Losin' Myself

Album: Body, Mind, Soul (1993)
Charted: 86
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Songfacts®:

  • "Losin' Myself" is a mature R&B-influenced song about the overwhelming, all-consuming feeling of being completely swept away and lost in a new, intense love. It marked a significant shift in Gibson's public image and music style from her previous teen-pop hits to a more mature, sensual, and R&B-influenced urban pop sound.
  • Gibson co-wrote the track with pop/R&B hitmakers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. The same duo later helped launch Rihanna with "Pon De Replay." Their production leans into low-register vocals and sultry R&B phrasing, a long way from "Shake Your Love."
  • Masters at Work (Little Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez) delivered club remixes that sound like they were trying to sneak the song into a different universe entirely.
  • In the Matthew Rolston–directed video, Gibson, once America's squeaky-clean teen songwriter, portrays a pole-dancing stripper. The controversy it generated may have been louder than the chart action: the song stalled at #86 on the Hot 100, Gibson's final appearance there. In classic pop star hindsight, she later said, "I love the song, but it was at the wrong time."
  • "Losin' Myself" led off Gibson's 1993 album Body, Mind, Soul, her attempt to migrate from bright pop toward urban R&B. The album peaked at #109 in the US but charted much better in Japan, where the appetite for American pop reinventions has often been stronger. It was her final studio album for Atlantic Records, closing the chapter on her early career.
  • In a 2025 chat with Billboard, Gibson admitted that the sensuality of "Losin' Myself" was something of a performance.

    "I really hadn't lost myself over anybody in a relationship by that time," she said. "It was me playing a role. 'Foolish Beat' was a role too, but 'Losin' Myself' was so sensual. I hadn't really had that ownership of myself yet."

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