Lost Again

"Lost Again"
Single by Yello
from the album You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess
B-side	"Base for Alec"
Released	18 October 1983
Genre	Electronic, synthpop, new wave
Length	4:18
Label	Stiff Records, Vertigo Records, Polydor Records
Songwriter(s)	Boris Blank, Dieter Meier
Producer(s)	Yello, Ursli Weber
Yello singles chronology
"Let Me Cry" (1983) "Lost Again" (1983) "Pumping Velvet" (1983)
Music video
Lost Again on YouTube

"Lost Again" is a song by Swiss electronic band Yello, released by Stiff Records in 1983 as the fourth single from Yello's third album You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess.

Track listing

7" single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lost Again"	Boris Blank, Dieter Meier	4:18
2.	"Base For Alec"	Boris Blank	2:53

Track listing

12" single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lost Again (Extended Version)"	Boris Blank, Dieter Meier	7:20
2.	"I Love You (Extended)"	Boris Blank, Dieter Meier	7:02
3.	"Bostich (N'est-ce pas)"	Boris Blank, Dieter Meier	4:30

In popular media

The song was used in the Steve Martin and John Candy movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles,[1] and also as the intro for the last series of BBC 2's Oxford Road Show.[2]

Charts

Chart (1983–84)	Peak position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[3]	10
Germany GfK Entertainment charts[4][5]	26
UK Singles (OCC)[6]	73

References

1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles Soundtrack
2. Art & Design, Volume 2. 1986.
3. "Yello – Lost Again". Swiss Singles Chart.
4. German Charts - Yello - Lost Again
5. Offizielle Charts - Yello - Lost Again
6. "Yello: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.