"Loser Like Me" | ||||
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Single by Glee Cast | ||||
from the album Glee: The Music, Volume 5 | ||||
Released | March 15, 2011 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Genre | Dance-pop | |||
Length | 3:19 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Writer(s) | Adam Anders, Peer Åström, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Shellback | |||
Producer(s) | Max Martin, Shellback, Peer Åström, Adam Anders | |||
Glee Cast singles chronology | ||||
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"Loser Like Me" is a song performed by the cast of American television series Glee, taken from their sixth soundtrack album, Glee: The Music, Volume 5. The song was written by the series' music producer Adam Anders, Swedish pop music producer Max Martin, and Peer Åström, Savan Kotecha, and Johan Schuster (Shellback). Anders, Martin, Åström and Shellback produced the track. The song, with another track "Get It Right", were the first two original songs to be featured on the show. The song is their first official single, being sent to US radio on March 1, 2011. In order for the song to have radio appeal, Anders recruited Martin to produce "Loser Like Me" while he was in the United States working on Britney Spears' Femme Fatale.
Lea Michele and Cory Monteith front the song, with Michele providing lead vocals in the chorus and a verse, and Monteith having a verse. Other cast members provide vocals in the chorus and in a rap breakdown. Naya Rivera and Heather Morris have some spoken words and some solo work during the chorus. Musically, the song is a dance-pop song, and it features a "pop funk" guitar. The production drew comparisons to similar Max Martin productions released at the time, notably Pink's "Raise Your Glass" (2010). Lyrically, it follows in the footsteps of previous self-empowerment anthems released around the same time, with the incorporation of lines about revenge fantasies.