Since You Been Gone
"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.
| "Since You Been Gone" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Rainbow | ||||
| from the album Down to Earth | ||||
| A-side | "Since You Been Gone" | |||
| B-side | "Bad Girl" | |||
| Released | 31 August 1979[1] | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Russ Ballard | |||
| Producer(s) | Roger Glover | |||
| Rainbow singles chronology | ||||
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Rainbow cover
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 and number 57 in the US. It was named the 82nd Best Hard Rock Song of All Time by VH1.[2]
Rainbow chart performance
| Chart (1979-80) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[3] | 6 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 57 |
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.[5]
References
- "Rainbow singles".
- "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs". 12 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009.
- "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 688.
- "Album Search for "messin with the boys"". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
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