Lost and Found (Ellie Goulding song)

"Lost and Found"
Promotional single by Ellie Goulding from the album Delirium
Released 23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:36
Label Polydor
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Carl Falk
  • Max Martin
Delirium track listing

"Army"
(13)
"Lost and Found"
(14)
"Devotion"
(15)

"Lost and Found" is a song by English singer and songwriter 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 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. Digital Spy called the song as a "sparkling pop anthem".[4] Spin said "[The song] that would likely take off in any club setting", praising his chorus, saying that his beats "which never hurts".[5] Idolator said the song "is one of the strongest tracks she has released thus far."[1]

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 70
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 75
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 89
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] 57

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gracie, Bianca (23 October 2015). "Ellie Goulding's "Lost And Found": Listen To The Folk-Tinged 'Delirium' Countdown Track". Idolator. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. "Lost and Found sheet music". MusicNotes.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. Robinson, Peter (January 2016). "Ellie Goulding tells Peter Robinson about acquiring "more balls" and nicking a Fleetwood Mac song.". Q (354): 107. ISSN 0955-4955.
  4. Corner, Lewis (23 October 2015). "Ellie Goulding releases sparkling new song 'Lost and Found'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  5. Brodsky, Rachel (21 October 2015). "Hear Ellie Goulding's Soaring New Song, 'Lost And Found'". Spin. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  6. "Australian-charts.com – Ellie Goulding – Lost and Found". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  7. "Chart Track: Week 40, 2015". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  8. "Swedishcharts.com – Ellie Goulding – Lost and Found". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  9. "Ellie Goulding: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.