"It's All Gone" is a song by British singer-songwriter

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that was released in 1986 as the lead single from his eighth studio album '' On the Beach''. It was written by Rea, and produced by Rea and David Richards. "It's All Gone" reached No. 69 in the

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and remained in the Top 100 for four weeks.

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Tony van den Ende. Speaking to ''

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'' in 1986 about the upcoming video shoot, Rea revealed: "It's going to be a Spaghetti western! The band doesn't look like

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and to dress us up would make us look absolutely stupid. As we already look as if we had just crawled from underneath the saloon, I suggested we make a video that exaggerates the fact!"

Critical reception

On its release, ''

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'' picked "It's All Gone" as a "sure hit" and described it as a "medium-paced rock song". In a review of ''On the Beach'',

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'' commented: "It's a classy album, but for the British market he might have included more up-tempo pieces like "It's All Gone", a moodily stirring song of decay."

Track listing

;7" single # "It's All Gone" – 4:10 # "Bless Them All" – 2:28 ;7" single (UK special double pack) # "It's All Gone" – 4:10 # "Bless Them All" – 2:28 # "Stainsby Girls" – 3:50 # "And When She Smiles" – 3:12 ;12" single # "It's All Gone" – 6:46 # "Crack That Mould" – 4:41 # "Bless Them All" – 2:28

Personnel

Production *

- producer * David Richards - producer, mixing

Charts

References

{{authority control 1986 songs 1986 singles Magnet Records singles Chris Rea songs Songs written by Chris Rea