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“Since You've Been Gone” by Rainbow

“Since You've Been Gone” by Rainbow appears on 22 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1990 and 2026. Its best result is #92 on the Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,046 alternative song of all time.

22countdowns
11stations
#92best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1990–2026years charted

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Rainbow's "Since You Been Gone" was the first single from Down to Earth in 1979, and it is somebody else's song: Russ Ballard, formerly the singer and guitarist of Argent, wrote it and put it out first on his 1976 album Winning. Rainbow took it hard rock, with Graham Bonnet out front on lead vocals, and turned a songwriter's tune into a radio-ready stomp.

It went top 10 in Britain, peaking at number six, and reached 57 in the US. VH1 later placed it 82nd among the greatest hard rock songs, and decades on, in 2023, it turned up in a trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and on the film's soundtrack.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Classic Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 335 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1997 285 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
2004 485 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 375 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 92 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) 100
2006 118 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2010 260 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 1015 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 1073 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2016 497 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 615 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 223 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2017 492 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2023 735 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 422 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 322 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 284 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 403 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 437 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 426 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2026 306 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499
2026 332 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Since You Been Gone.

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