Since You Been Gone - Wikipedia Since You Been Gone This article is about a 1976 rock song by Russ Ballard. For the Kelly Clarkson song, see Since U Been Gone. For other songs with similar titles, see Since You 've Been Gone. `` Since You Been Gone '' Single by Rainbow from the album Down to Earth A-side `` Since You Been Gone '' B - side `` Bad Girl '' Released August 1979 ( 1979 - 08 ) Format 7 '' single Label Polydor Songwriter ( s ) Russ Ballard Producer ( s ) Roger Glover Rainbow singles chronology `` LA Connection '' ( 1978 ) `` Since You Been Gone '' ( 1979 ) `` All Night Long '' ( 1980 ) `` Since You Been Gone '' is a song by Rainbow written by former Argent guitarist Russ Ballard and first released on his 1976 album Winning. It was produced by Roger Glover. Cover versions Prior to Rainbow, the Illinois rock band Head East recorded and released a cover version of the song in 1978 on their album Pictures, attaining popularity and peaking at # 46 on the charts. A year later Rainbow re-recorded the song and released it as a B - side single. Head East 's version of this song was their highest charting single. Rainbow 's cover version, released in 1979 with Graham Bonnet on lead vocals, was a Top 10 single in the United Kingdom and was named the 82nd best hard rock song of all time by VH1. Rainbow 's version was used in a 2009 T - Mobile advertisement filmed at Liverpool Street station in London, England. Other cover versions include those by South African all - girl band Clout on their 1978 album Substitute, aka Clout, and Head East on their eponymous 1978 album, reaching # 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. Former Runaways vocalist Cherie Currie recorded the song as a duet with her sister Marie Currie on their 1980 album Messin ' with the Boys. Their version reached # 95 on the Billboard Hot 100. Alcatrazz, also fronted by Graham Bonnet, covered the song on their album Live Sentence with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar, and yet another Bonnet - fronted outfit, Impellitteri, recorded it for their 1988 debut album Stand in Line. Brian May of Queen performed the song live on the Back to the Light tour in 1993, and it appears on the Live at the Brixton Academy multi-format release. References Jump up ^ `` Since you been gone ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 27 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2009 - 02 - 12. Retrieved 2009 - 02 - 07. CS1 maint : Archived copy as title ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Album Search for `` messin with the boys '' ``. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. External links Video of 1976 Russ Ballard performance on YouTube Video of 1979 Rainbow performance on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore Jens Johansson David Keith Bob Nouveau Ronnie Romero Ronnie James Dio Gary Driscoll Craig Gruber Micky Lee Soule Cozy Powell Jimmy Bain Tony Carey David Stone Mark Clarke Bob Daisley Roger Glover Don Airey Graham Bonnet Joe Lynn Turner Bobby Rondinelli David Rosenthal Chuck Burgi Paul Morris Greg Smith Doogie White John O'Reilly John Miceli Studio albums Ritchie Blackmore 's Rainbow Rising Long Live Rock ' n ' Roll Down to Earth Difficult to Cure Straight Between the Eyes Bent Out of Shape Stranger in Us All EPs Jealous Lover Live albums On Stage Finyl Vinyl Live in Germany 1976 / Live in Europe Deutschland Tournee 1976 Live in Munich 1977 Black Masquerade Memories in Rock - Live in Germany Compilation albums The Best of Rainbow The Very Best of Rainbow 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection : The Best of Rainbow Classic Rainbow Pot of Gold All Night Long : An Introduction Catch the Rainbow : The Anthology Winning Combinations : Deep Purple and Rainbow Anthology 1975 -- 1984 Video albums Live Between the Eyes The Final Cut Live in Munich 1977 Black Masquerade Memories in Rock - Live in Germany Songs `` Man on the Silver Mountain '' `` Catch the Rainbow '' `` Stargazer '' `` Since You Been Gone '' `` Street of Dreams '' Related articles Discography Blackmore 's Night Martin Birch Elf Deep Purple Black Sabbath Whitesnake Dio Heaven & Hell Yngwie Malmsteen This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Since_You_Been_Gone&oldid=864590331 '' Categories : 1976 singles 1976 songs Rainbow ( rock band ) songs Songs written by Russ Ballard Song recordings produced by Roger Glover 1970s single stubs Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Archived copy as title All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2014 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia 日本 語 Slovenčina Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 18 October 2018, at 06 : 32 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sang the original since you been gone
Answer: Rainbow