Released: February 4, 2022

Songwriter: Ryan Tedder Plested Morten “Rissi” Ristorp Kygo Jake Torrey Alysa Vanderheym Alex Delicata

Producer: Joe Henderson John Nathaniel Drew Chaffee Brent Kutzle

[Verse 1]
It's a classic me mistake
Someone gives me love, and I throw it all away
Tell me, have I gone insane?
Talkin’ to myself, but I don't know what to say

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause you let go
And now I’m holdin' on
I guess you don't know what you got
Until it's gone

[Chorus]
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody
Just to find out you really love someone
Oh, and I do, and I do, and I do, yeah
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody
Just to find out you really love someone
Oh, yeah
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody

[Verse 2]
So don't tell me it's too late
Hearts are made to bend
Baby, please don't let me break, yeah
I knew I should've stayed
’Cause now, you’re movin' on
And I don’t know what to say

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause you let go (Yeah, you let go)
And now I'm holdin' on (I’m holdin' on)
I guess you don't know what you got
Until it's gone

[Chorus]
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody
Just to find out you really love someone
Oh, and I do, and I do, and I do, yeah
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody (Somebody)
Just to find out you really love someone
Oh, yeah
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody

[Post-Chorus]
Hey yeah, hey yeah, hey yeah
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody, yeah
Hey yeah, hey yeah, hey yeah
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody, yeah
Hey yeah, hey yeah, hey yeah
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody, yeah
Hey yeah, hey yeah, hey yeah
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody, yeah

[Chorus]
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody
Just to find out you really love someone
Oh, and I do, and I do, and I do, yeah
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody (Somebody)
Just to find out you really love someone
Oh, yeah
Sometimes, you gotta lose somebody

[Outro]
Hey yeah, hey yeah, hey yeah
Hey yeah, hey yeah, hey yeah
Hey yeah, hey yeah, hey yeah
Hey yeah, hey yeah, hey yeah
Ooh, ooh
You gotta lose some
You gotta lose somebody

OneRepublic

OneRepublic is an American pop rock band, led by Ryan Tedder.

The band has released four studio albums, Dreaming Out Loud (2007), Waking Up (2009) and Native (2013), and Oh My My (2016). “Apologize” and “Counting Stars” are two of their most well-known singles, the former being their debut and the latter from the third album.

The band started with the name “Republic,” but then it was changed to “OneRepublic” or else it would be difficult to distinguish the group from other bands and other search items on search engines.