Lost in Space (Lighthouse Family song)

"Lost in Space"
"Lost in Space"
Single by Lighthouse Family
from the album Postcards from Heaven
Released	15 June 1998
Recorded	Miraval and Sarm West
Genre	Pop
Length	5:23 (album version); 4:10 (radio edit)
Label	Wildcard / Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Paul Tucker
Producer(s)	Paul Tucker, Tim Laws
Lighthouse Family singles chronology

"Lost in Space" is a song by the Lighthouse Family, released as their third pop single for their second album Postcards from Heaven (1997). The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released in June 1998 and reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom and the top 40 in Europe.

Track listing

UK CD1

"Lost in Space" (Main Mix) — 5:23
"Lost in Space" (Itaal Shur's Full Mix) — 5:07
"Lost in Space" (Tuff Jam's Classic Garage Main Mix) — 6:41
"Lost in Space" (Lost Man Vocal Mix) — 7:41

UK CD2

"Lost in Space" (Main Mix) — 5:23
"High" (Acoustic Live at the Royal Albert Hall) — 4:09
"Raincloud" (Cuca's Radio Edit) — 3:49
"High" (Boris Dlugosch Big Club Mix) — 6:10

UK Cassette

"Lost in Space" (Main Mix) — 5:23
"Lost in Space" (Itaal Shur's Full Mix) — 5:07

European CD

"Lost in Space" (Main Mix) — 5:23
"Raincloud" (Cuca's Radio Edit) — 3:49
"Question of Faith" (Faithful Club Mix) — 7:50

Music video

The "Lost in Space" music video was directed by Andrew Douglas and edited by Tim Thornton-Allan at Marshall Street Editors.^[1] It opens with the band in Rio de Janeiro, with prominent images of the Christ the Redeemer statue; at the end, they return to England, where a long panning shot of the then-recently completed Angel of the North sculpture (which is also seen on the single cover) closes the video.

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	6
Eurochart Hot 100	39

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[2]	Silver	200,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Chart performance

After the release of "Lost in Space" in the UK, it reached to #6 in the UK Single Chart in June 1998 and stayed in the charts for 8 weeks.

In Europe, "Lost in Space" wasn't as successful as "High" and only reached to #39 in the Eurochart Hot 100 in July 1998. At that same week, "High" was ten places higher than "Lost in Space" at #29.