Long Time Gone

"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.

For the Crosby, Stills & Nash song, see Crosby, Stills & Nash (album). For the film, see Long Time Gone (film).
"Long Time Gone"
Single by The Chicks
from the album Home
ReleasedMay 23, 2002
Genre
Length4:10
LabelColumbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)Darrell Scott
Producer(s)The Chicks
Lloyd Maines
The Chicks singles chronology
"Some Days You Gotta Dance"
(2001)		 "Long Time Gone"
(2002)		 "Landslide"
(2002)
Music video
"Long Time Gone" at CMT.com

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.

The Chicks version

The song was covered by American country music group The Chicks on their 2002 album Home, despite having been written from a presumably 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
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 7

Year-end charts
Chart (2002) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 35
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 97

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 108.
  2. "Dixie Chicks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Dixie Chicks Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. "Best of 2002: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2002. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  5. "Billboard Top 100 – 2002". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2020.


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