I Thought I Lost You
"I Thought I Lost You" is a song performed by American singers and actors Miley Cyrus John Travolta. It was released as a promotional single in 2008.[1] The song was written by Cyrus alongside producer Jeffrey Steele. It was included in the 2008 Disney animated film Bolt, in which Cyrus and Travolta provide the voices of main characters Penny and Bolt. "I Thought I Lost You" was made after filmmakers requested Cyrus to write a song for the film. The lyrics speak of getting lost and getting found.[2]
"I Thought I Lost You"
"I Thought I Lost You" was nominated for Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, losing both to Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" from The Wrestler (2008). The song's accompanying promotional clip has Cyrus and Travolta performing the song in a recording studio and features clips from Bolt. "I Thought I Lost You" was promoted by live performances by Cyrus.
Composition[edit]
"I Thought I Lost You" is a pop rock song and lasts three minutes and thirty-six seconds.[2] Its instrumentation includes electric guitar and piano.[5] The song is set in common time at a moderate rock tempo of 103 beats per minute.[5] The song is sung in the key of E♭ major and Cyrus' vocals span two octaves, from G3 to A♭5.[5] "I Thought I Lost You" follows the chord progression of E♭—A♭sus2.[5] The song's lyrics speak of "getting lost and getting found, with an overarching theme of loyalty."[4]
Critical reception[edit]
The song received mixed reception from contemporary critics. William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote, "The album begins with a pop/rock song, 'I Thought I Lost You,' which oddly sounds like a love duet between John Travolta, a man in his mid-fifties, and the teenage TV and pop star Miley Cyrus, until it is remembered that Travolta voices the movie's title character, a dog."[2] "I Thought I Lost You" was nominated for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song at the 14th Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, but lost to Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" from The Wrestler (2008).[6] The song was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 66th Golden Globe Awards, but also lost to "The Wrestler".[7] An uncredited reviewer from the Los Angeles Times thought the song could have been nominated for and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at 81st Academy Awards. However, the reviewer stated that the probability of the event was shattered by "a serious obstacle [solely being used in Bolt's ending credits] and lots of Disney competition."[8]