"Lost Cause" is the fifth song by Beck

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 from his fifth major-label studio album, Sea Change. It was released as a promo single.

Music video

Two music videos were made for "Lost Cause", both being directed by Garth Jennings. The original video features an effigy of Beck falling from the sky. It was produced entirely in Adobe Photoshop

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. The second version just features the band playing the song.

Other appearances

• The song was featured prominently in the Ben Stiller
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  Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
  
   movie, Along Came Polly
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• A version appears on the 2007 compilation album
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  , The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show
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• The song title and album art is also featured on various screenshots of the iPod Touch
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   on the Apple website.
• The song appears in the Scrubs
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  episode, "My New Game".
• Good Charlotte
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  recently posted a downloadable cover on their website.
• Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Chiara Angelicola, AKA Bird Call, released a version on her 'Other Creatures' EP in May 2011.