| "She's Gone" | ||||
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| Single by Hall & Oates | ||||
| from the album Abandoned Luncheonette | ||||
| B-side | "I'm Just a Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like a Man)" | |||
| Released | February 9, 1974 (re-released 1976) |
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| Format | 7″ | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock, Blue-eyed soul | |||
| Length | 3:24 (single version) 5:15 (album version) |
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| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Daryl Hall and John Oates | |||
| Producer | Arif Mardin | |||
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"She's Gone" is a song written and originally performed by pop music duo Daryl Hall and John Oates. It was included on their 1973 album, Abandoned Luncheonette.
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It was released as a single in 1974 and was moderately successful, peaking at #60 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Atlantic Records re-released the original version of a song as a single two years later in 1976, after Hall & Oates had moved to RCA Records and had scored with the hit "Sara Smile." This time "She's Gone" was a hit, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. On the R&B chart, the song peaked at #93.[1]
John Oates spoke of the song in a 2009 interview with American Songwriter: "I sat down with the guitar and sang the chorus of 'She's Gone' basically the way that it is. Then I played it for Daryl because I didn't have anything else. It just happened. I said, 'Hey, I’ve got this really great chorus.' And we wrote the verses together. 'She’s Gone' is a song that endures."
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 60 |
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 93 |
| "She's Gone" | ||||
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| Single by Tavares | ||||
| from the album Hard Core Poetry | ||||
| B-side | "To Love You" | |||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Format | 7″ | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter | |||
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In 1974, the American R&B band Tavares covered the song for their album, Hard Core Poetry. The song became a hit, topping the U.S. R&B chart and peaking at #50 on the Hot 100.[2]
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 50 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 1 |
Lou Rawls recorded a version for his 1974 album which shares the title of the song. Dee Dee Bridgewater recorded the song as "He's Gone" for her 1976 eponymous debut album.
In 1998, the song was covered by Matthew Marsden featuring Destiny's Child.
In 2008, Hall and Oates themselves sang a parody of the song entitled "He's Gone", about Alan Colmes leaving the show Hannity & Colmes, for The Daily Show.
In 2010, The Bird and the Bee covered the song for their tribute album Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates.
Their version of the song was featured in the Halloween episode of "Outsourced" (Season 1 Episode 6), when Asha and Todd were slow dancing.
| Preceded by "You Got the Love" by Rufus |
Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single (Tavares version) December 21, 1974 |
Succeeded by "Boogie on Reggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder |
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