When I'm Dead and Gone

McGuinness Flint

About When I'm Dead and Gone

"When I'm Dead and Gone" is a song written by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle. It was recorded and released in November 1970 as the debut single by McGuinness Flint, peaked at No. 2 in the UK charts the following month, and reached No. 47 in the US charts in February 1971. and peaked at #34 in Canada. It was one of the first hit singles to feature prominent use of mandolin, played by Lyle, who also took lead vocal. Gallagher played bass guitar and sang tenor harmony, while both he and Lyle also played kazoos and guitarist Tom McGuinness played the dobro solo. The song was inspired by the life of blues musician Robert Johnson, hence the line in the second verse, "Hey there, Ladies, Johnson's free." According to McGuinness, "You can get to number one in England and sell 200,000 total. But [the single's release] was over Christmas and it sold 400,000 ... it sold a couple of hundred thousand in America, 100,000 in Germany, 50,000 in Japan."After Gallagher and Lyle left the group and enjoyed a successful career as a duo, they featured the song regularly on stage - though usually in the lower key of C, rather than the original key of D, and eschewing kazoos in favour of a harmonica, which Gallagher used on a harness. This treatment of the song can be heard on the duo's 1999 album Live In Concert. 


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Oh I love you baby, I love you night and day
When I leave you baby, don't cry the night away
When I die, don't you write no words upon my tomb
I don't believe, I want to leave no epitaph for two

Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone
I wanna leave some happy woman living on
Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave - yeah

Oh, Mama Linda, she's out to get my hide
She's got a shotgun and a daughter by her side
Hey there, ladies, Johnsonґs free
Who's got the love, who's got the love to keep a man like me

Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone
I'm gonna leave some happy woman living on
Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone
Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave - yeah

Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone
I don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave
Oh oh oh oh, when I'm dead and gone, when I'm dead and gone
I don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave - yeah

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McGuinness Flint

McGuinness Flint was a rock band formed in 1970 by Tom McGuinness, former bassist and guitarist with Manfred Mann, and Hughie Flint, former drummer with John Mayall; plus vocalist and keyboard player Dennis Coulson, and multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle. more »

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Written by: Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle

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10 facts about this song

Artist Origin
Fury in the Slaughterhouse is a well-known rock band from Germany that initially performed "When I'm Dead and Gone" in the year 2002.
Original Artist
The original song "When I'm Dead and Gone" was performed by the British rock band, McGuinness Flint in 1970.
Song Performance
A popular cover of "When I'm Dead and Gone" was performed by the British rock band Status Quo in 2002, for their album "Riffs."
Song Recognition
"When I'm Dead and Gone" was McGuinness Flint's first single and their biggest hit, reaching number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1970.
Album Release
"When I'm Dead and Gone" is included in the album "McGuinness Flint" which was released in 1970.
Song Duration
The original song by McGuinness Flint has a duration of approximately 3 minutes and 41 seconds.
Song Style
The song "When I'm Dead and Gone" is best described as a blend of rock, pop, and folk music.
Song Theme
The lyrics of "When I'm Dead and Gone" express the fear of dying alone and the wish to be remembered after death.
Album Content
"Riffs" by Status Quo, where their version of "When I'm Dead and Gone" appears, is an album that exclusively contains covers of famous songs.
Artist Break up
After the success of "When I'm Dead and Gone," McGuinness Flint had a few more minor hits before the band disbanded in 1975.

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