You're Gone (Diamond Rio song)

"You're Gone"
Single by Diamond Rio
from the album Unbelievable
Released June 1, 1998
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:59 (album version)
3:31 (radio edit)
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Jon Vezner, Paul Williams
Producer(s) Michael Clute, Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio singles chronology
"Imagine That"
(1998)		 "You're Gone"
(1998)		 "Unbelievable"
(1998)

"Imagine That"
(1998)		 "You're Gone"
(1998)		 "Unbelievable"
(1998)

"You're Gone" is a song written by Paul Williams and Jon Vezner, and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in June 1998 as the lead-off single from their album Unbelievable. It peaked at number 4 in the United States and number 5 in Canada, in the Country charts of both territories.

Content

The song's narrator has lost a former lover. The good news is that he's better for the time that he spent with her, but the bad news is that she's gone. According to co-writer Paul Williams, the song came about when he and Vezner were talking about the death of one of Williams' old friends, Tom Jans and other people who influenced their lives.

“ It just seemed like what we should write about are the people who are no longer in our lives who had a positive effect on us. And it just poured out of us. The people that pass through our lives-we remember what they say to us, and we remember how they touch us. ~Paul Williams, 1998.[1] ”

Music video

The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil.

Chart positions

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 5
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 45
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 39

References

  1. ↑ Price, Deborah Evans (1998-06-06). "Arista's Diamond Rio Makes Timely Return". Billboard: 49, 51. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  2. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7058." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 12, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Diamond Rio – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Diamond Rio.
  4. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.


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