The King Is Gone (So Are You)
| "The King Is Gone (So Are You)" | ||||
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| Single by George Jones | ||||
| from the album One Woman Man | ||||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:22 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Roger D. Ferris | |||
| Producer(s) | Billy Sherrill | |||
| George Jones singles chronology | ||||
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"The King Is Gone (So Are You)" is a novelty song written by Roger D. Ferris and recorded by American country singer George Jones.
Background
The song is about a man who, in a drunken stupor after using a Flintstones jelly bean jar to drink whiskey from a "Jim Beam decanter that looks like Elvis," believes Elvis Presley and Fred Flintstone are his drinking buddies. Depressed that his wife has left him, with the narrator recalls, "Elvis said, 'Find 'em young' and Fred said, 'Old fasion girls are fun.'"
It became a live favorite for Jones and was included on the 1994 Sony box set The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country.
Release history
Initially, the composition had been titled "Ya Ba Da Ba Do (So Are You)" but the song's publisher changed the title to avoid a possible legal entanglement; early pressings of the LP contain its original title. The single marked the end of Jones' remarkable run at the top of the Billboard country singles chart, where he had been a constant presence for over thirty years; he would not make the Top 25 again with a solo single until 1993's "Hi-Tech Redneck."
Chart performance
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 26 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 31 |