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Already Gone

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Already Gone is one of Kelly Clarkson's most haunting songs ever.

A little precursor.
Kelly had originally wrote the song ALREADY GONE. Producer Ryan Tedder, from One Republic, helped polish the song with Clarkson and then produced it. Unfortunately for Kelly, after Ryan had finished work with Kelly on her album (with about 6 or so songs) he went to work with Beyonce on her new album. Ryan used a similar, BUT NOT THE SAME, backing track for Beyonce's HALO. (Essentially a similar backing drum beat)

Be it Beyonce's label or management, knowingly or unknowingly, put a rush to release HALO before Clarkson's camp had time to release ALREADY GONE.

Since Halo was released to radio first, most listeners draw comparisions from Halo to Already Gone. Kelly has been ridiculed for the similarities when it wasn't even her fault the situation occured. She worked with Tedder first, and her song Already Gone was written and produced first. After the fact, she heard Halo and called Ryan to voice her displeasure.

Kelly fought with her label to not release Already Gone as her third single. Not for the fact she doesn't like the song, but out of respect for Beyonce. Since Halo was still on the charts, Kelly felt it would be disrepectful to Beyonce to release the song. Her label defied her wishes and released the song anyway. Kelly has since changed the production of the song during her live performances on television and on her ALL I EVER WANTED TOUR to discourage any similarities from her song ALREADY GONE to HALO.

NOW.
Already Gone ranks right up there with Because of You as one of her songs that you can feel the depth, the soul, the lyrics, and the emotion. Kelly can sing anything and make it sound good, but she strikes it home with the haunting and gut wrenching ballads she so skillfully and masterfully performs.

THE VIDEO.
Joseph Kahn was a little perturbed about the video to ALREADY GONE. IF you will notice the song is actually well over 4 minutes long on the album. The video is only about 3:30. The video was shot to incorporate the entire song, but RCA feeling the video was too dark, edited a large majority. The video that was left is centered around Clarkson with subtle hints that she is a ghost. What the viewers are missing is some sort of death/suicide scene which RCA felt would revert Kelly back into the My December ages. Viewers and fans alike feel differently as a final conclusion would have made the music video complete.

Kelly is a true gem who is completely underrated. This girl can sing anything.

Anyone that denies her of her talent needs to see her live.

I challenge anyone with a negative image of this girl go to a concert and come out feeling the same.

Its okay if you dont like her music, but don't hate the girl. She has threw away the typical Hollywood celebrity image and made her own.

As Kelly has said ALL SHE EVER WANTED is to make good music.

I really enjoy listening to this song. Kelly Clarkson is a very talented singer. I've enjoyed just about every song she has recorded, but this is one of my favorites!!

Not that her other hits were bad but this song is awesome.

It conveys a very strong feeling, great melody and emotional vocals.

Thumbs up Kelly!

Since her victory on American Idol, Kelly Clarkson has reliably produced guilty pleasure songs. She became a diva; to her astonishment, she became the next Cher. Her sophomore release, My December garnered controversy due to her decision to go emo--but still had strong songs. Clarkson's latest hit "Already Gone",is "controversial" due to its resemblance to Beyonce's Halo

So,Ryan Tedder produced both songs. "Already Gone" is "controversial" in the sense that it's generic. It's not even in the realm of guilty pleasures. "Already Gone" is so bland that within minutes,it's already gone from one's mind. There's no spirit or soul to it. It's ambient music fit for a shopping mall. "Already Gone",thankfully,leaves the memory.

There is honestly no doubt about the fact that there are very few artists that feel like they can hit the right nail on the head. But for Kelly Clarkson, she honestly hasn't been able to make music sound all her own so well. That actually is proof of her latest single, Already Gone, the 3rd single from her latest album All I Ever Wanted isn't really a song that feels like it is original. Actually, if you honestly get a closer listen to the song, it actually sounds a bit too similar in its melody like Beyonce's recent song Halo. I really am not that fully impressed with Kelly's latest, not only that, but it also is a bit dissapointing. It doesn't bring out the heart on other recent songs, like Whitney Houston's elequent I Look To You. I really definitely think Kelly Clarkson should try and find better songs to make her own, than feeling like she is copying someone else.

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