Lose It (In the End)

Album: Record Collection (2010)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is a track from Record Collection, the third studio album by Anglo-American music producer Mark Ronson. Co-written by Jonathan Pierce of The Drums, this two and a quarter minute tune is one of two songs on the record to feature vocals from Ronson. His vocals appear alongside American rapper Ghostface Killah and the producer explained to NME that Pierce decided not to sing on the record himself, as "he needed to preserve the identity of his band rather than being on a giant ugly pop project," so he took up the mic instead.
  • Ronson revealed to MTV News that Lady Gaga inspired him to sing on the album and he took lessons from the New York superstar's singing coach in preparation. The producer hit the studio in 2009 with GaGa to work on Wale's track Chillin' just as she was breaking through into the big time. "When I met her Just Dance was sort of blowing up so it wasn't too crazy," he explained. "We were in the studio recording the vocals for the Wale song 'Chillin.' She was actually the one that told me to take singing lessons – she was like 'you should try singing you never know.'"
  • Ronson revealed that he still gets nervous when he meets his heroes and was star struck by Ghostface Killah. He told NME: "I've done three songs with him and never spoken to him. I thought if I talked to him he'd hear my voice and think I wasn't cool and would never want to work with him."
  • Thomas Brenneck of funk/soul band Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings plays lead guitar on this track.

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