Never Forget: Wyclef Jean - "Gone' 'Til November"

[Taadow]

Never Forget is a thread series where you and I - your host, Taadow - revisit some hits we may have stored in the attic of our minds. Today, Clef and about 50-leven folks - "Gone 'Til November".



"B-B-BUT WAS IT REALLY A HIT??"

Canada (Canadian Singles Chart) Peak: #4
Germany (Official German Charts) Peak: #31
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) Peak: #17
Netherlands (Single Top 100) Peak: #15
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) Peak: #4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) Peak: #47
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) Peak: #22
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) Peak: #3
UK R&B (Official Charts Company) Peak: #1
US Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #7
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Peak: #9
US Hot Rap Singles Peak: #2
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Peak: #1
US Rhythmic Top 40 Peak: #19

AFTERMATH:

As we know, there was a point when Fugees could've farted on the mic and woulda gone plat.
This is a part of that.

Ok sure, I played along with the Bee Gees sample for "We Trying To Stay Alive".
"Guantanamera" was cool.
But this chit here? What the hell, mayne. This chit won awards and chit.

You: "b-b-but, it's not even a rap song..."

Oh - I know, nicca. But I got that chit covered, too.
Don't forget they gave us the version to get jiggy to, and that chit got hellafied play:



I maintain that this is the most wasted talent ever on one song: Clef beat, R.Kelly on the hook, Beyonce
on the background vocals, a Canibus verse...this song did the least with the most ever. Not that it's wack,
but - niccas was callin' this nicca Clef a GENIUS and whatnot....well, maybe he is a genius - he made an adult contemporary soft rock hit about going to sell dope.

And this album was a MONSTER, yo. It had 5 legit hit singles on it and went double plat.
Folks be actin' like this never happened, but naw.

 

[Deltron]

I liked We Tryin to Stay Alive

 

[Taadow]

I liked We Tryin to Stay Alive

buncha folks did...but was it "genius" chit??

 

[Deltron]

oh hell nah

just catchy as a motherfukka

 

[re'up]

My friend's older sister had the Wyclef album, 'The Carnival', and my boy and I played this all the time, on the way to school, on the old school stereo at the house, just discovering music and cd's at the time was a pretty special thing, such a 90's memory, of playing albums, cd's skipping, trying to fast forward skits.....The remix was on there, and the original played on the radio constantly, loved the 'Stayin Alive' remake, of course the raps weren't shyt, but the melodies and sound was so dope at the time.....This is like 98, I'm maybe 13 years old, but I still play 'Gone Til November'.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Funny shyt is thats how John Forte got caught up

 

[god shamgod]

I rocked wit this song and the remix back in the day

 

[Middle Finga U]

Canibus killed the remix though

 

[Taadow]

Funny shyt is thats how John Forte got caught up

True.