Gone (Kelly Clarkson song)#Cover versions

"Gone" was written by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks, with Shanks also serving as the song's producer. It was one of the two collaborations by DioGuardi and Shanks for Kelly Clarkson's second studio album, Breakaway, along with "You Found Me". Written by in the key of D minor, "Gone" is a pop rock song with a length of 3 minutes and 25 seconds. Clarkson describes it as "feisty".

"Gone" received generally positive reviews from critics, who compared the song to "Since U Been Gone", which is also a track from Breakaway. Charles Merwin of Stylus Magazine wrote that "Gone" "sounds like as though it's grafted the most tame version of Akufen, Christina Aguilera, and latin guitar on top of one another into a hugely satisfying pop masterpiece". The music site, Popservations.com, included it as one of "Clarkson's Best Non-Singles", they wrote that the song "has all the makings of another Clarkson smash, a solid pop-rock production (the stop-start guitar, the filtered drum loop as the chorus kicks in) in which she pointedly tells some loser ex that she's now 'Miss Independent'."{{unreliable source?|date=March 2016}}

Credits adapted from the Breakaway liner notes.

Recording

• Recorded at Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, California

Personnel

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• Lead Vocals – Kelly Clarkson
• Production, Guitar, Keyboards – John Shanks
• Drums – Jeff Rothschild
• Bass – John Shanks, Paul Bushnell
• Mixing, Recording – John Shanks, Jeff Rothschild
• Pro-Tools engineering – John Hanes

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• Assistance – Glenn Pittman
• Additional Engineering – Mark Valentine, Lars Fox
• Recording – Ryan Tedder, Craig Durrance
• Production coordination – Shari Sutclihe
• Songwriting – Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks

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{{Infobox song

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| caption = Live version cover art

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| artist = RBD

| album = Nuestro Amor and We Are RBD

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| English_title = "I'm Leaving"

| genre = *Latin pop

• Pop-rock

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| label = EMI

| writer = * Kara DioGuardi

• John Shanks
• Mauri Stern (Spa. ver.)

| producer = * Max Di Carlo

• Carlos Lara Galvan

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| type = Song

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| caption = English version cover art

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Mexican pop band RBD recorded a Spanish cover version of the song titled "Me Voy", for their second studio album, Nuestro Amor (2005). The song was adapted to Spanish by songwriter Mauri Stern. They would later re-record the original English version for the Japanese edition of their first English-language studio album Rebels (2006). The Spanish version of the track was included in the setlist of all their tours starting from 2006 (excluding the first leg of their Tour Generación RBD when they were promoting their first album in 2005), and is featured on the live CDs and DVDs Live in Hollywood, Live in Rio, Hecho en España, Live in Brasília, and Tournée do Adeus.

• Digital download – Spanish version{{Cite web |date=4 October 2005 |title=Me Voy |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/me-voy/1737446923?i=1737446925 |access-date=6 August 2024 |website=Apple Music}}

1. "Me Voy" – 3:32

• Digital download – English version

1. "Gone" – 3:15

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{{cite magazine |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2756 |title=Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway - Review |first=Charles |last=Merwin |magazine=Stylus Magazine |date=February 17, 2005 |access-date=April 15, 2013 |archive-date=May 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507133954/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2756 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/info/kelly_clarkson |title=Kelly Clarkson Biography |magazine=Contactmusic.com |access-date=April 15, 2013}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.popservations.com/friday-flashback/kelly-clarksons-best-non-singles/ |title=5 For Fighting: Kelly Clarkson's Best Non-Singles |publisher=Popservations.com |date=November 16, 2012 |access-date=April 15, 2013}}

{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Kelly Clarkson|chart=Pop 100}} |title=Kelly Clarkson Album & Song Chart History |work=Billboard Pop 100 for Kelly Clarkson |access-date=April 15, 2013}}

{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Kelly Clarkson|chart=Pop 100 Airplay}} |title=Kelly Clarkson Album & Song Chart History |work=Billboard Pop 100 Airplay for Kelly Clarkson |access-date=April 15, 2013}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/breakaway-mw0000633392/awards |title=Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway |work=AllMusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=April 15, 2013}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nuestro-amor-mw0000171056 |title=RBD - Nuestro Amor |work=AllMusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=April 15, 2013}}

{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases-test/anticipation-at-fever-pitch-for-breakaway-second-album-from-kelly-clarkson-75532412.html |title=Anticipation at Fever Pitch for 'Breakaway,' Second Album from Kelly Clarkson |work=PR Newswire |publisher=UBM plc |date=November 22, 2004 |access-date=April 15, 2013}}

{{cite web |first1=Kara |last1=DioGuardi |author-link1=Kara DioGuardi |first2=John |last2=Shanks |author-link2=John Shanks |title=Kelly Clarkson - Gone Sheet Music (Digital Download) |publisher=Musicnotes.com. Bug Music |format=sheet music |year=2004 |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0076087 |access-date=April 15, 2013}} {{subscription required}}

{{cite AV media notes|title=Breakaway |others=Kelly Clarkson |year=2004 |publisher=RCA Records/19 Recordings/S Records |id=82876-64491-2 |type=booklet}}

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