What Kinda Gone

"What Kinda Gone"
Single by Chris Cagle
from the album My Life's Been a Country Song
Released	July 23, 2007 (2007-07-23)
Genre	Country
Length	3:03
Label	Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Dave Berg Candyce Cameron Chip Davis
Producer(s)	Chris Cagle Scott Hendricks
Chris Cagle singles chronology
"Anywhere but Here" (2006) "What Kinda Gone" (2007) "No Love Songs" (2008)

"What Kinda Gone" is a song recorded by American country music singer Chris Cagle. It was released in July 2007 as the first single from his album My Life's Been a Country Song, which was released in early 2008. Having reached a peak position of number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in April 2008, it became Cagle's first Top 10 single since 2003's "Chicks Dig It", his eleventh chart single overall, and his final Top 10 country single. It was written by Dave Berg, Candyce Cameron and Chip Davis.

Content

The narrator's significant other tells him she’s gone, but he wonders what kind of "gone" she is talking about and he proceeds to list off the various meanings of the word.

Critical reception

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an American B+ grade saying that song is "packed with personality" and that he was "smiling from the first verse".

Chart performance

"What Kinda Gone" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of August 4, 2007.

Chart (2007–2008)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)	4
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)	69
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	3
US Billboard Hot 100	54
US Billboard Pop 100	96

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)	14

External links

• Chip Davis, the co-songwriter of What Kinda Gone, chats about the song with the 2 music geeks