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Long Gone (Six60 song)

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"Long Gone"
Single by Six60
from the album Six60
Released10 March 2020 (2020-03-10)
GenrePop
Length2:58
LabelEpic, Massive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Six60 singles chronology
"Never Enough"
(2019)
"Long Gone"
(2020)
"Sundown"
(2020)

"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

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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

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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

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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

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Certifications

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Certifications and sales for "Long Gone"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[10] 3× Platinum 90,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Bleach, Thomas (18 December 2019). "INTERVIEW: SIX60". ThomasBleach. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ Six60 (25 March 2020). "SIX60 - Long Gone (Behind the song)". YouTube. Retrieved 12 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Six60 Finish Their Massive Summer With New Single 'Long Gone'". More FM. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Six60 perform their song 'Long Gone' from their brand new album". ZM. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Credits / SIX60 / SIX60". Tidal. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Six60 – Long Gone". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2020". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  9. ^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2021". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. ^ "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 25 April 2023.