Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)
| Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) | |
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| Cinderella | |
| publication | 1988 |
| length | 4:48 |
| Genre (s) | Blues rock |
| Author (s) | Tom Keifer |
| Publisher (s) | Mercury Records / Polygram Records |
| album | Long cold winter |
Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) is the title of a song by the US blues rock band Cinderella and comes from their second album Long Cold Winter , the first single from which it was released.
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After the group had been very successful with their debut album Night Songs in 1986 (No. 3 on the Billboard 200 , three singles in the US singles charts , and a gold record after a US tour as the opening act for Bon Jovi ), the band left In 1988 with producer Andy Johns in the studio to record the follow-up album. Johns, known for his work as a sound engineer for Led Zeppelin , had already produced the debut album . In addition to Johns, singer Tom Keifer and bassist Eric Brittingham also took part in the production work.
Long Cold Winter was awarded gold and platinum records on September 9, 1988 for more than 1,000,000 million albums sold. In November of the same year there was double platinum and on January 23, 1997 the group received the triple platinum award for the album.
Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) was the album's first released single. The song was shortened by 55 seconds compared to the version contained on the album and had a length of 4:48 minutes. On the B-side , the record contained the title Fire and Ice. It was the band's first single that was also released on CD .
In addition to the title track, the CD contained the songs Fire and Ice, Long Cold Winter and Push, Push from the album Nightsongs. Other output formats were the seven-inch record that had been common up until then , as well as a twelve- inch record , which also contained a live version of the song Push, Push . Another maxi single released in the Netherlands contained the album version of the song with a length of 5:43 minutes, the live recording of a cover version of Jumpin 'Jack Flash , and a live version of the song Nobody's Fool from the band 's debut album.
reception
The song reached number twelve on the US singles chart and thus the best placement of the four singles released from the album.
Web links
- Official Cinderella website
- Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) on YouTube , accessed October 31, 2019.
- Do not Know What You Got at Discogs (English)