Lost and Found (Ellie Goulding song) explained
| Lost and Found |
| Type: | Promotional single |
| Cover: | Ellie Goulding - Lost and Found.png |
| Border: | yes |
| Artist: | Ellie Goulding |
| Album: | Delirium |
| Studio: | - MXM (Los Angeles, California)
- Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- Kinglet (Stockholm, Sweden)
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| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Chronology: | Ellie Goulding promotional singles |
| Prev Title: | Fall into the Sky |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
"Lost and Found" is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding from her third studio album, Delirium (2015). It was released as a promotional single on 23 October 2015.[1]
Composition
"Lost and Found" is a pop song, with a tempo of 138 beats per minute.[2] Co-written by Goulding, Carl Falk, Max Martin, Laleh Pourkarim and Joakim Berg, it is a strumming, guitar-based mid-tempo song combining elements of folk and electronic music.[1] According to Goulding, Martin originally wrote the song for Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood.[3]
Critical reception
The song received mostly positive reviews. Lewis Corner of Digital Spy called the song as a "sparkling pop anthem".[4] Rachel Brodsky of Spin wrote, "[The song] that would likely take off in any club setting", praising his chorus, saying that his beats "which never hurts".[5] Bianca Gracie Idolator stated the song "is one of the strongest tracks [Goulding] has released thus far."[1]
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Delirium.[6]
Recording
- Recorded at MXM Studios (Los Angeles, California), Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas, Nevada) and Kinglet Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Mixed at MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
- Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
Personnel
- Ellie Goulding – lead vocals
- Carl Falk – production, guitars, programming, keys, backing vocals
- Max Martin – production, backing vocals
- Kristian Lundin – additional production, vocal recording, vocal production, vocal editing
- Sam Holland – engineering
- Rob Katz – engineering
- Cory Bice – engineering assistance
- Jeremy Lertola – engineering assistance
- Laleh Pourkarim – vocal recording, backing vocals
- Joakim Berg – acoustic guitars
- Martin Sköld – bass guitar
- Kristoffer Fogelmark – backing vocals
- Gustaf Thörn – backing vocals
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- John Hanes – engineering for mix
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Randy Merrill – mastering assistance
Notes and References
- Web site: Gracie. Bianca. Ellie Goulding's "Lost And Found": Listen To The Folk-Tinged 'Delirium' Countdown Track. Idolator. 23 October 2015. 14 January 2016. 2 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231002143159/https://www.idolator.com/7612566/ellie-goulding-lost-and-found-listen-delirium-countdown-track. live.
- Web site: Lost and Found sheet music . MusicNotes.com . 30 October 2015 . 14 January 2016 . 30 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160130120212/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0157131 . live .
- Robinson . Peter . Peter Robinson (journalist) . Ellie Goulding tells Peter Robinson about acquiring "more balls" and nicking a Fleetwood Mac song. . . 354 . January 2016 . 107 . 0955-4955.
- Web site: Corner. Lewis. Ellie Goulding releases sparkling new song 'Lost and Found'. Digital Spy. 23 October 2015. 14 January 2016. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215959/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a675226/ellie-goulding-releases-sparkling-new-song-lost-and-found/. live.
- Web site: Brodsky. Rachel. Hear Ellie Goulding's Soaring New Song, 'Lost And Found'. Spin. 21 October 2015. 14 January 2016. 31 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151231152951/http://www.spin.com/2015/10/ellie-goulding-lost-and-found-stream/. live.
- . liner notes . . . 2015 . 00602547587152.
- ARIA Top 100 Singles – Week Commencing 2nd November 2015 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20151103130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20151104-0000/Issue1340.pdf . dead . 2015-11-03 . . 1340 . 4 . 2 November 2015 . 14 December 2018 . Pandora Archive.
