Now You're Gone (Black song)

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"Now You're Gone"
Black Now You're Gone 1988 single cover.jpg
Single by Black
from the album Comedy
Released26 December 1988 [1]
Length3:41
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Black
Producer(s) Dave Dix
Black singles chronology
"You're a Big Girl Now"
(1988)		"Now You're Gone"
(1988)		"I Can Laugh About It Now"
(1989)
Official audio
"Now You're Gone" on YouTube

"Now You're Gone" is a song by English singer-songwriter Black, which was released by A&M in 1988 as the third single from his second studio album Comedy . The song was written by Black and produced by Dave "Dix" Dickie. "Now You're Gone" reached number 66 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for four weeks. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

On its release as a single, Andy Strickland of Record Mirror described "Now You're Gone" as "a haunting little tale of lost love". He added, "Black backs his deadpan voice with piano and a distinctly classical string quartet that makes 'Now You're Gone' perhaps a better record than its constituent parts warrant." [3] Jerry Smith of Music Week praised it as an "excellent single" from "one of the best albums of '88". He added that "atmospheric ballad" is "superbly sung" with "complementary production" by Dix. [4] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner noted the "clever lyrics", Black's "far from jarring crooning" and the "not too unpleasant sound of violinists sawing away in the background", but felt the result was "completely uninspiring". [5] Marcus Hodge of the Cambridge Evening News noted the "classic feel", but added the song "never gets beyond a good idea". [6]

Formats

7-inch single (UK, Europe and Australia) [7] [8] [9]
No.TitleNotesLength
1."Now You're Gone" 3:41
2."Now You're Gone"Mardi Gras Version5:27
12-inch single (UK and Germany) [10] [11]
No.TitleNotesLength
1."Now You're Gone" 3:41
2."Now You're Gone"Mardi Gras Version5:27
3."Brother O' Mine" 3:16
CD single (UK and Europe) [12] [13]
No.TitleNotesLength
1."Now You're Gone" 3:41
2."Now You're Gone"Mardi Gras Version5:25
3."Brother O' Mine" 3:16

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes and the Comedy CD album booklet. [12] [14]

"Now You're Gone"

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 66

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References

  1. ↑ "Black - "Now You're Gone" - Single" (Press release). A&M Records. 26 December 1988. Retrieved 21 April 2022– via Discogs.
  2. ↑ "BLACK - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Strickland, Andy (7 January 1989). "45". Record Mirror . p. 29. ISSN   0144-5804.
  4. ↑ Smith, Jerry (14 January 1989). "A&R: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . p. 21. Retrieved 2 June 2022– via World Radio History.
  5. ↑ Hirst, Andrew (21 January 1989). "Reviews: Singles". Huddersfield Daily Examiner . p. 14.
  6. ↑ Hodge, Marcus (2 January 1989). "Incongruous - but almost perfect". Cambridge Evening News . p. 14.
  7. ↑ Now You're Gone (UK 7-inch single sleeve notes). Black. A&M Records. 1988. AM 491.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ Now You're Gone (European 7-inch single sleeve notes). Black. A&M Records. 1988. 390 409 - 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Now You're Gone (Australian 7-inch single sleeve notes). Black. A&M Records. 1989. K 716.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Now You're Gone (UK 12-inch single sleeve notes). Black. A&M Records. 1988. AMY 491.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ Now You're Gone (German 12-inch single sleeve notes). Black. A&M Records. 1988. 390 409-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. 1 2 Now You're Gone (UK CD single liner notes). Black. A&M Records. 1988. CDEE491.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ↑ Now You're Gone (European CD single liner notes). Black. A&M Records. 1988. 390 409-3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ Comedy (UK CD album booklet). Black. A&M Records. 1988. CDA 5222.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ↑ "Black: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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