Real Gone Kid

"Real Gone Kid"
Single by Deacon Blue
from the album When the World Knows Your Name
B-side "Little Lincoln"
"Born Again"
"It's Not Funny Anymore"
Released October 1988
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, Cassette, CD, 3" CD
Genre Pop rock
Length 4:03
7:06 (Extended Version)
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Ricky Ross
Producer Warne Livesey
Deacon Blue singles chronology
"Chocolate Girl"
(1988)		 "Real Gone Kid"
(1988)		 "Wages Day
(1989)

"Real Gone Kid" is a song by the Scottish rock/pop band Deacon Blue. Released in 1988, it was the first single to from the band's second album When the World Knows Your Name which was released six months later. The single was the band's first top ten hit, reaching #8 in the UK Singles Chart[1]. Vocalist Ricky Ross wrote the song about a performance he saw of ex-Lone Justice singer Maria McKee on stage (Deacon Blue had toured with Lone Justice for a time as the opening band).

The B-sides consist of the song "Little Lincoln" and covers of Sam & Dave's "Born Again" and Hüsker Dü's "It's Not Funny Anymore".

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:

7" Single (deac 7)

  1. "Real Gone Kid" - 4:03
  2. "Little Lincoln" - 3:06

7" Limited Edition Single (deac ep7)

  1. "Real Gone Kid" - 4:03
  2. "Little Lincoln" - 3:06
  3. "Born Again" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 3:29
  4. "It's Not Funny Anymore" (Grant Hart) - 3:01

12" Single (deac t7)

  1. "Real Gone Kid" (Extended Version) - 7:06
  2. "Little Lincoln" - 3:06
  3. "Real Gone Kid" - 4:03

12" Single (Fold Out Picture Sleeve) (deac qt7)

  1. "Real Gone Kid" (Extended Version) - 7:06
  2. "Little Lincoln" - 3:06
  3. "Real Gone Kid" - 4:03

Cassette Single (deac c7)

  1. "Real Gone Kid" - 4:03
  2. "Little Lincoln" - 3:06

3" CD Single (653035 3)

  1. "Real Gone Kid" (Extended Version) - 7:06
  2. "Little Lincoln" - 3:06
  3. "Real Gone Kid" - 4:03

CD Single (CDDeac 7)

  1. "Real Gone Kid" - 4:03
  2. "Little Lincoln" - 3:06
  3. "Born Again" (Hayes, Porter) - 3:29
  4. "It's Not Funny Anymore" (Hart) - 3:01)

All released 1984

References

  1. ^ "Chart Stats - Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=15813. Retrieved 17 May 2009 (2009-05-17). 
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