If You're Gone (The Byrds song)
"If You're Gone" | |
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Song by the Byrds | |
from the album Turn! Turn! Turn! | |
Released | December 6, 1965 |
Recorded | October 20, 1965, |
Studio | Columbia Studios, Hollywood, California |
Genre | Folk rock |
Length | 2:45 |
Label | Columbia |
Songwriter(s) | Gene Clark |
Producer(s) | Terry Melcher |
"If You're Gone" is a song written by Gene Clark that was first released on the Byrds' 1965 album Turn! Turn! Turn!.
Music and lyrics
"If You're Gone" is one of several songs written by Clark whose lyrics reveal his emotional insecurity and vulnerability.
An unusual feature of the song is the
Recording
"If You're Gone" was recorded on October 20, 1965, at Columbia Recording Studio A in
Reception
Greenwald describes "If You're Gone" as a "fine example of Gene Clark's growth as a songwriter."[1] Fellow Allmusic critic Richie Unterberger describes it as a "strong composition."[7] Clark biographer John Einarson described it as "indicative of [Clark's] expanding poetic vision" and one of the highlights of Turn! Turn! Turn!.[4] Rolling Stone Album Guide contributor Rob Sheffield particularly praised the song particularly for its "devastated drone."[8] Something Else! contributor Beverly Paterson described "If You're Gone" and another Clark composition on Turn! Turn! Turn!, "Set You Free This Time," as "stark ballads aching with regret."[9] The song has also been described as "a song wholly in the conditional tense, a maze of lines that lead nowhere at all, a pointlessly remarkable achievement."[10]
References
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ ISBN 095295401X.
- ISBN 9780472034000.
- ^ ISBN 9780879307936.
- ^ ISBN 9781906002152.
- ISBN 9781566399036.
- Allmusic. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ISBN 0743201698.
- ^ Paterson, Beverly (November 12, 2015). "The Byrds' Turn! Turn! Turn! offered a message of hope in troubled times". Something Else!. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ISBN 9780835206204.