![]() In order to keep indifferent audiences engaged in his music, Beck would play in a spontaneous, joking manner. ![]() Described by biographer Julian Palacios as having "no opportunities whatsoever", Beck worked low-wage jobs to survive, but still found time to perform his songs at local coffeehouses and clubs. He returned to his hometown of Los Angeles in early 1991, due to his financial struggles. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Beck was a homeless musician in the New York City anti-folk scene. The song was subsequently released on the 1994 album Mellow Gold. The song performed well internationally, reaching number one in Norway and the top 10 in Australia, Austria, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. After the song's re-release under DGC, the song peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 1994, becoming Beck's first single to hit a major chart. When it was first released independently, "Loser" began receiving airplay on various modern rock stations, and the song's popularity eventually led to a major-label record deal with Geffen Records-subsidiary DGC Records. ![]() ![]() "Loser" was initially released as Beck's second single by independent record label Bong Load Custom Records on 12-inch vinyl format with catalog number BL5 on March 8, 1993. ![]() It was written by Beck and record producer Carl Stephenson, who both produced the song with Tom Rothrock. " Loser" is a single by American musician Beck. ![]()
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