Here's the thing, we started out friends It was cool, but it was all pretend Yeah-yeah, since you been gone You dedicated, you took the time Wasn't long till I called you mine Yeah-yeah, since you been gone And all you'd ever hear me say Is how I pictured me with you That's all you'd ever hear me say But since you been gone I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on, yeah-yeah Thanks to you, now I get what I want Since you been gone How can I put it? You put me on I even fell for that stupid love song Yeah-yeah, since you been gone (since you been gone) How come I'd never hear you say "I just wanna be with you" (With you) I guess you never felt that way But since you been gone I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on, yeah-yeah Thanks to you, now I get, I get what I want Since you been gone You had your chance, you blew it Out of sight, out of mind Shut your mouth, I just can't take it Again and again and again and again Since you been gone (since you been gone) I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on, yeah-yeah Thanks to you (thanks to you) Now I get (I get) You should know (you should know) That I get, I get what I want Since you been gone Since you been gone Since you been gone
Here's the thing, we started out friends It was cool, but it was all pretend Yeah-yeah, since you been gone You dedicated, you took the time Wasn't long till I called you mine Yeah-yeah, since you been gone And all you'd ever hear me say Is how I pictured me with you That's all you'd ever hear me say But since you been gone I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on, yeah-yeah Thanks to you, now I get what I want Since you been gone How can I put it? You put me on I even fell for that stupid love song Yeah-yeah, since you been gone (since you been gone) How come I'd never hear you say "I just wanna be with you" (With you) I guess you never felt that way But since you been gone I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on, yeah-yeah Thanks to you, now I get, I get what I want Since you been gone You had your chance, you blew it Out of sight, out of mind Shut your mouth, I just can't take it Again and again and again and again Since you been gone (since you been gone) I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on, yeah-yeah Thanks to you (thanks to you) Now I get (I get) You should know (you should know) That I get, I get what I want Since you been gone Since you been gone Since you been gone
Max Martin escreveu originalmente a canção pensando na Pink, que recusou a proposta, e depois ofereceu-a à Hilary Duff, que também manteve-a porque não conseguia alcançar as notas mais altas.
Clive Davis foi quem convenceu os compositores a entregar a música para a Kelly Clarkson, que então decidiu adicionar guitarras mais pesadas e baterias mais rígidas para suavizar o som pop óbvio da demo original.
A canção venceu o prêmio de Melhor Performance Vocal Feminina de Pop na 48ª edição dos Grammy Awards, um dos maiores reconhecimentos da indústria musical.
O clipe, dirigido por Alex De Rakoff, mostra a cantora estragando o apartamento do ex-namorado e venceu dois dos três MTV Video Music Awards para os quais foi indicado em 2005, incluindo Melhor Vídeo Feminino e Melhor Vídeo Pop.
Em novembro de 2025, a faixa tornou-se a primeira música de Clarkson a atingir um bilhão de streams na plataforma Spotify.
Além de ser indicada ao Grammy, a música foi classificada em nono lugar entre as 500 maiores músicas de todos os tempos pela Rolling Stone na revisão de 2021 e como a quinta maior música pop de todos os tempos pela Billboard.
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