Origin and Recording
"Gone" was written by vocalist Eddie Vedder on September 30, 2005, in the Room 1152 (where the band stayed that night), of the Borgata Hotel, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It debuted the next night in a solo performance by Vedder at the band's October 1, 2005 concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey at the Borgata Events Center. The band recorded a demo version of the song that was released as a part of the 2005 Holiday single available to fan club members. Vedder on the song:
I wanted to play a song the next night. I went to learn it and it didn't come right away, so I started playing something else, and it was . What's nice about it was that it was done in an hour or so, with backgrounds. I played it the next night at the show.
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