"Since You Been Gone" is a rock song written by former Argent guitarist Russ Ballard and first released on his 1976 album Winning. It was produced by Roger Glover.
Video Since You Been Gone
Cover versions
Rainbow's cover version, released in 1979 with Graham Bonnet on lead vocals, was a Top 10 single in the United Kingdom and was named the 82nd best hard rock song of all time by VH1. Rainbow's version was used in a 2009 T-Mobile advertisement filmed at Liverpool Street station in London, England.
Other cover versions include those by South African all-girl band Clout on their 1978 album Substitute, aka Clout, and Head East on their eponymous 1978 album, reaching #46 on the Billboard Hot 100. Former Runaways vocalist Cherie Currie recorded the song as a duet with her sister Marie Currie on their 1980 album Messin' with the Boys. Their version reached #95 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Alcatrazz, also fronted by Graham Bonnet, covered the song on their 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.
Maps Since You Been Gone
References
External links
- Video of 1976 Russ Ballard performance on YouTube
- Video of 1979 Rainbow performance on YouTube
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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