My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)
"My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" | ||||
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Single by Chilliwack | ||||
from the album Wanna Be a Star | ||||
B-side | "Sign Here" | |||
Released | September 1981 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Millennium Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Brian MacLeod, Bill Henderson | |||
Producer(s) | Brian MacLeod, Bill Henderson | |||
Chilliwack singles chronology | ||||
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"My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" is a song that was performed by the Canadian group Chilliwack. Co-written by bandmembers Brian MacLeod and Bill Henderson, it was released on the band's 1981 album Wanna Be a Star.
In Canada, the song spent four weeks at number 3.[1] In the United States, it reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
Background
Guitarist Brian MacLeod invited singer Bill Henderson onto his boat to sail around the coast of
In the studio, the band was under contract with Mushroom Records. In the asset-selling confusion that followed the death of its owner, the label would not let Chilliwack record. Under a pseudonym, they snuck into the studio and recorded anyway, then shopped "My Girl" and other songs around. This got them a deal with Millennium Records in New York, breaking them into the mainstream after eleven years.[3]
Brian MacLeod pressed his face so close to the microphone to sing the intro that he would saturate it with moisture, the microphone would cut out, and they would have to stop every five words or so to wait for it to dry.[4]
Reception
MacLeod and Henderson were nominated for the
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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In popular culture
On the April 23, 1982 episode of the
References
- ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- ^ ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ ISBN 978-0-5953-7007-8.
- ^ Behind The Vinyl: Chilliwack "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)". Boom 97.3 (CHBM-FM). October 15, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Awards | The JUNO Awards". Junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ^ "Awards | The JUNO Awards". Junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ^ "Gold/Platinum". 3 January 2019.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
- ^ Billboard Mainstream Rock, December 12, 1981
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 19, 1981". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ^ "sctvguide.ca/episodes".
- ^ "thisismyjam.com/song/the-recess-monkeys/my-girl-gone-gone-gone". 21 August 2021.
- ^ "fakebands.com-The_Recess_Monkeys".
- ^ "YouTube video". YouTube. 4 August 2010.
External links
- Listen to "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" on YouTube