"Lose Control" is a song recorded by Canadian pop rock band Hedley for their sixth studio album ''Hello'' (2015). It was written by lead singer

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with Jarett Holmes,

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, and Jason "JVP" Van Poederooyen, and was produced by all but Holmes. "Lose Control" was released March 4, 2016 through

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as the album's third official single. "Lose Control" reached a moderate peak of 37 on the Canadian Hot 100, providing the band their second consecutive top-40 single off ''Hello'', and also reached the top 20 on two airplay formats. In September 2016, it was certified Platinum by

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Commercial reception

"Hello" debuted at number 89 on the ''Billboard'' Canadian Hot 100 chart dated April 16, 2016. The song peaked at number 37 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart dated July 30, 2016. "Lose Control" peaked at numbers 21, 10, and 7, respectively, on the

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, and

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airplay charts. In September 2016, "Lose Control" was certified Platinum by

, indicating sales of over 100,000.

Music video

A video for "Lose Control" was directed by Lisa Mann, Samy Inayeh and premiered March 21, 2016. Compared to the video for

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's 2014 hit "

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", the video finds the members of Hedley surrounded by female dancers who use the men as props in their

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-style performances.

Live performances

The band performed "Lose Control" on June 19, 2016 at the

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Awards and nominations

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from ''Hello'' album liner notes. ;Recording * Recorded and mixed at Van Howes Studio ( Studio City, CA) * Mastered at Sterling Sound (

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) ;Personnel *

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

–

Background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

– Chris Crippin,

, Tommy Mac, Dave Rosin *

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

s – Jacob Hoggard, Brian Howes, Dave Rosin *

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– Tommy Mac * Drums – Chris Crippin *

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

– Jacob Hoggard * Keyboards – Jacob Hoggard, Jason "JVP" Van Poederooyen * Programming – Jacob Hoggard, Jason "JVP" Van Poederooyen *

Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

– Jacob Hoggard *

Production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stati ...

– Jacob Hoggard, Brian Howes, Jason "JVP" Van Poederooyen *

Songwriting A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

– Jacob Hoggard, Jarett Holmes, Brian Howes, Jason "JVP" Van Poederooyen

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

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