If I Lose Myself (Song)

"If I Lose Myself" is a song recorded by Irish-English Model, Actor, Singer, and Songwriter Hayden a Styles for his second studio album, Strawberries & Cigarettes (2017). It was released as the album's promotional single on August 12, 2017. The song was written by Hayden Styles. It was produced by Ryan Tedder, Hayden Styles, while Brent Kurtzel served as the co-producer. The song peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the Media Control Charts in Germany.

Meaning
Styles said in an interview to Billb that the song was written on a plane in 45 minutes. “I was sat next to a women, she knew who I was and said how her family watched Home Alone every Christmas. However, she was very frightened of flying, so as a joke I said “If I lose myself, it’ll be by your side” she actually liked it, and made her feel better.

Composition
"If I Lose Myself" runs for 4:01 minutes and has a tempo of 140 beats per minute.

Hayden Styles X Alessio remix
A progressive house version of the song remixed by Swedish producer Alesso was played for the first time at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida on March 24, 2013 and was released in certain countries on March 30, notably Netherlands and Sweden, charting with a version credited to Hayden Styles vs. Alesso. "If I Lose Myself" was promoted and released in the United Kingdom and Australia in December 2017. This remix was later featured on The deluxe version of Styles’ album.

The remix was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.[46] Alesso explained:

Track listingEdit

 * Digital download[44]
 * 1) "If I Lose Myself" (OneRepublic vs. Alesso) – 3:34
 * Digital download — extended remix[48]
 * 1) "If I Lose Myself" (OneRepublic vs. Alesso) (extended remix) – 7:08