Song · Wyclef Jean
“Gone 'Til November” by Wyclef Jean
Released 1998
“Gone 'Til November” by Wyclef Jean appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1998 and 2023. It was first released in 1998. Its best result is #53 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #208 alternative song of 1998.
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"Gone 'Til November" was the third single Wyclef Jean pulled from The Carnival, his 1997 solo debut, and it followed "Guantanamera" into the shops when Columbia and Ruffhouse released it on November 25, 1997. It gave the Haitian rapper a number 3 hit in the UK, a peak only "It Doesn't Matter" would equal, in 2000, and it reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 in both Canada and New Zealand.
The version everybody knows isn't the one on the album. The single and the video used a pop mix, and that's the cut radio made familiar; the album track runs on a different bass line and carries more voiceover, different voiceover at that. The remix goes its own way from both.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 80 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
| 1998 | 53 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 718 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2021 | 187 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 517 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
Also listed as: Gone Til November; Gone Till November.
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