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"'Since You Been Gone'" is a song written by former Argent guitarist Russ Ballard and first released on his 1976 album 'Winning'. It was covered by Rainbow in 1979 and released as a single from their album 'Down to Earth'.

Rainbow version



In 1979, "Since You Been Gone" was covered by Rainbow, who released it as the first single from their 1979 album 'Down to Earth' with Graham Bonnet on lead vocals. It was a top 10 hit single in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 6 and number 57 in the US.

It was named the 82nd Best Hard Rock Song of All Time by VH1.

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Other cover versions



*In 1978, the Illinois rock band Head East recorded and released a cover version of the song on their 1978 eponymous album, reaching No. 46 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100. Head East's version of this song was their highest charting single.

*Alcatrazz, also fronted by Graham Bonnet, covered the song on the album 'Live Sentence' with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar, and yet another Bonnet-fronted outfit, Impellitteri, recorded it for their 1988 debut album 'Stand in Line'.

*Brian May of Queen performed the song live on the Back to the Light tour in 1993, and it appears on the 'Live at the Brixton Academy' multi-format release.

*Other cover versions include those by South African all-female band Clout on their 1978 album 'Substitute', a.k.a. 'Clout', and by former Runaways vocalist Cherie Currie as a duet with her sister Marie Currie on the 1980 album 'Messin' with the Boys'. Their version reached No. 95 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100.

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