Kelly Clarkson, Since U Been Gone | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 17^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Since U Been Gone” performed by Kelly Clarkson. 

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and/or stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 17^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “Since U Been Gone” performed by Kelly Clarkson.

“Here’s the thing, we started out friends / It was cool, but it was all pretend / Yeah, yeah / Since you been gone.” One of the biggest hits of the Kelly Clarkson catalog is… “Since U Been Gone”, of course! “Since U Been Gone” appears on Clarkson’s multiplatinum, sophomore album, Breakaway, released in 2004.  Somehow, the platinum-certified single missed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, settling for no. 2.  Even so, in 2005, “Since U Been Gone” was ubiquitous.  Furthermore, Clarkson earned a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, one of three earned to date.

So, what makes “Since U Been Gone” one of the best pop bangers of the 2000s? Clarkson’s vocals are top-notch, particularly on the centerpiece, the chorus:

“But since you been gone

I can breathe for the first time

I’m so moving on, yeah, yeah

Thanks to you

Now I get what I want

Since you been gone.”

Besides the vocals, the songwriting is superb.  That’s not surprising, with Dr. Luke and Max Martin writing and producing.  “Since U Been Gone” thrives because of its energy and catchiness. Clarkson has rid of him, and she’s glad he’s gone.  After all, “You put me on / I even fell for that stupid love song,” realizing this dude wasn’t it! In the bridge, she adds, “You had your chance, you blew it / Out of sight, out of mind / Shut your mouth, I just can’t take it / Again and again and again and again.” Word! “Since U Been Gone” doesn’t require extensive analysis – it speaks for itself.  This is peak, top-tier Kelly Clarkson, PERIOD.

Kelly Clarkson // Breakaway // 19 Recordings Ltd. / RCA // 2004

Kelly Clarkson, Since U Been Gone: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 17 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; 19 Recordings Ltd. / RCA; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]