Losing It (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Losing It
| cover = Fisher - Losing It.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Fisher
| released = 13 July 2018
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Tech house{{cite web|url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2018/07/fisher-exhibits-acute-ear-house-production-new-single-losing/|title=Fisher further exhibits his acute ear for house sound on new single, "Losing It"|work=Dancing Astronaut|last=Narozniak|first=Rachel|date=13 July 2018|accessdate=27 January 2019}}{{Cite magazine|date=2019-12-19|title=How Fisher's 'Losing It' Became One of the Biggest Dance Hits of the Decade|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8546793/fisher-losing-biggest-dance-hits-of-the-decade|access-date=2020-08-10|magazine=Billboard}}
| length = 4:08
| label = {{hlist|Catch & Release|Astralwerks}}
| writer = Paul Fisher
| producer = FISHER
| prev_title = Crowd Control
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = You Little Beauty
| next_year = 2019
| misc =
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"Losing It" is a song by Australian producer Fisher, released as a standalone single on 13 July 2018 through Catch & Release. It was a commercial success, reaching number one on the Australian Club Tracks chart and the US Dance Club Songs chart, and also charted in Flanders and the top 25 of the US Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
It was ranked at number 2 in Australian youth broadcaster Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/18/|title=Hottest 100 2018|work=Triple J|date=11 November 2018|accessdate=27 January 2019}}
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, the song was nominated for Best Dance Release. At the AIR Awards of 2019, the song was nominated for Best Independent Dance, Electronica Or Club Single.{{cite web|url=https://scenestr.com.au/music/2019-air-awards-nominees-20190328|title=2019 AIR Awards Nominees|date=28 March 2019 |access-date=20 August 2020}}
In February 2019, at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Best Dance Recording.{{Cite web|url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2018/12/zedd-disclosure-fisher-receive-2019-grammy-nominations-full-list-nominees/|title=Zedd, FISHER, and more secure 2019 Grammy nominations|date=7 December 2018}}
At the 2019 International Dance Music Awards, the song won Best Electronic Song.{{Cite web |url=https://www.magneticmag.com/2019/02/idma-2019-nominees-shaq-becoming-diesel-wmc-conversation-announced/ |title=IDMA 2019 Nominees, SHAQ "Becoming Diesel" WMC Conversation Announced |last=Magnetic |website=Magnetic Magazine |language=en-us |access-date=2019-06-28}}{{Citation |last=Billboard Charts |title=IDMA 2019 - Winners (33rd International Dance Music Awards) |date=29 March 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-SdAqUvGjE |access-date=30 June 2019}}
Background
After Fisher performed the track in one of two sets he performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2017, the song became widely bootlegged by other DJs, so Fisher officially released the track himself in July 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/fisher-new-single-losing-it-coachella-rip-bootleg-stream-shazam/9991298|title=Fisher New Single Losing It Coachella Rip Bootleg Stream Shazam|publisher=ABC|date=July 2018|accessdate=27 January 2019}} The ABC said the track has a "throbbing bass-aided beat".
Critical reception
Billboard ranked "Losing It" third among the 30 best Dance/Electronic songs picked by its Dance/Electronic writing staff in its 2018 year-end review. Writer Kat Bein notes, "You couldn't go to a dance music festival in 2018 without hearing this song's booming bass drop and catchy vocal some 50 times. [...] Everyone from David Guetta to Paul van Dyk and Afrojack has thrown it into their sets, helping turn the collective creative tide toward a deeper, more minimal headspace."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2018/8489566/best-dance-electronic-songs-2018|title=Billboard's 30 Best Dance/Electronic Songs of 2018: Critics' Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=13 December 2018}}
Billboard also placed "Losing It" 84th out of the 100 Best Songs released in 2018 as picked by its Hot 100 staff. Writer David Rishty notes that "The intoxicating house single has been played out by hundreds of touring acts, including Skrillex and Tiësto, in addition to BBC Radio 1 curators like Annie Nightingale and MistaJam. The song has also spent a whopping 15 weeks and counting on Billboard{{'}}s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and continues to rise through the ranks, so we're likely going to be losing it to this one well into 2019."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2018/8489483/best-songs-2018-staff-picks|title=Billboard's 100 Best Songs of 2018: Critics' Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=11 December 2018}}
It has the record of being the track that spent the most time in the 1st position of the Beatport Top 100 (62 days).{{cite news |title=Losing It (Extended) |url=https://www.bptoptracker.com/track/losing-it-extended/10766349 |accessdate=7 February 2020 |agency=bptoptracker.com}}
The Dave Winnel "For the Win" Remix was also very popular in the sets of DJs such as Armin van Buuren, Tiësto and Nicky Romero.{{cite news |title= Fisher – Losing It (Dave Winnel For The Win Remix)|url=https://www.clubdancemixes.com/fisher-losing-it-dave-winnel-for-the-win-remix/ |accessdate=7 February 2020 |agency=clubdancemixes.com}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2018–2019)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{single chart|Australia|35|artist=Fisher|song=Losing It|rowheader=true|accessdate=2 February 2019}} |
| scope="row"| Australia Club Tracks (ARIA){{cite journal|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1486.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20180820140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20180821-0000/Issue1486.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-08-20|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 20 August 2018|journal=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1486|date=20 August 2018|accessdate=8 December 2018}}
| 1 |
| {{single chart|Flanders|26|artist=Fisher|song=Losing It|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 January 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Hungarydance|4|year=2019|week=26|artist=Fisher|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 July 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Hungarysingle|13|year=2019|week=34|artist=Fisher|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 August 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Ireland3|60|artist=Fisher|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 January 2019}} |
| scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2019-01-04|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=7 January 2019|access-date=4 January 2019}}
| 17 |
| {{single chart|Scotland|42|date=20190111|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 January 2019}} |
| {{single chart|UK|60|date=20190118|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 January 2019}} |
| {{single chart|UKdance|9|date=20190118|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 January 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Fisher|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 December 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboarddanceelectronic|22|artist=Fisher|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| Hungary (Dance Top 40){{cite web|url=http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2018|title=Dance Top 100 - 2018|accessdate=7 August 2020|publisher=Mahasz}}
| 56 |
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| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| Hungary (Dance Top 40){{cite web|url=http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2020|title=Dance Top 100 - 2020|accessdate=9 February 2021|publisher=Mahasz}}
| 19 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|access-date=21 July 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Fisher|title=Losing It|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|access-date=20 June 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Fisher|title=Losing It|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2022|id=11908|access-date=13 December 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Fisher|title=Losing It|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|access-date=19 July 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Fisher|title=Losing It|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|access-date=25 November 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Fisher|title=Losing It|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|id=7775|access-date=17 August 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Fisher|title=Losing It|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|source=radioscope|access-date=15 March 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|access-date=13 December 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Fisher|title=Losing It|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|access-date=15 March 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Fisher|title=Losing It|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|id=15713-4978-1|access-date=2 June 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Fisher|title=Losing It|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2022|access-date=22 November 2022}}
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See also
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