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"I'm Losing You" is a song written by John Lennon and released on his 1980 album ''Double Fantasy''. It was completed in Bermuda in June 1980, after Lennon failed at an attempted telephone call to Yoko Ono. The song is also available on the 1982 compilation ''The John Lennon Collection'', the 1998 boxset ''John Lennon Anthology'', the one disc compilation ''Wonsaponatime'', the 2005 two disc compilation ''Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon'' and in 2010 for the ''Gimme Some Truth'' album. The song was also featured in the 2005 musical ''Lennon''. ==Lyrics and music== Lennon completed "I'm Losing You" in mid-1980 while in Bermuda after trying to call wife Yoko Ono but not being able to get through.〔 His annoyance became a jumping off point for a deeper examination of the state of his marriage.〔 The lyrics acknowledge that the relationship is in trouble, and Lennon admits that he has hurt his wife, but he also resents the fact that she won't let him live down his mistakes.〔 He also claims that those mistakes occurred long ago.〔 According to pop historian Robert Rodriguez, the candidness of Lennon's exploration of his feelings give the song a potency that recalls songs from ''John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band'' and ''Walls and Bridges''.〔 Music critic Johnny Rogan also sees similarities with songs written during his mid-70s separation from Yoko Ono, when many the ''Walls and Bridges'' songs were written. And Lennon has confirmed that although the song was originally inspired by his feelings over the phone call, it also expresses his feelings about losing Yoko Ono during their 18-month separation (i.e., his lost weekend) as well as other losses, including the loss of his mother, which was the subject of several songs on ''John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band''.〔〔 The opening line in the song has the singer wondering why he went to the room of a "stranger" for comfort. It is left ambiguous whether the stranger is someone other than his lover, or whether the stranger is actually his lover, to whom he has become so alienated that she seems like a stranger.〔 In another line, "do you still have to carry that cross?", the singer uses The Passion as a metaphor for his lover's refusal to forgive him.〔 Another line from the song is "here in the valley of indecision/I don't know what to do".〔 This is a reference to the title of the 1945 movie ''The Valley of Decision''.〔 Shortly after writing the song, Lennon explained to son Sean that he was often indecisive as a result of the pain he suffered when having to choose which parent to live with when his parents separated.〔 Authors Ken Bielen and Ben Urish say that the "big" drum sound and guitar part help create a "tense atmosphere",〔 and liken the drum sound to production styles that became common later in the decade.〔 An earlier version of the song was entitled "Stranger's Room".〔〔 According to rock journalist Paul Du Noyer, "Stranger's Room" was written in 1978. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I'm Losing You (John Lennon song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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