2004Released
3:08

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Clarkson explained this song's meaning in Entertainment Weekly, September 2, 2005: "'Hazel Eyes' is about the dipstick who completely screwed up and now is unhappy and you're happy. And then you're just shouting praises at the fact that he's miserable in 'Since U Been Gone.'"

"Since U Been Gone" was the first single from Kelly Clarkson's second album, Breakaway, released in 2004 two years after she became the first American Idol winner. The show was her launching pad, but when this song became a big hit, it proved she could fly on her own. The next singles, "Behind These Hazel Eyes" and "Because Of You," were also huge, each placing in the Top 10. Other Idol winners (Carrie Underwood excepted) didn't do nearly as well with their second albums.

Clarkson became the first American Idol alum to win a Grammy when in 2006 "Since U Been Gone" took Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Breakaway won Best Pop Vocal Album. She performed "Because Of You" on the show, later explaining that earlier in the day, her doctor's office told her tests revealed "cancerous results." She was wreck, but all that pathos channeled into her performance and brought the house down. The next day, she found out the office gave her the wrong test results - she was fine.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Since U Been Gone.
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
131BPM

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RCA Records Label
(P) 2004 19 Recordings Ltd. under exclusive license to RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment

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