Real Gone (song)

"Real Gone"
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Cars
Released June, 2006
Format CD single, Digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre Country rock, cowpunk
Length 3:22
Label Walt Disney
Writer(s) Sheryl Crow, John Shanks
Producer Randy Newman
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"Always on Your Side"
(2006)
"Real Gone"
(2006)
"Not Fade Away"
(2007)

"Real Gone" is the title of a song written by Sheryl Crow and John Shanks for the 2006 Disney·Pixar film, Cars. Crow's version of the song is the lead-off single to the album's official soundtrack to the film.[1]

The song charted to #76 on the Billboard Pop 100 (which has since ceased publication), as well as #1 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles, which is equivalent to #101 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Chart performance

Sheryl Crow version

Chart (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 76

Billy Ray Cyrus version

"Real Gone"
Single by Billy Ray Cyrus
from the album Disneymania 6
Released June 17, 2008 (iTunes)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2008
Genre Country, country rock
Length 3:40
Label Walt Disney, Lyric Street
Writer(s) Sheryl Crow, John Shanks
Producer Mark Bright
Billy Ray Cyrus singles chronology
"Ready, Set, Don't Go"
(2007)
"Real Gone"
(2008)
"Somebody Said a Prayer"
(2008)

Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus covered the song for the Disneymania 6 album. It was made into a music video directed by Trey Fanjoy. It was released as a digital single only on June 18, 2008, after it was featured on the Country Sings Disney in compilation.

The song is also available on his 2009 album Back to Tennessee.

Honor Society version

Pop/rock group Honor Society covered the song for the Disneymania 7 album. It was released as a digital single on March 9, 2010.

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