| "Long Gone" | ||||
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| Single by Six60 | ||||
| from the album Six60 | ||||
| Released | 10 March 2020 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:58 | |||
| Label | Epic, Massive | |||
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| Six60 singles chronology | ||||
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"Long Gone" is a song by New Zealand band Six60, released as the fifth single from their third album Six60 in March 2020.
Background and composition
The song was written in Los Angeles in collaboration with New Zealand songwriter Leroy Clampitt, also known as Big Taste. "Long Gone" was written as a break-up song, and only took minutes to be written.[1][2] The band first performed the track at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland in early 2019, over a year before the song's eventual release.[3]
Release and promotion
The song was released as a single at the end of their 2020 summer tour of New Zealand.[4] During the release of the band's third album Six60 in November 2019, the group performed the song live for the radio station ZM.[5]
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.[6]
- Wally Arowora – background vocalist
- Big Taste – production, songwriting
- E. Kidd Bogart – songwriting
- Matt Chamberlain – drums
- Jon DeCuir – background vocalist
- Shameka Dwight – background vocalist
- Ji Fraser – guitar
- Chris Galland – mixing engineer
- Marlon Gerbes – guitar, keyboards songwriting
- Aja Grant – background vocalist
- Romaine Jones – background vocalist
- Candace Lacy – background vocalist
- Judah Lacy – background vocalist
- Precious Lacy – background vocalist
- Chris Mac – bass guitar
- Malay – production, songwriting
- Manny Marroquin – mixer
- Eli Paewai – drums
- Keisha Renee – background vocalist
- Alex Threat-Arowora – background vocalist
- Matiu Walters – songwriting, vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[10] | 3× Platinum | 90,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ Skipwith, David (6 March 2020). "Elton John hosts Kiwi pop princess Benee and Six60 frontman Matiu Walters on his Rocket Hour show". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Bleach, Thomas (18 December 2019). "INTERVIEW: SIX60". ThomasBleach. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Six60 (25 March 2020). "SIX60 - Long Gone (Behind the song)". YouTube. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Six60 Finish Their Massive Summer With New Single 'Long Gone'". More FM. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Six60 perform their song 'Long Gone' from their brand new album". ZM. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Credits / SIX60 / SIX60". Tidal. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Six60 – Long Gone". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2020". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2021". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
This page was last edited on 10 December 2023, at 08:32