Loser (Beck song)

"Loser"
"Loser"
Single by Beck
from the album Mellow Gold
Released	March 8, 1993
Genre	Alternative rock; hip hop;
Label	Bong Load Custom; DGC (re-release);
Songwriter(s)	Beck; Carl Stephenson;
Producer(s)	Beck; Carl Stephenson; Tom Rothrock;
Beck singles chronology
Music video
	"Loser" on YouTube

"Loser" is a single by American musician Beck. It was written by Beck and record producer Carl Stephenson, who both produced the song with Tom Rothrock. "Loser" was initially released as Beck's second single by independent record label Bong Load Custom Records on 12-inch vinyl format with catalog number BL5 on March 8, 1993.

When it was first released independently, "Loser" began receiving airplay on various modern rock stations, and the song's popularity eventually led to a major-label record deal with Geffen Records-subsidiary DGC Records. After the song's re-release under DGC, the song peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 1994, becoming Beck's first single to hit a major chart. Internationally, the song reached number one in Norway and entered the top 10 in Australia, Austria, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The song was subsequently released on the 1994 album Mellow Gold. Its music video was directed by Steve Hanft. In 2023, Billboard magazine ranked "Loser" among the 500 best pop songs of all time.^[3]

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