Losing You (Brenda Lee song) explained

Losing You
Cover:	Losing_You_-_Brenda_Lee.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Brenda Lee
Album:	..."Let Me Sing"
B-Side:	He's So Heavenly
Released:	March 1963
Recorded:	20 February 1963
Genre:	Pop
Label:	Decca 31478
Producer:	Owen Bradley
Prev Title:	Your Used to Be
Prev Title2:	She'll Never Know
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	I Wonder
Next Title2:	My Whole World Is Falling Down
Next Year:	1963

"Losing You" is a song written by Jean Renard and Carl Sigman and performed by Brenda Lee.^[1] The song reached #2 on the adult contemporary chart, #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 in the UK, and #13 on the R&B chart in 1963.^[2] The song is featured on her 1963 album, ..."Let Me Sing".^[3]

The song was produced by Owen Bradley. The single's B-side, "He's So Heavenly", reached #93 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[4]

The song was ranked #62 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963.^[5]

Other versions

• Doris Day released a version on her 1963 album, Love Him.
• Bobby Russell released a version as the B-side to his 1963 single, "Still".^[6]
• Lale Andersen released a German version called Grau war der Ozean (Grey Was the Ocean) on a single in 1963.^[7]
• Orietta Berti released a version as part of an EP in 1964 entitled "Perdendoti".^[8]
• Al Martino released a version as part of an EP in 1964.^[9]
• Nora Aunor released a version on her 1971 album, The Song of My Life.^[10]
• Alison Krauss released a version as the lead single from her 2017 solo album, Windy City.

Charts

Chart (1963)	Peak position
Australia	15
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)^[11]	20
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)^[12]	6
UK Record Retailer ^[13]	10
US Billboard Middle-Road Singles^[14] ^[15]	2
US Billboard Hot R&B Sides^[16]	13

Notes and References

1. http://www.45cat.com/record/31478 Brenda Lee, "Losing You" single release
2. http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Losing+You+by+Brenda+Lee&id=6854 Brenda Lee, "Losing You" Chart Positions
3. http://www.discogs.com/Brenda-Lee--Let-Me-Sing/release/3551780 Brenda Lee, ..."Let Me Sing"
4. http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=He%27s+So+Heavenly+by+Brenda+Lee&id=6855 Brenda Lee, "He's So Heavenly" Chart Positions
5. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1963 . May 12, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131129112736/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1963.php . November 29, 2013 .
6. http://www.45cat.com/record/66us Bobby Russell, "Still" single release
7. Web site: Lale Andersen – Grau War der Ozean (1963, Vinyl). Discogs. December 1963. 2017-12-22. 2017-12-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042836/https://www.discogs.com/Lale-Andersen-Grau-War-Der-Ozean/release/9093567. live.
8. http://www.45cat.com/record/50973eph Orietta Berti, "Losing You" EP release
9. http://www.45cat.com/record/eap120590au Al Martino, "Losing You" EP release
10. http://www.superstarnoraaunor.com/thesongofmylife.html Nora Aunor, The Song of My Life
11. Web site: CHUM Hit Parade, April 29, 1963 . October 13, 2020 . December 17, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191217051223/http://chumtribute.com/63-04-29-chart.jpg . live .
12. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qartistid=64#n_view_location NZ Lever Hit Parade, 6 June 1963
13. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8197/brenda-lee/ Brenda Lee - Full Official Chart History
14. https://www.billboard.com/artist/brenda-lee/chart-history/asi/ Adult Contemporary - Brenda Lee Losing You Chart History
15. "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, May 18, 1963. p. 52. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
16. https://www.billboard.com/artist/brenda-lee/chart-history/bsi/ Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - Brenda Lee Losing You Chart History