Loser Like Me

This article is about the song sung by New Directions. You may be looking for the version sung by Artie, Blaine, Sam, and Tina or the Season Six episode.

Loser Like Me is an original song featured in Original Song, the sixteenth episode of Season Two. It is sung by the New Directions with solos from Brittany, Finn, Mercedes, Rachel, and Santana.

The title of the song "Loser Like Me" came from a brainstorming session where the New Directions discussed the bad things Sue had done to them, such as throwing sticks at Mercedes' head, filling Brittany and Santana's lockers with dirt, and asking to get Tina's name changed to "Tina Cohen-Loser." Will created the title using words from that session. The song is about how the New Directions have been bullied and treated like outcasts but are using those experiences to rise above the others.

The performance ends with the New Directions throwing red confetti slushies at the crowd, a parody of how they are often slushied. This is one of the two winning original songs, the other being Get It Right (a Rachel solo). Loser Like Me is sometimes known as the "Glee Theme Song" as it describes New Directions as losers and underdogs and what Glee Club and performing is seen as at McKinley.

It was written by Adam Anders, Max Martin, Peer Åström, Savan Kotecha, and Johan Schuster, but in the episode, it was written by the New Directions.

Lyrics[]

Rachel:
Yeah, you may think that I'm a zero (Santana: Huh)

Rachel with New Directions (Rachel):
(But) hey, everyone you wanna be
Probably started off like me

Rachel:
You may say that I'm a freak show (Santana: I don't care)

Rachel with New Directions (Rachel):
(But) hey, give it just a little time
I bet you're gonna change your mind

Rachel:
All of the dirt you've been throwing my way
It ain't so hard to take (Finn and Rachel: That's right)

Rachel (with New Directions):
Cause (I know one day you'll be screaming my name)

Rachel:
And I'll just look away (Finn and Rachel: That's right)

Rachel with New Directions (Finn and Rachel):
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
(So everyone can hear)
Hit me with the worst you've got and knock me down
(Baby, I don't care)
Keep it up and soon enough you'll figure out

You wanna be, you wanna be
A loser like me
A loser like me

Finn:
Push me up against the locker

Finn with New Directions (Finn):
(And) hey, all I do is shake it off
I'll get you back when I'm your boss

Finn:
I'm not thinking 'bout you haters

Finn with New Directions (Finn):
(Cause) hey, I could be a superstar
I'll see you when you wash my car

Rachel with New Directions:
All of the dirt you've been throwing my way

Rachel:
It ain't so hard to take (Finn and Rachel: That's right)

Rachel with New Directions (Rachel):
(Cause) I know one day you'll be screaming my name

Rachel:
And I'll just look away (Finn and Rachel: That's right)

Rachel with New Directions (Finn and Rachel):
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
(So everyone can hear)
Hit me with the worst you've got and knock me down
(Baby, I don't care)
Keep it up and soon enough you'll figure out

You wanna be, you wanna be
A loser like me
A loser like me

Rachel:
A loser like me

Brittany and Santana with New Directions:
Hey, you, (oh) over there (oh)
Keep the "L" (oh) up-up in the air (oh)
Hey, you, (oh) over there (oh)
Keep the "L" up, (oh) cause I don't care (oh)
You can throw your sticks (oh)
And you can throw your stones (oh)
Like a rocket, (oh) just watch me go (oh)
Yeah, (oh) l-o-s-e-r (oh)
I can only be who I are

Rachel:
Yeah!

Rachel with New Directions:
Just go ahead and hate on me
And run your mouth

Finn and Rachel:
So everyone can hear

Rachel with New Directions (Finn and Rachel):
Hit me with the worst you've got and knock me down
(Baby, I don't care)
Keep it up, and, soon enough, you'll figure out

You wanna be, you wanna be
A loser like me

Mercedes:
Yeah!

Rachel with New Directions:
Go ahead, and hate on me and run your mouth
(Finn and Mercedes with New Directions: So everyone can hear)
Hit me with the worst you've got and knock me down
(Finn and Rachel with New Directions: Baby, I don't care)
Keep it up, and, soon enough, you'll figure out (Mercedes: Oh)

You wanna (and Mercedes: be), you wanna be

Rachel with New Directions:
A loser like me (Rachel: A loser like me)
A loser like me (Rachel: A loser like me)
A loser like me

Trivia[]

At the Glee Live tour, Blaine was part of the Loser Like Me performance, despite not being in New Directions yet - as was Kurt, who wasn't in New Directions at the time.
Loser Like Me was submitted under two categories for Grammy nominations.
This song was inspired by Sue's hatred towards the New Directions.
In an early draft script of Original Song, Quinn and Rachel wrote this song.
This song has sold over 617,000 digital downloads in the US, making it the 4th best-selling Glee song of all time.
This song debuted and peaked at #6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the 2nd most successful Glee song of all time.
This song is featured in Chapter 4 of the Glee Forever! app.
Kevin revealed that he recorded the entire song (every background and every lead) but he got cut out.

Mistakes[]

When Mike is pushing the slushie cart at the end of Loser Like Me one of the slushie cups falls over, but when the camera shot changes, it's standing up again.
When Kurt hands out foam L fingers, he only passes them out to his row. However, in a wide shot, the whole audience has them.