Too Lost in You

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"Too Lost in You"
Single by Sugababes
from the album Three and Love Actually (soundtrack)
B-side
  • "Someone in My Bed"
  • "Down Down"
Released15 December 2003 (2003-12-15)
StudioRealsongs, Studio D (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length3:59
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Diane Warren
Producer(s)
Sugababes singles chronology
"Hole in the Head"
(2003) 		"Too Lost in You"
(2003) 		"In the Middle"
(2004)

"Too Lost in You" is a song by English girl group

harmonies
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"Too Lost in You" was released in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2003 as the album's second single. It received favourable reviews from most critics, who commended the Sugababes' performance and considered it one of the best pop singles of the 2000s. The song was commercially successful worldwide, and reached the top ten on the singles charts of the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. A music video for the single was directed by Andy Morahan and filmed at London Stansted Airport over a two-day period. It features each member of the Sugababes with a man from the airport. Since its release, "Too Lost in You" has become a staple of the group's live performances, and was included in the set lists for their tours in support of Taller in More Ways (2005), Overloaded: The Singles Collection (2006) and Change (2007).

Development and release

"Too Lost in You" was written by the American songwriter Diane Warren.

"Too Lost in You" is a

engineered by Mario Luccy and produced by Khris Kellow.[3] According to Range, "Too Lost in You" represented all three group members' romantic lives, saying: "You need that comfort when you go home."[5]

"Too Lost in You" is prominently featured on the soundtrack to the

Christmas number one.[10][11] In Australia, the song was issued as a CD single on 9 February 2004.[12]

Composition

"Too Lost in You" is a

harmonies throughout.[20][21] According to Harry Rubenstein of The Jerusalem Post, "[in 'Too Lost in You'] we're led to believe that these girls are actually losing control in a moment of passion, but the song refrains from moving into typical pop fairy-land characters".[22] A survey conducted by scientists in 2004 found that the song's slow tempo can assist in the prevention of accidents and promotion of safer driving.[23]

Critical response

The song received generally positive reviews from most critics. Simon Evans of musicOMH described "Too Lost in You" as "instantly, infectiously likeable" and called it one of the album's best tracks.[24] According to Alan Braidwood of BBC Music, the ballads from Three, including "Too Lost in You", match the quality of the group's songs "New Year" and "Stronger".[25] Dan Gennoe of Yahoo! Music interpreted the song as a reminder that the Sugababes "handle trip-hop melancholy with the same devastating confidence as their seething club stomps".[26] Herald Sun critic Cameron Adams wrote that the group made "Too Lost in You" sound edgy and described it as "stunning".[27] Writing for Hot Press, Phil Udell praised the Sugababes' performance of the ballad, which he considered a transition from Warren's "big radio number" into "something genuinely lovely".[28]

Becky Howard and Andrew Williams of the

This Is Fake DIY regarded the song as turgid.[31] Fiona Shepherd of The Scotsman dismissed lines such as "Flowing into your arms, falling into your eyes" as "lyrical gubbins" and stated that the song's release would be "for the name behind [it] rather than any individual merits".[32] In 2007, Udell described "Too Lost in You" as one of the finest pop songs of the 2000s.[33] James Mortlock of the Eastern Daily Press considered it to be one of the group's classic pop singles.[34]

Commercial performance

"Too Lost in You" debuted on the

French Singles Chart, where it appeared at number 22.[46] "Too Lost in You" also reached the top forty on the singles charts of Australia,[47] Austria,[48] Belgium,[49][50] New Zealand and Sweden.[51][52]

On 2 December 2022, the single charted at number 29 on the UK Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100;

Strictly Come Dancing.[54]

Music video

The music video was filmed at London Stansted Airport, where each group member captures the attention of a man.

The music video for "Too Lost in You" was directed by Andy Morahan and filmed at London Stansted Airport in November 2003 over a two-day period.[55][56][57] It premiered on the Sugababes' official website in the same month,[57] and was included on the song's CD release.[58] The video begins with the trio walking together in the airport.[59] Buchanan captures the attention of a passenger and begins to have fantasies about him, in which she positions him into a chair and touches his body.[59] In subsequent scenes, the man is shown handcuffed.[59] Buena fantasizes about a worker who she sees in the airport and slices his shirt off with a sword.[59] Range gets the attention of a flight attendant and has dream sequences of touching and kissing him; she also throws a large bag full of ice onto him.[59]

[60][61] Following the completion of the video, clips from Love Actually were added to it in promotion of the film's release.[57]

Live performances

The Sugababes performed "Too Lost in You" on the British television programme

greatest hits album, Overloaded: The Singles Collection,[69] and on the album's accompanying 2007 tour in the UK and Ireland.[70] The group performed an acoustic version at the Peel Bay Festival during June 2007 in Peel, Isle of Man, as part of a set list; the event contained a crowd of 25,000 people.[71][72]

The band played "Too Lost in You" in July 2007 at the

Canterbury, Kent as the sixth song on the set list.[78] During the latter performance, members of the crowd began to leave the event after Range forgot the words to the song.[78] The Sugababes performed "Too Lost in You" on 10 July 2009 at the Riverside Ground in County Durham, England, as part of a set list,[79] and on 12 July 2009 at the Cornbury Music Festival.[80] In early 2010, the fourth line-up of the Sugababes, comprising Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen, played the single during the album launch for Sweet 7 as the fourth song on the set list.[81] In November 2010, the three singers performed "Too Lost in You" at the Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi along with many other of the group's songs.[82]

Mutya Keisha Siobhan
, the group's original line-up, performed the song along with "Promises", "Overload", "Run for Cover", "Freak Like Me", "Push the Button", "Hole in the Head" and "Stronger" as part of the Sacred Three tour.

Track listings and formats

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Overloaded: The Singles Collection (2006).[3]

Recording

  • Vocals recorded at Realsongs Studio D, Hollywood

Personnel

  • Songwriting – Diane Warren
  • Production – Rob Dougan, Andy Bradfield
  • Additional programming – Yoad Nevo
  • Instruments – Yoad Nevo
  • Vocal producer – Khris Kellow
  • Executive producer – Diane Warren
  • Vocal engineer – Mario Luccy
  • Piano – Rob Dougan
  • Mixing
    – Andy Bradfield
  • Orchestra – Prague Symphony Orchestra
  • Strings – Nick Ingman, Rob Dougan
  • Orchestral arrangement – Nick Ingman, Rob Dougan
  • Conductor – Nick Ingman
  • Vocals – Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[97] Gold 407,000[96]

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