Too Lost In You

## **Too Lost In You**Single by Sugababes

"**Too Lost In You**" is a second single and track from the Sugababes' third studio album, *Three*. It was written by American songwriter Diane Warren as an English rendition of the 1997 song "Quand j'ai peur de tout" ("When I'm Afraid of Everything") by French singer Patricia Kaas (which had lyrics in French by Jean-Jacques Goldman). The song was released in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2003 as the album's second single.

## Background

"Too Lost In You" was produced by the Australian musician Rob Dougan in collaboration with Andy Bradfield, and recorded at the Realsongs studio in Hollywood. Warren composes her songs in an uncleaned room, where she is seated on an old stool and surrounded by keyboards, drum machines, and a tape recorder. Group member Heidi Range commented on the experience of collaborating with Warren, saying: "It could be easy to turn around and make people feel not as important as you. She made us feel 100 percent comfortable." She further shares that the song represented all three group members' romantic lives, saying: "You need that comfort when you go home." The cover is pop rock and contemporary R&B ballad composed of an orchestral music arrangement and dark harmonies.

### Reception

The song received generally positive reviews from most critics. Simon Evans of musicOMH described "Too Lost In You" as "instantly, infectiously likeable" and called it one of the album's best tracks. According to Alan Braidwood of BBC Music, the ballads from Three, including "Too Lost In You", match the quality of the group's songs "New Year" and "Stronger". Dan Gennoe of Yahoo! Music interpreted the song as a reminder that the Sugababes "handle trip-hop melancholy with the same devastating confidence as their seething club stomps". Herald Sun critic Cameron Adams wrote that the group made "Too Lost In You" sound edgy and described it as "stunning". Writing for Hot Press, Phil Udell praised the Sugababes' performance of the ballad, which he considered a transition from Warren's "big radio number" into "something genuinely lovely".

Becky Howard and Andrew Williams of the London Evening Standard wrote that "Too Lost In You" "eps you up all misty-eyed" and regarded it as "utterly brilliant" in comparison to "Caught In A Moment", another ballad from Three. The Observer's Kitty Empire was unfavourable and criticised the song's "dead maturity", while Stuart McCaighy of This Is Fake DIY regarded the song as turgid. Fiona Shepherd of The Scotsman dismissed lines such as "Flowing into your arms, falling into your eyes" as "lyrical gubbins" and stated that the song's release would be "for the name behind rather than any individual merits". In 2007, Udell described "Too Lost In You" as one of the finest pop songs of the 2000s. James Mortlock of the Eastern Daily Press considered it to be one of the group's classic pop singles.

### Release and performance

"Too Lost In You" debuted on the Irish Singles Chart on 18 December 2003 at number 16 and peaked at number 13 in the issue dated 15 January 2004. The song achieved more success in the group's native United Kingdom; it entered the UK Singles Chart on 25 December 2003 at number ten, a position it held for two consecutive weeks. By early 2010, it had sold 145,000 copies in the United Kingdom, ranking as the Sugababes' tenth highest-selling single in the country.

"Too Lost In You" was also a top-ten hit in various other European countries. The song peaked at number seven on the Norwegian Singles Chart and became the group's fifth top-ten hit in Norway. On the Swiss Singles Chart, it debuted at number 26 on 18 January 2004 and peaked at number eight on 1 February 2004. The single was the band's fourth top-ten single in Switzerland, spent 18 weeks on the chart, and ranked 53rd on the chart's 2004 year-end list. "Too Lost In You" entered the Dutch Top 40 chart at number 24 and reached number eight four weeks later, continuing the trio's string of top-ten singles in the Netherlands. The song peaked at number 13 on the Hungarian Dance Chart, 14 on the German Singles Chart, and number 17 on the Danish Singles Chart. It became the band's first top-forty hit on the French Singles Chart, where it appeared at number 22. "Too Lost In You" also reached the top forty on the singles charts of Australia, Austria, Belgium, New Zealand and Sweden.

On 2 December 2022, the single charted at number 29 on the UK Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100; one week before, "Too Lost In You" had been danced to as a rumba by Fleur East and dance partner Vito Coppola on Strictly Come Dancing.

## Track listing

UK Enhanced CD 1
1. **Too Lost In You** - 3:59
2. Someone In My Bed - 4:16
3. Too Lost In You (Kujay Dada's Bass Shaker Mix) - 6:45
4. Too Lost In You (Video)
5. Too Lost In You (Behind the Scenes)

UK Enhanced CD 2
1. Too Lost In You (Love Actually Version) - 4:12
2. Down Down - 2:50
3. Too Lost In You (Kardinal Beats LA Remix) - 4:50

UK 12" Vinyl
1. Too Lost In You (Kujay Da Da's Bass Shaker Mix)
2. Who
3. Too Lost In You (Kardinal Beats LA Mix)

UK CD Promo
1. Too Lost In You (Almighty Mix) - 7:31
2. Too Lost In You (Kujay Da Da's Bass Shaker Mix) - 6:44
3. Too Lost In You (Radio Edit) - 3:35

## Personnel

* Arranged By [Orchestral] – Nick Ingman, Rob Dougan
* Arranged By [Strings] – Nick Ingman, Rob Dougan
* Conductor – Nick Ingman
* Engineer [Vocal] – Mario Luccy
* Executive-Producer [Vocal] – Diane Warren
* Mixed By – Andy Bradfield
* Piano – Rob Dougan
* Producer – Andy Bradfield, Rob Dougan
* Producer [Vocal] – Khris Kellow
* Programmed By [Additional] – Yoad Nevo
* Written-By – Diane Warren

## Music video

The music video for "Too Lost In You" was directed by Andy Morahan and filmed at London Stansted Airport in November 2003 over a two-day period. It premiered on the Sugababes' official website in the same month, and was included on the song's CD release. Following the completion of the video, clips from Love Actually were added to it in promotion of the film's release.

### Video plot

The video begins with the trio walking together in the airport. Buchanan captures the attention of a passenger and begins to have fantasies about him, in which she positions him into a chair and touches his body. In subsequent scenes, the man is shown handcuffed. Buena fantasizes about a worker who she sees in the airport and slices his shirt off with a sword. Range gets the attention of a flight attendant and has dream sequences of touching and kissing him; she also throws a large bag full of ice onto him.

## Mixes and Remixes

"Too Lost In You" officially has 3 mixes and remixes combined, namely Kardinal Beats LA Remix, Kujay Dada's Bass Shaker Mix, Almighty Mix. The single also officially released a Love Actually version and a radio edit.

## Trivia

* "Too Lost In You" is prominently featured in the soundtrack to the 2003 film Love Actually, and was chosen for the film specifically by its director Richard Curtis.
* The Love Actually version is based on the original Patricia Kass song.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Enhanced CD 1. Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/release/243684-Sugababes-Too-Lost-In-You
2. ↑ UK CD 2. Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/release/549537-Sugababes-Too-Lost-In-You
3. ↑ 12" Vinyl. Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/release/245273-Sugababes-Too-Lost-In-You
4. ↑ CD Promo. Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/release/1162747-Sugababes-Too-Lost-In-You-Club-Remixes

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