Long Gone (Six60 song)

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"Long Gone"
Single by Six60
from the album Six60
Released10 March 2020 (2020-03-10)
Genre Pop
Length2:58
Label Epic, Massive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Six60 singles chronology
"Never Enough"
(2019)		"Long Gone"
(2020)		"Sundown"
(2020)

"Long Gone" is a song by New Zealand band Six60, released as the fifth single from their third album Six60 in March 2020.

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Background and composition

The song was written in Los Angeles in collaboration with New Zealand songwriter Leroy Clampitt, also known as Big Taste. "Long Gone" was written as a break-up song, and only took minutes to be written. [1] [2] The band first performed the track at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland in early 2019, over a year before the song's eventual release. [3]

Release and promotion

The song was released as a single at the end of their 2020 summer tour of New Zealand. [4] During the release of the band's third album Six60 in November 2019, the group performed the song live for the radio station ZM. [5]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [6]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Long Gone"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [10] 3× Platinum90,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ Skipwith, David (6 March 2020). "Elton John hosts Kiwi pop princess Benee and Six60 frontman Matiu Walters on his Rocket Hour show". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Bleach, Thomas (18 December 2019). "INTERVIEW: SIX60". ThomasBleach. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Six60 (25 March 2020). "SIX60 - Long Gone (Behind the song)". YouTube . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Six60 Finish Their Massive Summer With New Single 'Long Gone'". More FM. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Six60 perform their song 'Long Gone' from their brand new album". ZM . 8 November 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Credits / SIX60 / SIX60". Tidal . Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Six60 – Long Gone". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2020". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2021". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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