"Lost" is a song by Canadian-Italian crooner

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, released as third single from his third studio album, ''

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''. The song was inspired by the breakup with his former fiancée Debbie Timuss. The song was released as a single on November 12, 2007.

Background

In promotion of the single, Bublé performed the song on ''

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'' on December 8, 2007. The song was also featured in the sixth season of American police procedural drama ''

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''. It featured in a scene in the episode "Heartland", in which Agent Gibbs leaves the town of Stillwater while recalling how he met his first wife. The song was later covered by

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, a co-writer of the song, for her album '' Free''. The song was a moderate success worldwide. In

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, the song peaked at #25, while in the

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, "Lost" peaked at #97, making it Michael's third highest entrance in the chart. It also had fair success in the

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, where it peaked at #19. In

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, the song peaked at #14. "Lost" was later nominated for a

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award in 2009.

Music video

A music video accompanied the release of the single, which features Bublé listening through the walls of an apartment and hearing the people behind them. The video was directed by

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Track listing

* UK CD single #1 # "Lost" (International Pop Mix) - 3:27 # "Lost" (Music Video) - 3:40 * UK CD single #2 # "Lost" (Album Version) - 3:40 # "That's Life" - 4:05 # "Wonderful Tonight" (featuring

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) - 4:13

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lost (Michael Buble Song) 2007 singles Michael Bublé songs Pop ballads Songs written by Michael Bublé Songs written by Alan Chang Song recordings produced by David Foster Music videos directed by Andrew MacNaughtan 2006 songs 143 Records singles