"I Lost It" is a song written by Jimmy Olander of

Diamond Rio Diamond Rio is an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Marty Roe (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy Olander (lead guitar, banjo), Dan Truman (keyboards), Dana Williams (bass guitar, vocals), Micah Schweinsberg ( ...

and

Neil Thrasher Joe Neil Thrasher Jr. (born July 13, 1965) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1995 and 1997, he and Kelly Shiver comprised the duo Thrasher Shiver, which recorded a studio album for Asylum Records in 1996 and charted ...

and recorded by American

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artist

Kenny Chesney Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country singer. With 30 million albums sold worldwide, he released his debut, '' In My Wildest Dreams'', in 1994, and has since released 19 follow-ups. His albums spawned 27 singles tha ...

. It was released on August 14, 2000 as the first single from Chesney's ''

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'' compilation album. It peaked at number 3 in late 2000.

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provides background vocals for the song. In early July 2000, a shipment of the promotional CDs was seized by U.S. Customs at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The singles came packaged with "English Water."

Music video

This was the last Kenny Chesney video that Martin Kahan directed, and produced by Jamie Amos. It was filmed in black-and-white, and premiered on CMT on August 23, 2000, during "The CMT Delivery Room". It was filmed on location at the Westin Resort, in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

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2000 singles 2000 songs Kenny Chesney songs Pam Tillis songs Songs written by Neil Thrasher Song recordings produced by Buddy Cannon Song recordings produced by Norro Wilson BNA Records singles Black-and-white music videos {{2000s-country-song-stub