Since You Been Gone | Rockschool Drums Grade 2 2024
Since You Been Gone | Rockschool Drums Grade 2 2024
19 Jul 2025
Artist: Kelly Clarkson Source: Breakaway (Album, 2004) Genre: Pop Rock ‘Since U Been Gone’ was written by acclaimed pop songwriters Max Martin and Lukasz Gottwald, who had by that time already amassed a large portfolio of hit songs in pop and rock. They took their inspiration from ‘Maps’ by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, wanting to write a pop song in a similar vein, but with a more bombastic chorus. The song was originally given to P!nk, then Hilary Duff, but eventually found its way to Kelly Clarkson and formed part of her second album Breakaway. It went on to become one of Clarkson’s signature songs, winning her a Grammy and peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Kelly Clarkson was launched to global stardom when she won the first series of American Idol in 2002. Her first single ‘A Moment Like This’ shot to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. For her second album Breakaway, looking to step away from the somewhat cliché, mass-market approach of her previous output, she adopted a more rock-orientated sound and aesthetic. The consistent mainstream chart success she saw throughout the ‘00s waned in the years that followed. Nevertheless, she remains in the public eye thanks to regularly hosting talk shows and appearing as a judge on several reality TV series. Notable awards include three Grammys and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
