Long Gone (Six60 song)

"Long Gone" is a song by New Zealand band Six60, released as the fifth single from their third album Six60 in March 2020.

"Long Gone"
Single by Six60
from the album Six60
Released	10 March 2020 (2020-03-10)
Genre	Pop
Length	2:58
Label	Epic, Massive
Songwriter(s)	Big Taste E. Kidd Bogart Malay Marlon Gerbes Matiu Walters
Producer(s)	Big Taste Malay
Six60 singles chronology
"Never Enough" (2019) "Long Gone" (2020) "Sundown" (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.^[1][2] The band first performed the track at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland in early 2019, over a year before the song's eventual release.^[3]

Release and promotion

The song was released as a single at the end of their 2020 summer tour of New Zealand.^[4] During the release of the band's third album Six60 in November 2019, the group performed the song live for the radio station ZM.^[5]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[6]

• 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) Peak position New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 5

Year-end charts Chart (2020) Position New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 14 Chart (2021) Position New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 48

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Long Gone"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[10]	3× Platinum	90,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Skipwith, David (6 March 2020). "Elton John hosts Kiwi pop princess Benee and Six60 frontman Matiu Walters on his Rocket Hour show". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
2. Bleach, Thomas (18 December 2019). "INTERVIEW: SIX60". ThomasBleach. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
3. Six60 (25 March 2020). "SIX60 - Long Gone (Behind the song)". YouTube. Retrieved 12 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. "Six60 Finish Their Massive Summer With New Single 'Long Gone'". More FM. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
5. "Six60 perform their song 'Long Gone' from their brand new album". ZM. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
6. "Credits / SIX60 / SIX60". Tidal. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
7. "Six60 – Long Gone". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
8. "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2020". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
9. "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2021". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
10. "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 25 April 2023.