"Like I've Never Been Gone" | ||||
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Single by Billy Fury | ||||
B-side | "What Do You Think You're Doing Of" | |||
Released | 8 February 1963 [1] | |||
Recorded | 14 December 1962 [1] | |||
Studio | Decca Studios, London | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:01 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Mike Smith | |||
Billy Fury singles chronology | ||||
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"Like I've Never Been Gone" is a song written by Paul Hampton and Camille Monte and first released by American country singer Chase Webster in July 1962. In February 1963, English singer Billy Fury released a cover of the song which peaked at number 3 on the Record Retailer Top 50. [2]
"Like I've Never Been Gone" was released with the B-side "What Do You Think You're Doing Of", written by Fury. The phrase 'what are you doing of' was another way of saying 'what are you doing'. [3]
Reviewing for Disc , Don Nicholl wrote that "Like I've Never Been Gone" "is the kind of song I can imagine Presley wishing he'd got his hands on. Instead it's going to make another hit for Fury. A sultry Latin beater which he sings in his most commercial voice. First-class backing, including chorus, is directed by Ivor Raymonde". [4] In New Record Mirror , the song was described as "a semi-bluesy, semi-ballady thing with a good tune and an especially good lyric. Powerful Presley-type vocalising from Billy – this could be a really big one". [5]
7": Decca / F 11582
Chart (1963) | Peak position |
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Ireland (IRMA) [6] | 5 |
Israel (Kol Yisrael) [7] | 3 |
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade) [8] | 7 |
UK Disc Top 30 [9] | 3 |
UK Melody Maker Pop 50 [10] | 3 |
UK New Musical Express Top 30 [11] | 3 |
UK Record Retailer Top 50 [2] | 3 |