music.wikisort.org - Composition"Since You Been Gone" is a song written by former Argent guitarist Russ Ballard and first released on his 1976 album Winning. It was covered by Rainbow in 1979 and released as a single from their album Down to Earth.
1976 single by Russ Ballard
This article is about the 1976 rock song by Russ Ballard. For the Kelly Clarkson song, see
Since U Been Gone. For other songs with similar titles, see Since You've Been Gone.
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A-side | "Since You Been Gone" |
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B-side | "Venus (Shine Your Light)" |
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Released | 1976 |
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Genre | Hard rock |
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Length | 2:50 |
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Label | Epic |
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Songwriter(s) | Russ Ballard |
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Producer(s) | Muff Winwood |
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"Loose Women" (1975) |
"Since You Been Gone" (1976) |
"The Russ Ballard Story Part 1" (1976) |
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Rainbow version
"Since You Been Gone" |
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A-side | "Since You Been Gone" |
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B-side | "Bad Girl" |
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Released | 31 August 1979[1] |
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Genre | Hard rock |
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Length | 3:17 |
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Label | Polydor |
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Songwriter(s) | Russ Ballard |
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Producer(s) | Roger Glover |
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"LA Connection" (1978) |
"Since You Been Gone" (1979) |
"All Night Long" (1980) |
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In 1979, "Since You Been Gone" was covered by Rainbow, who released it as the first single from their 1979 album Down to Earth with Graham Bonnet on lead vocals. It was a top 10 hit single in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 6. In the US, the song reached number 57.
It was named the 82nd Best Hard Rock Song of All Time by VH1.[2]
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Other cover versions
- In 1978, the Illinois rock band Head East recorded and released a cover version of the song on their 1978 eponymous album, reaching No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. Head East's version of this song was their highest charting single.
- Alcatrazz, also fronted by Graham Bonnet, covered the song on the album Live Sentence with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar, and yet another Bonnet-fronted outfit, Impellitteri, recorded it for their 1988 debut album Stand in Line.
- Brian May of Queen performed the song live on the Back to the Light tour in 1993, and it appears on the Live at the Brixton Academy multi-format release.
- Other cover versions include those by South African all-female band Clout on their 1978 album Substitute, a.k.a. Clout, and by former Runaways vocalist Cherie Currie as a duet with her sister Marie Currie on the 1980 album Messin' with the Boys. Their version reached No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.[8]
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