Peak
10
Weeks
22
Score
3,398
Chart Year
2003
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position10
Peak DateJul 12, 2003
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted22
Weeks in Top 4017
Weeks in Top 101
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc1,201
Weekly Calc2,197
Total Score3,398
Rankings
Year Ranking#54
Decade Ranking#543
Billboard Year#55
Top 5000#2,969
Details
- Album
- After the Storm
- Label
- J Records
- Genre
- Soul
- Duration
- 2:00
- Composer(s)
- Kenneth Cunningham
- Entered Chart
- Apr 26, 2003
- Peak Date
- Jul 12, 2003
- Released
- April 8, 2003
- Recorded
- Studio Hit Factory Criteria (Miami)
- Catalog #
- J 21260
Music Video
The music video for "So Gone" was shot by director Chris Robinson, and produced by Dawn Rose for Partizan Entertainment. Many interior shots were filmed in the same Key Biscayne, Florida mansion used in the 1983 film Scarface, as well as various locations throughout the South Beach neighborhood in Miami, Florida on April 1 and 2, 2003.[11] Actor Derek Luke co-stars as Monica's love interest, while producer Missy Elliott appears in a handful of scenes.[11] The plot depicts Monica as a wounded girlfriend, who believes having discovered her man's hidden secret. "The video is like [Luke] and I are in a relationship," Monica told in an interview with MTV News. "In my mind I think he's cheating. As you see in the video, my mind's playing tricks on me. I've destroyed his home and all this stuff for no reason. I get arrested as you would in real life." The video ends with Monica being taken away in a police cruiser, introducing a cliffhanger, which leads to the video for the album's second single, "Knock Knock".[2] The "So Gone" video premiered worldwide on April 23, 2003, at the end on BET's Access Granted.[12] It charted well on several video-chart countdowns, including peak positions of number 2 on BET's 106 & Park, and of number 6 on MTV's TRL.
Notes
This song finds Monica singing about almost losing her mind over an unfaithful man. The singer's close friend Missy Elliott wrote and produced the tune. "She wrote that record after eavesdropping on my phone conversation," Monica recalled, laughing to MTV News in 2012. "So when you think about things like that, that can only be done by somebody that's very close to you." Monica was just 14 when her first album, Miss Thang, was released in 1995. After her breakthrough The Boy Is Mine in 1998, she released All Eyez on Me in 2002, which disappointed. This was a difficult time for Monica, who lost her grandmother and her cousin, and also witnessed a suicide. She also had to deal with rumors on the Internet - something that wasn't a factor when she started. "Everything about After The Storm was about my life after the hardship," she told Fader in 2016. "This album came when I felt whole enough to make a record again. 'So Gone' was actually created because [Missy Elliott] kept the microphone on and overheard my phone conversations. After hearing my phone conversation, she created this song." This was Monica's biggest commercial success in years - it was her first Top 10 single on the Hot 100 since 1998's "Angel Of Mine." The song incorporates a sample of The Whispers' 1977 recording "You Are Number One." That song's writer, Zyah Ahmonuel (aka Malcolm Anthony), gets a composer credit on "So Gone" thanks to the sample. On Twitter, the #SoGoneChallenge started trending in 2016, with users doing their own verses to this track. On August 10, it took off when Chance The Rapper posted his, where he rapped about his pregnant girlfriend: She complains about the baby weight but I ain't panic Since she got pregnant she been showing crack like bad mechanic Monica, who is good friends with Missy Elliott, posted her own video on August 16 where she took the challenge with Elliott dancing in the background: Slap all those chicks for talking smack Making raps while they rapping on my old track Others to take the challenge include Kevin Hart, Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union.
So gone over you, you you you Yeah, lil Monica, woo Silly of me (uh huh), devoted so much time To find you unfaithful boy I nearly lost my mind (woo) Drive past your house every night (uh) In an unmarked car (uh huh) Wonderin' what she had on me (uh) to make you break my heart (come on) You make me feel (yeah) (uh huh) I'm so gone So unreal You make me feel(uh huh) You make me feel Whoa and I love to love you baby (uh) So unreal (ooh) Nights I couldn't sleep, uh You let the sun beat you home (uh huh) I ask myself over again What am I doing wrong (woo) To make you stay out all night (uh huh) and not think to call (uh) What does she have over me (uh huh) To make you not think to call home? You make me feel You make me feel I'm so gone (woo) (uh huh) So unreal You make me feel You make me feel Whoa and I love to love you baby (woo) So unreal (ooh) Listen boy I'ma rowdy chick Sometimes I have to fight 'cause my mouth too slick Baby why you doin' me like I ain't worth shit Make me wanna ride past your house and sit Kick down your doors and smack your chick Just to show you Monica not havin' that (uh huh) So in love with you like a drug habit get So unreal You treat me so unreal (unreal) What she do I do I do better (uh huh) What she do to make you love her? (uh huh) (What did she do) Is it real or forever? (uh huh) Oh (is it real)? Baby please can we stay together? (come on) What she do I do I do better (uh huh) What she do to make you love her? (oh) Is it real or forever? Oh (is it real)? Baby please can we stay together? (woo) Whoa and I love to love you baby Whoa and I love to love you baby Whoa and I love to love you baby, ooh Whoa and I love to love you baby Whoa and I love to love you baby Whoa and I love to love you baby Just to show you Monica not havin' it You make me feel (yeah) You make me feel I'm so gone So unreal (oh) You make me feel You make me feel Whoa and I love to love you baby So unreal (ooh) Said that I need you I don't really need you Said that I need you, ooh Said that I need you I don't really need you Said that I need you You treat me so unreal
Chart History (22 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 26, 2003 | 66 | 60 |
| 2 | May 3, 2003 | 62 | 64 |
| 3 | May 10, 2003 | 51 | 75 |
| 4 | May 17, 2003 | 36 | 90 |
| 5 | May 24, 2003 | 21 | 105 |
| 6 | May 31, 2003 | 16 | 110 |
| 7 | Jun 7, 2003 | 15 | 111 |
| 8 | Jun 14, 2003 | 14 | 112 |
| 9 | Jun 21, 2003 | 11 | 115 |
| 10 | Jun 28, 2003 | 11 | 115 |
| 11 | Jul 5, 2003 | 11 | 115 |
| 12 | Jul 12, 2003 | 10 | 116 |
| 13 | Jul 19, 2003 | 12 | 114 |
| 14 | Jul 26, 2003 | 11 | 115 |
| 15 | Aug 2, 2003 | 13 | 113 |
| 16 | Aug 9, 2003 | 18 | 108 |
| 17 | Aug 16, 2003 | 19 | 107 |
| 18 | Aug 23, 2003 | 24 | 102 |
| 19 | Aug 30, 2003 | 27 | 99 |
| 20 | Sep 6, 2003 | 36 | 90 |
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