"Lose My Mind" | ||||||||
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Single by The Wanted | ||||||||
from the album The Wanted | ||||||||
Released | 26 December 2010 | |||||||
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Recorded | 2010 at Kinglet Studios and A-Side Studios, , Sweden | |||||||
Genre | Pop | |||||||
Length | 3:50 | |||||||
Label | Geffen | |||||||
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"Lose My Mind" is a pop song by British boy band The Wanted, taken as the third and final single from their self-titled debut album. It was written by Nina Woodford, Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk, and produced by Rami and Falk, with additional production by The Wideboys. It was released on 26 December 2010. Following a live performance of the song on the seventh series of The X Factor, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 29.
Band member Jay McGuiness said in a press release that "Lose My Mind" is "a pop tune about someone playing mind games with you, as you try and fail, to blot it all out." It was written by Nina Woodford, Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk, produced by Rami and Falk and recorded at Kinglet Studios and A-Side Studios, in , Sweden. Additional production was done by British house producers The Wideboys. Originally scheduled for release in January 2011, the single was brought forward to December 2010 due to a performance on The X Factor in November 2010.
The music video for "Lose My Mind" was directed by Nigel Dick and filmed in Coney Island and it was performed at Channel 4 on 17 January 2011. A series of fifteen-second teasers for the music video were released before the full video's premiere, which was on 28 November 2010 on Channel 4. The video shows the band members heading to Coney Island in the rain. When they arrive they it is revealed they work on different rides on the Island. The video is dispersed with them singing at their respective rides, scenes where they mess about at Coney Island, with their song playing over them, and them singing directly to the camera as a group.