Every time you hear someone talking about the song “Since You’ve Been Gone”, you probably think of the song by Kelly Clarkson. . .

. . .which is a really great song, I’m not gonna lie, but I always think of a very different one, by the much-underrated band the Outfield.

When I was finding these, I came across videos of many other songs by that same name (click the links) of versions that I’d never heard of before, by the old English hard rock band Rainbow.  Yes, that Rainbow, with Ritchie Blackmore on guitar.  There were tons of covers of this version, including one by Brian May of Queen, and a fairly crappy live one featuring Yngwie Malmsteen, which looks as if he may have actually played with Rainbow for a while.

Those three are by far the most famous songs, but if you dig a little deeper, you’ll find another one by Weird Al, and a really cheesy soul one by Day26.  The one that stood head and shoulders above all the others was by Aretha Franklin in her prime, on a Swedish TV show from 1968.