Lost Someone

"Lost Someone"
Single by James Brown
from the album I Got You (I Feel Good)
B-side	"Cross Firing"
Released	November 1961 (1961-11)
Recorded	February 9, 1961, King Studios, Cincinnati, OH
Genre	Soul
Length	3:05
Label	King 5573
Songwriter(s)	James Brown Bobby Byrd Lloyd Eugene Stallworth
Producer(s)	Unknown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"Just You and Me, Darling" (1961) "Lost Someone" (1961) "Night Train" (1962)
Audio video
"Lost Someone" on YouTube

"Lost Someone"
Single by James Brown
from the album Live at the Apollo
B-side	"I'll Go Crazy"
Released	January 1966 (1966-01)
Recorded	October 24, 1962, Apollo Theater, New York, NY
Genre	Soul
Length	2:42
Label	King 6020
Songwriter(s)	James Brown Bobby Byrd Lloyd Eugene Stallworth
Producer(s)	James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"I Got You (I Feel Good)" (1965) "Lost Someone" (1966) "I'll Go Crazy" (1966)

"Lost Someone" is a song recorded by James Brown in 1961. It was written by Brown and Famous Flames members Bobby Byrd and Baby Lloyd Stallworth. Like "Please, Please, Please" before it, the song's lyrics combine a lament for lost love with a plea for forgiveness. The single was a #2 R&B hit and reached #48 on the pop chart.^[1] According to Brown, "Lost Someone" is based on the chord changes of the Conway Twitty song "It's Only Make Believe".^[2] Although Brown's vocal group, The Famous Flames did not actually sing on this tune, two of them , Bobby Byrd, and "Baby Lloyd " Stallworth , co-wrote it with Brown, and Byrd plays organ on the record, making it , in effect, a James Brown/Famous Flames recording.