1989Released
4:03

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Real Gone Kid. By Songfacts®.

Lead singer Ricky Ross wrote this song about Lone Justice's vocalist Maria McKee. He had seen Lone Justice in concert and was inspired by her wild behavior on stage to write a song about her lifestyle.

It was the first song Deacon Blue released with Lorraine McIntosh (who was Ricky Ross' girlfriend) in the band.

This was their biggest UK hit with their own material, however in 1990 Deacon Blue had a #2 hit with their EP "Four Bacharach And David Songs."

Top Listeners

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Real Gone Kid.
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
130BPM

Album

The album Real Gone Kid is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Real Gone Kid.
Sony Music UK
(P) 2012 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

See your Spotify stats (with number of plays and minutes listened) and discover new music.

Music data, artist images, album covers, and song previews are provided by Spotify. Spotify is a trademark of Spotify AB.

5.9MArtists
75MSongs
12.6MAlbums
6.5KGenres
2.5MLabels
494.5KPlaylists