Song · Frank Ocean
“Lost” by Frank Ocean
From the album channel ORANGE (2012)
“Lost” by Frank Ocean appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2012 and 2025. It was first released in 2012 on the album channel ORANGE. Its best result is #8 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #142 alternative song of 2012.
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"Lost" was the fourth single pulled from channel ORANGE, Frank Ocean's 2012 debut studio album on Def Jam, and it's the record's sunniest trick: a bright strut at 123 beats per minute that blurs pop rock and R&B, sitting in G minor yet sounding like a convertible with the top down. Ocean wrote it with Micah Otano, Paul "Phamous" Shelton and Malay, and Malay handled most of the production.
The Quietus caught its bones well: a bouncy indie-rock beat, scratchy funk guitar, a woozy bass line and a trio of harmonizing voices, all carrying Ocean off down the road in search of getting properly lost in California, before the choruses fall away into a coda of whistling synths and keyboards with an ELO glow.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 8 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) | 100 |
| 2023 | 740 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2025 | 377 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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