Since U Been Gone
Since U Been Gone was the second in the U.S. and published the first published in Europe single from the album Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson. It was after Because of You their most successful single. Clarkson won a Grammy for it.
Information
The co-writer and co-producer of the single were Max Martin, who had also worked for Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys, and Dr. Luke.
Kelly Clarkson was after their victory in the TV show American Idol already successful with singles like " The Trouble With Love Is ," but critics predicted their disappearance from the scene. To prevent this, Kelly Clarkson took a lawyer and managed to get out of their contract.
After changing her record company she worked on her new album, which was more rock compared to its predecessor.
Since September 2007, is heard on the MySpace page of the post-hardcore band A Day to Remember, a cover version.
Success
" Since U Been Gone" was released in the U.S. in December 2004 and in Germany in July 2005. It was the biggest hit of Kelly Clarkson and one of the biggest hits of the year 2005. The song stayed 46 weeks in the U.S. singles charts, almost a year.
In addition, Kelly Clarkson was while " Since U Been Gone" was ten in the U.S. top, still represented by its first single " Breakaway " and their third album, " Behind These Hazel Eyes" in the top ten.
The single was also very successful as a download. Thus, there were six times platinum for 1,200,000 downloads.
The song won a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category ( Eng.: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ).
Video
The music video of the single Since U Been Gone is quite simple and is based on the theme of the song. Kelly Clarkson is located in the apartment of her ex-boyfriend and directed there to chaos. The video also scenes of a performance with her band are included. The clip ends with Kelly Clarkson leaves the apartment shortly before her ex and his new girlfriend to come home and are totally shocked by the mess.
The video was very successful and Kelly Clarkson won him the MTV Video Music Awards in the categories of Best Female Video (German: Best video of a female artist ) and Best Pop Video (German: Best Pop Video), ahead of artists such as Mariah Carey We Belong Together with or with Gwen Stefani Hollaback Girl.