Long Time Gone
"Long Time Gone" | ||||
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Single by Dixie Chicks | ||||
from the album Home | ||||
Released | May 17, 2002 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Genre | Country, Bluegrass | |||
Length | 4:10 | |||
Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Darrell Scott | |||
Producer(s) |
Dixie Chicks Lloyd Maines | |||
Dixie Chicks singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Long Time Gone" at CMT.com |
"Long Time Gone" is a country song by Darrell Scott, originally recorded by him on his 2000 album Real Time which Scott recorded together with Tim O'Brien.
Content
The song chronicles a young man's journey away from his family farm to Nashville to become a musician, and eventually back to his hometown, where he settles down to raise a family. The song's last verse criticizes contemporary country music as having no soul, referencing several famous country musicians:
“ | Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard / They got money but they don't have Cash / They got Junior but they don't have Hank... | ” |
Despite its upbeat bluegrass melody, the song's lyrics resolve to a very pessimistic outlook on the future of music.
Dixie Chicks version
The song was covered by the Dixie Chicks on their 2002 album Home, despite having been written from a male point of view. Released in May 2002 as the lead single from Home, it reached a peak of number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart[1] and number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Their version won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.
Chart positions
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 2 |
US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 7 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2002) | Position |
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US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 35 |
US Billboard Hot 100 | 97 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 108.
- ↑ "Dixie Chicks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Dixie Chicks Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Best of 2002: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2002. Retrieved August 13, 2012.