Lose Control (Meduza, Becky Hill and Goodboys song)

"Lose Control" is a song by Italian production trio Meduza, British singer Becky Hill and production trio Goodboys, released as a single by Virgin Records on 11 October 2019. It reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. As of November 2023, the song has amassed more than 870 million streams on Spotify.^[3] The song also appears in Meduza's recent released album MEDUZA.

"Lose Control"
Single by Meduza, Becky Hill and Goodboys
from the EP Introducing MEDUZA and the album Get to Know and the album MEDUZA
Released	11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)
Genre	Deep house[1][2]
Length	2:48
Label	Virgin Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Luca de Gregorio Mattia Vitale Simone Giani Rebecca Claire Hill Joshua Grimmett
Producer(s)	Meduza
Meduza singles chronology
"Piece of Your Heart" (2019) "Lose Control" (2019) "Born to Love" (2020)
Becky Hill singles chronology
"Wish You Well" (2019) "Lose Control" (2019) "Only You" (2019)
Goodboys singles chronology
"Piece of Your Heart" (2019) "Lose Control" (2019) "Unfamiliar" (2020)
Music video
"Lose Control" on YouTube

Background

"Lose Control" was largely written and produced in the winter of 2018 originally with vocals by Josh Grimmett from Goodboys and Conor Blake, a co-writer of the song.^{[citation needed]} At the start of 2019, Becky Hill wrote and recorded her vocals for the verses and pre-chorus, which was finished in one day. Meduza described it as a "radio friendly" track.^[4]

Composition

The second single by Italian production trio Meduza is a deep house track influenced by dance-pop.^[5][6] It is written in C Minor and has a chord progression Cm — Fm — A♭.^[7]

Music video

The music video was filmed in and around the abandoned residential development of Burj Al Babas, near the town of Mudurnu, Turkey.^[8][9]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019–2021) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[10] 11 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] 53 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[12] 6 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13] 8 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[14] 46 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[15] 3 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[16] 13 El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[17] 18 France (SNEP)[18] 53 Germany (GfK)[19] 30 Global Excl. US (Billboard)[20] 143 Hungary (Dance Top 40)[21] 5 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[22] 5 Hungary (Single Top 40)[23] 5 Hungary (Stream Top 40)[24] 12 Ireland (IRMA)[25] 7 Italy (FIMI)[26] 37 Latvia (LaIPA)[27] 19 Lithuania (AGATA)[28] 5 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29] 11 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30] 19 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[31] 35 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[32] 11 Portugal (AFP)[33] 39 Romania (Airplay 100)[34] 15 Romania (Romanian Radio Airplay)[35] 4 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[36] 3 Scotland (OCC)[37] 12 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[38] 5 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[39] 13 Slovenia (SloTop50)[40] 7 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[41] 75 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[42] 22 UK Singles (OCC)[43] 11 UK Dance (OCC)[44] 2 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)[45] 5 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[46] 1 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[47] 4

Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for "Lose Control" Chart (2019) Peak position Latvia Airplay (LaIPA)[48] 3 Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position CIS (TopHit)[49] 96 Hungary (Dance Top 40)[50] 78 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[51] 83 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[52] 91 Chart (2020) Position Australia (ARIA)[53] 30 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[54] 23 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[55] 39 CIS (TopHit)[56] 23 Denmark (Tracklisten)[57] 97 France (SNEP)[58] 120 Germany (Official German Charts)[59] 82 Hungary (Dance Top 40)[60] 18 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[61] 13 Hungary (Single Top 40)[62] 53 Hungary (Stream Top 40)[63] 22 Ireland (IRMA)[64] 46 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[65] 75 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[66] 80 Poland (ZPAV)[67] 84 Romania (Airplay 100)[68] 15 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[69] 42 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[70] 43 UK Singles (OCC)[71] 66 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)[72] 15 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[73] 15 Chart (2021) Position CIS (TopHit)[74] 78 Portugal (AFP)[75] 188 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[76] 120 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)[77] 58

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[78]	4× Platinum	280,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[79]	Gold	15,000‡
Belgium (BRMA)[80]	Platinum	40,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[81]	4× Diamond	640,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[82]	3× Platinum	240,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[83]	Platinum	90,000‡
France (SNEP)[84]	Gold	100,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[85]	Platinum	400,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[86]	Platinum	70,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON)[87]	3× Platinum	180,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[88]	2× Platinum	60,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[89]	3× Platinum	150,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[90]	2× Platinum	20,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[91]	Platinum	60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[92]	2× Platinum	1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[93]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[94]	Platinum	2,000,000†
Sweden (GLF)[95]	Platinum	8,000,000†
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	11 October 2019	Digital download	Virgin Polydor	[96]
United States	25 February 2020	Contemporary hit radio	Astralwerks Capitol	[97]

See also

• List of Billboard number-one dance songs of 2019