Since You Been Gone
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"Since You Been Gone" is a 1970s (see 1970s in music
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) rock song written and recorded by former Argent
Argent (band)
Argent are an English rock band founded in 1969 by keyboardist Rod Argent, formerly of The Zombies.-Career:The first three demos from Argent, recorded in the autumn of 1968 featured Mac MacLeod on bass guitar though he was not meant to become a member of the group.Original members of the band were...
guitarist Russ Ballard
Russ Ballard
Russell Glyn Ballard is an English singer, songwriter and musician.-Career:Ballard was initially a guitarist with Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers in 1961, together with Roy Ballard, Russ's older brother on piano and Bob Henrit on drums...
for his 1976 album Winning. It has also been recorded by numerous other artists, including all-girl group Clout, Cherie Currie
Cherie Currie
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and Head East
Head East
Head East is an American hard rock band originally from South Central Illinois. The band was formed by vocalist John Schlitt, guitarist Mike Somerville, keyboardist Roger Boyd, bassist Dan Birney, and drummer Steve Huston. They met and formed the band while studying at the University of Illinois,...
. The most famous version is the 1979 cover by Rainbow
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which became a UK top ten single
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on the album Down To Earth
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Down To Earth is the fourth studio album released by Rainbow, released in 1979. Most of the album had been already written and recorded by the time Graham Bonnet was recruited. Also recruited were ex-Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover and keyboardist Don Airey...
. A house version of the song was released in 2006 by German
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trio Master Blaster
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, which has featured on several compilations. The song has often been misspelled as "Since You've Been Gone".
The title of the song is taken from its chorus:
- Since you been gone, since you been gone
- I'm outta my head, can't take it
- Could I be wrong, but since you been gone
- You cast the spell, so break it
- Oooohhh - Whhooooaaa - Ooooohhh
- Since you been gone
Besides the pounding 'pub rock
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' delivery, the Rainbow version is famous for a grunt/groan from the lead singer, Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet is an English rock vocalist, and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist, and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri.-Early days:Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947...
, followed by a key-change preceding the final reprise of the chorus. A bootleg version of this track in a country and western
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style is available from Blackmore's Night
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.
The Brian May Band covered this song on their 1993 Live at the Brixton Academy
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Live at the Brixton Academy is a recording of The Brian May Band's first show in London on June 15 1993. The album was released on CD, LP and VHS in 1994, and remains the group's only release as a collective....
album. May is a fan of the Rainbow version, citing it in numerous interviews and naming it as one of his
Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs
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. Their version is a faithful cover of Rainbow's version. Drummer Cozy Powell
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was a member of both Rainbow and The Brian May Band. This version of the song completes the last chorus (where Rainbow's fades out) and finishes with a three note crescendo. Also, May changes the title and chorus from "Since You Been Gone" to "Since You've Been Gone", clearly singing the added syllable. The title of the song appears on the album sleeve as "Since You've Been Gone".
The song was also covered by heavy metal
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Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Impellitteri
Impellitteri
Impellitteri is a heavy metal band from USA formed and led by guitarist Chris Impellitteri. Since inception, the band has released numerous albums to critical praise, mainly due to Chris Impellitteri's speed/shred style of playing....
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The song was featured in a 2009 T-Mobile
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commercial, which was shot at Liverpool Street station
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in London
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, England
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The Rainbow version was named the 82nd best hard rock song of all time by VH1
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External links
- Video of 1979 Rainbow performance from YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Description of the song