Losing My Edge

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“Losing My Edge”

Single by LCD Soundsystem
from the album LCD Soundsystem

Format

Single 12"

Genre

Dance-punk

Length

7:51

LCD Soundsystem singles chronology

"Losing My Edge"
(2002)

"Give It Up"
(2003)

"Losing My Edge" was the first LCD Soundsystem single released on 8 July 2002.

“	When I was DJing, playing Can, Liquid Liquid, ESG, all that kind of stuff, I became kind of cool for a moment, which was a total anomaly. And when I heard other DJs playing similar music I was like: ‘Fuck! I’m out of a job! These are my records!’ But it was like someone had crept into my brain and said all these words that I hate. Did I make the records? Did I fuck! So, I started becoming horrified by my own attitude. I had this moment of glory though. People would use me to DJ just to get them cool. They’d be like ‘It’s the cool rock disco guy’ and this was really weird. And to be honest I was afraid that this new found coolness was going to go away and that’s where ‘Losing My Edge’ comes from. It is about being horrified by my own silliness. And then it became a wider thing about people who grip onto other people’s creations like they are their own. There is a lot of pathos in that character though because it’s born out of inadequacy and love.	”
	— James Murphy, [1]

[edit] Track listing

A side: "Losing My Edge"
B side: "Beat Connection"

[edit] Extra Information

The single is based around the riff for Change, a Killing Joke B-side [2]
"Losing My Edge" was parodied by Earl Zinger in the track "Best Session Ever", on his 2004 record "Speaker Stack Commandments"

The track mentions the following artists and music venues: