"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
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. The band first performed the track at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland in early 2019, over a year before the song's eventual release.
Release and promotion
The song was released as a single at the end of their 2020 summer tour of New Zealand. During the release of the band's third album Six60 in November 2019, the group performed the song live for the radio station ZM.
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from Tidal.
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
Weekly charts
Chart (2020) Peakposition
Year-end charts
Chart (2020) Position New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 14 Chart (2021) Position New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 48
Certifications
References