It's All Gone

"It's All Gone" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea 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.[1] "It's All Gone" reached No. 69 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for four weeks.[2]

"It's All Gone"
Single by Chris Rea
from the album On the Beach
B-side"Bless Them All"
Released1986
Length
  • 7:28 (album version)
  • 4:10 (single version)
  • 6:46 (extended version)
LabelMagnet
Songwriter(s)Chris Rea
Producer(s)Chris Rea
David Richards
Chris Rea singles chronology
"Ace of Hearts (re-issue)"
(1985)		 "It's All Gone"
(1986)		 "On the Beach"
(1986)
Music video
"It's All Gone (1986)" on YouTube

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Tony van den Ende.[3] Speaking to Guitarist in 1986 about the upcoming video shoot, Rea revealed: "It's going to be a Spaghetti western! The band doesn't look like Depeche Mode 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!"[4]

Critical reception

On its release, Music & Media picked "It's All Gone" as a "sure hit" and described it as a "medium-paced rock song".[5] In a review of On the Beach, Robin Denselow of The Guardian 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."[6]

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

Personnel

Production

Charts
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Belgian Singles Chart (V)[7] 32
Dutch Singles Chart[8] 37
Irish Singles Chart[9] 14
UK Singles Chart[2] 69

References
  1. AllMusic Review by Rob Caldwell. "On the Beach - Chris Rea | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  2. "CHRIS REA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  3. "TV & Video: Euroclips". Music & Media. 5 April 1986.
  4. Twigg, Geoff (April 1986). "Chris Rea: On the Beach". Guitarist.
  5. "Euro Tip Page: Singles Guide". Music & Media. 1 March 1986.
  6. Denselow, Robin (25 April 1986). "Records: Rock/Pop". The Guardian.
  7. "Chris Rea - It's All Gone". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  8. Steffen Hung. "Chris Rea - It's All Gone". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  9. Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
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