"Gone Long Gone" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country artist Jason Benoit.
[2] Benoit was writing a post on Twitter when he realized he could turn the words he had written into the opening line of a song.
Benoit remarked that the process from writing the tweet to recording the full track took approximately eight months as both Sony Music Canada and his manager believed it would be a great follow-up to his previous single "Crazy Kinda Love".
[3] "Gone Long Gone" reached a peak of number seven on the Billboard Canada Country chart for the week of July 18, 2015, marking Benoit's first career top ten hit.
[4] It also peaked at number 78 on the Canadian Hot 100 for the week of August 1, 2015, and was Benoit's first career entry on that chart.