| Gone | |
| Cover: | Gone Dierks Bentley.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dierks Bentley |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:25 |
| Label: | Capitol Nashville |
| Producer: | David Garcia |
| Chronology: | Dierks Bentley |
| Prev Title: | Living |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Next Title: | Beers on Me |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
"Gone" is a song recorded by American country music singer Dierks Bentley. It was released on October 22, 2020 as the first of two standalone singles referred to as "Covid holdover songs".[1] The song was written by Nicolle Galyon, Ben Johnson and Niko Moon, and produced by David Garcia.
Bentley released "Gone" during the COVID-19 pandemic, and said: “We are all relying on lyrics and melodies at home and trying however we can to find different ways to connect with our fans, so that they know how important they still are to us.” “I hope this song resonates with mine, and I’m counting the days until we can all be back together again, beers in the air.”[2]
Bentley said: “It just always ends poorly for me in this video,” “I definitely had a lot more fun making it than it looks though…we got to film a bunch of scenes inspired by some of my favorite shows like The Office, MacGyver, Game of Thrones and Full House. And I got to collaborate with some new directors I’ve never worked with, so I left at the end of a really long day feeling really happy and inspired about a kind of sad song.”[3]
The video was co-directed by Wes Edwards and Ed Pryor with contributing guest directors Travis Nicholson, Running Bear and Sam Siske.
"Gone" peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, Dierk's highest charting position there since his debut single "What Was I Thinkin'", as well as second highest of his career. It also peaked at number two on Billboard Country Airplay chart dated June 12, 2021, and remained there for four weeks, having been blocked from the top by Luke Combs's "Forever After All".
| Peak position | |
| Australia Country Hot 50 (TMN)[5] | 7 |
|---|---|
| US Country Airplay (Billboard)[6] | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 19 |