Now You're Gone (Black song)

"Now You're Gone" is a song by English singer-songwriter Black, which was released by A&M in 1988 as the third single from his second studio album Comedy.

[2] On its release as a single, Andy Strickland of Record Mirror described "Now You're Gone" as "a haunting little tale of lost love".

He added, "Black backs his deadpan voice with piano and a distinctly classical string quartet that makes 'Now You're Gone' perhaps a better record than its constituent parts warrant.

[4] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner noted the "clever lyrics", Black's "far from jarring crooning" and the "not too unpleasant sound of violinists sawing away in the background", but felt the result was "completely uninspiring".

[5] Marcus Hodge of the Cambridge Evening News noted the "classic feel", but added the song "never gets beyond a good idea".