Format Digital download Length 3:36 | Genre Pop Label Polydor | |
Released 23 October 2015 (2015-10-23) Writer(s) Ellie Goulding
Carl Falk
Max Martin
Laleh Pourkarim
Joakim Berg | ||
"Lost and Found" is a song by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding from her third studio album, Delirium (2015). It was released as a promotional single on 23 October 2015.
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Composition
"Lost and Found" is a pop song, with a tempo of 138 beats per minute. Co-written by Goulding, Carl Falk, Max Martin, Laleh Pourkarim and Joakim Berg, it is a strumming, guitar-based mid-tempo combining elements of folk and electronic music. According to Goulding, Martin originally wrote the song for Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood.
Critical reception
The song received mostly positive reviews. Digital Spy called the song as a "sparkling pop anthem". Spin said "[The song] that would likely take off in any club setting", praising his chorus, saying that his beats "which never hurts". Idolator said the song "is one of the strongest tracks she has released thus far."