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"Losing My Religion" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in February 1991 by Warner Bros. as the first single from their seventh album, Out of Time (1991). It developed from a mandolin riff improvised by the guitarist, Peter Buck , with lyrics about unrequited love .
The song, in the key of A major, is played in swing time. According to Sting, the song was written on the piano, and contains a flattened fifth in the song's intro, [a] which he says was banned in the churches due to its dissonant sound: It starts off with a flattened fifth. A flat five is an interesting chord because it was banned by the church.
The song is a slow ballad in the key of C. [21] [22] In his lyrics, Harrison's directly addresses his deity, whom he describes as variously a lover, a friend, the source of truth, [23] and the essence of all "We taste, touch and feel". [14] He recognises God as both "the breath of life itself" and "the light in death". [24]
The song was written by Jay-Z, Timberlake, The-Dream, R.E.M., Adrian Younge, Timbaland, and J-Roc, while the production was handled by the latter two. During the song, Jay-Z touches on subjects of religious allegory and an interrogation of organized religion. The song has since peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.
Losing My Religion is the eleventh studio album from Kirk Franklin. RCA Inspiration a division of RCA Records alongside Fo Yo Soul Recordings released the album on November 13, 2015. [ 1 ] It won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album in 2017.
The song's title was inspired by the film Imitation of Life, directed by German filmmaker Douglas Sirk (pictured).. In the booklet for R.E.M.'s 2003 "best of" album, In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003, the band states that the song's title comes from Douglas Sirk's 1959 film of the same name, which none of the band members had ever watched, and that the title is a metaphor for adolescence ...
"Losing My Life" is a song by American rock band Falling in Reverse. It was released on June 26, 2018, through Epitaph Records. The song is the continuation of the previous single "Losing My Mind". [1] The song was re-released on April 8, 2019, as part of the Drugs EP. This is the last single to feature keyboardist, guitarist, and former ...
The central theme of the song is the Christian Science faith and human reliance on it, and of unrewarded belief in a God that fails to heal. The lyrics and song material were inspired by Hetfield's anguish on the circumstances surrounding his mother's death. [3]