"Gone" is a song by Irish

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band U2, and is the seventh track on their 1997 album, '' Pop''. It is also included on their 2002 compilation album, ''

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'', in a reworked version. A highlight of the

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, it was often dedicated to

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during the final few months of the PopMart Tour and during the following

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. Lead vocalist Bono frequently refers to it as one of his favorite songs of the band's. Guitarist

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has also stated he was very pleased with the "New Mix" of the song available on ''The Best of 1990–2000''. "Gone", along with several other tracks from ''Pop'' and the band's previous album ''

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'', were remixed and either dubbed "The New Mix" or "Mike Hedges Mix" to help fit in with the more instrumentally-conservative songs of ''

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''. Some reviews of the ''Best of'' compilation, notably Allmusic's review singled out the remixes of ''Pop'' songs, calling "none improvements and all undermining the actual career arc of U2 in the '90s." "Gone" was initially considered as a single. The video for the song that was included on the DVD bundled with ''

'' was taken from the concert film '' PopMart: Live from Mexico City''.

Live

"Gone" was played at all PopMart Tour concerts and was also one of a few ''Pop'' songs that showed up during the band's following

. During PopMart it was regularly played in the first 5 songs, normally 3rd after "

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", while it was performed after "

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" during the Elevation Tour. In PopMart shows, Bono would say "Hutch, going, going, but not gone." and in Elevation Tour shows, Bono would yell "Hutch!" in dedication to Hutchence. "Gone" is also performed on the '' Elevation 2001: Live from Boston'' live video release, most notably as showing the Edge smashing his guitar at the end of the song out of frustration. The Edge used a

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330-12 when performing this song live, and is accompanied by Bono using a Gretsch guitar. In live performances, the Edge would sing backing vocals "down" during Bono's "I'm not coming down" verses. This however was present during the second and third choruses on the mix used on ''

''. Since being performed during the band's first concert in

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towards the end of the Elevation Tour's European leg on August 28, 2001, this song has not been performed live by the band.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gone (U2 Song) U2 songs Songs written by Bono Songs written by the Edge Songs written by Adam Clayton Songs written by Larry Mullen Jr. Song recordings produced by Flood (producer)