57)
3. "Losin' Myself" (Radio Mix/3:59)
4. "Love or Lust" (3:57)

• 12" single

1. (12" Masters at Work/5:47)
2. (Masters at Work Dub/7:30)
3. (G-Man/Marz "Hot" Mix/5:14)
4. (T-Ray's Hip Hop/5:56)
5. (T-Ray's Acoustic/4:47)
6. (Bass Hit Dub/7:30)

Both songs written by Deborah Gibson/Carl Sturken/Evan Rogers – Music Sales Corp., ASCAP/Bayjun Beat Music/Warner-Tamerlane Pub. Corp./Could Be Music, BMI

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