Losing My Mind

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"Losing My Mind" is a torch song from Stephen Sondheim's musical *Follies*, known for its haunting portrayal of obsessive love and emotional unraveling.

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Label Occurrences
Losing My Mind canonical 6

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
torch song ⓘ
associatedWork Follies ⓘ
surface form: Follies (original Broadway cast recording)

Results (Liza Minnelli album) ⓘ
characterWhoSings Sally Durant Plummer NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
criticalReputation one of Stephen Sondheim's best-known torch songs ⓘ
dramaticFunction expresses Sally Durant Plummer's fixation on Ben Stone ⓘ
era 20th-century musical theatre ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1971 ⓘ
frequentlyPerformedIn Sondheim on Sondheim ⓘ
surface form: Sondheim revues

cabaret shows ⓘ
fromMusicalBy Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
surface form: James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim
hasForm solo song ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later torch songs in musical theatre revues ⓘ
hasInstrumentation piano and orchestra (typical theatre orchestration) ⓘ
hasSubject memory and nostalgia ⓘ
mental instability ⓘ
romantic obsession ⓘ
includedIn Follies revival productions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme emotional unraveling ⓘ
obsessive love ⓘ
psychological distress ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
mood haunting ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
musicalStyle ballad ⓘ
torch song ⓘ
musicalTheatreGenre musical theatre song ⓘ
notableChartSuccess UK Singles Chart top 10 (Liza Minnelli / Pet Shop Boys version) ⓘ
notableCoverArtist Barbra Streisand ⓘ
Imelda Staunton ⓘ
Liza Minnelli ⓘ
Pet Shop Boys ⓘ
originalPerformer Dorothy Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalProduction Follies ⓘ
surface form: Follies (1971 Broadway production)
partOfWork Follies ⓘ
publisher Music Theatre International ⓘ
surface form: Music Theatre International (licensing for Follies)
recordLabelForNotableCover Parlophone ⓘ
stageContext sung late in the show Follies ⓘ
stageFunction character revelation song ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
vocalRange female voice ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stephen Sondheim → notableSong → Losing My Mind ⓘ
Results → hasTrack → Losing My Mind ⓘ
Results → includesCover → Losing My Mind ⓘ
Results → singleFromAlbum → Losing My Mind ⓘ
Results → notableTrack → Losing My Mind ⓘ
Follies → notableSong → Losing My Mind ⓘ