Since I Don't Have You

"Since I Don't Have You"
"Since I Don't Have You"
Single by Ronnie Milsap
from the album Back to the Grindstone
B-side	"I Ain't Gonna Cry No More"
Released	July 13, 1991
Genre	Country
Length	4:10
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Jackie Taylor; James Beaumont; Janet Vogel; Joseph Rock; Joe Verscharen; Lennie Martin; Wally Lester;
Producer(s)	Ronnie Milsap; Rob Galbraith; Richard Landis;
Ronnie Milsap singles chronology

"Since I Don't Have You"
"Since I Don't Have You"
Single by Don McLean
from the album Chain Lightning
B-side	"Your Cheatin' Heart"
Released	April 1981
Genre	Easy listening
Length	2:32
Label	Millennium
Songwriter(s)	Jackie Taylor; James Beaumont; Janet Vogel; Joseph Rock; Joe Verscharen; Lennie Martin; Wally Lester;
Producer(s)	Larry Butler
Don McLean singles chronology

"Since I Don't Have You"
"Since I Don't Have You"
	One of pressings of the US single
Single by the Skyliners
B-side	"One Night, One Night"
Released	December 1958
Recorded	1958
Genre	Doo-wop
Length	2:40
Label	Calico
Songwriter(s)	Jackie Taylor; James Beaumont; Janet Vogel; Joseph Rock; Joe Verscharen; Lennie Martin; Wally Lester;
Producer(s)	Joseph Rock
The Skyliners singles chronology

"Since I Don't Have You" is a song written and composed by Jackie Taylor, James Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Rock, Joe Verscharen, Lennie Martin, and Wally Lester. It was first a 1958 hit single for the doo-wop group the Skyliners on the Billboard Hot 100. Country music singer Ronnie Milsap had a hit with the song in 1991. American hard rock band Guns N' Roses also had some success in 1994 with their version of the song which reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

The Skyliners version

Background

Taken from their self-titled album and released in late 1958, the single reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 7 on the Cash Box Top 100.^[1] It was also a top five hit on the 1959 R&B chart.

Charts

Weekly chart (1959)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	12
US Billboard Hot R&B Sides^[2]	3
US Cash Box Top 100	7

Year-end chart (1959)	Rank
US Billboard Hot 100 ^[3]	65
US Cash Box Top 100^[4]	41

Don McLean version

Don McLean's 1981 rendition reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[5] In Canada, it peaked at number two on its AC chart.^[6]

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles	45
Canada Adult Contemporary^[7]	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	23
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	6
US Billboard Country	68
US Cash Box Top 100	28

Ronnie Milsap version

Background

Country music artist Ronnie Milsap's version was a number 6 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1991.^[9] The single was taken from his album Back to the Grindstone, released on RCA Nashville. It was produced by Milsap, Rob Galbraith, and Richard Landis.

Charts

Weekly chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[10]	7
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[11]	25
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[12]	6

Year-end chart (1991)	Rank
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[13]	84
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[14]	67

Guns N' Roses version

"Since I Don't Have You"

Standard artwork (commercial US/UK cassette single pictured)

Single by Guns N' Roses

from the album "The Spaghetti Incident?"

B-side

"You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" (LP version)

Released

March 1, 1994

Length

4:20

Label

Geffen

Producer(s)

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses singles chronology

"Estranged"
(1994)

"Since I Don't Have You"
(1994)

"Sympathy for the Devil"
(1994)

Music video

"Since I Don't Have You" on YouTube

Background

The song was covered by rock band Guns N' Roses for their fifth studio album, "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993). This was Guns N' Roses' 18th single release overall, and the second single released from "The Spaghetti Incident?". The single was released in mid-1994, reaching No. 69 on the Hot 100 and the top ten in the UK. The music video features actor Gary Oldman – then a popular casting choice for Hollywood villains^[15] – as a smiling demon who is constantly mocking singer Axl Rose. The video was the last to feature original members Duff McKagan and Slash (until 2023’s Perhaps) as well as drummer Matt Sorum and rhythm guitarist Gilby Clarke.

Personnel

W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, keyboards
Slash – lead guitar
Duff McKagan – bass
Matt Sorum – drums
Dizzy Reed – piano
Gilby Clarke – acoustic guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993–1995)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[16]	47
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[17]	20
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[18]	35
France (SNEP)^[19]	28
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)^[20]	1
Ireland (IRMA)^[21]	16
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[22]	48
Scotland (OCC)^[23]	26
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[24]	40
UK Singles (OCC)^[25]	10
US Billboard Hot 100^[26]	69

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)^[27]	20

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	March 1, 1994	7-inch vinyl cassette	Geffen
Japan	April 21, 1994	CD		^[28]
United Kingdom	May 23, 1994	CD cassette		^[29]

Other notable versions

In 1964, Chuck Jackson went to No. 47 on the Hot 100 with his recording.^[30]
Jay and the Americans remade "Since I Don't Have You" for their April 1969 Sands of Time album release,^[31] their rendition serving as B-side for their Top Ten single "This Magic Moment" released November 1968.^[32]
The Vogues remade "Since I Don't Have You" for their 1968 album release Memories: the track would also being included on the 1970 album release The Vogues Sing the Good Old Songs and Other Hits from which it was issued as a fourth single in December 1970 to reach #8 on the Billboard Easy Listening hit ranking, marking the Vogues last Top Ten appearance on a national chart.^[33]
Art Garfunkel reached No. 38 on the UK singles chart in July 1979 with his cover, while peaking at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the adult contemporary chart in the US.^[34]
Dorothy Moore's 1979 Definitely Dorothy album release included the medley "Since I Don't Have You"/"Since I Fell for You".^[35]
Peter Weller sang the first part of the song to his future love interest in the movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984).

References

↑ "Cash Box Top Singles 5/02/59". Cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 532.
↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1959/Top 100 Songs of 1959". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
↑ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1959". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
↑ "Archived copy". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2016-10-16.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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↑ "Archived copy". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 233.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1640." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 5, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
↑ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ Abrahams, Stephanie (July 20, 2012). "Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman on the Secrets and Surprises of Dark Knight". Time. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
↑ "Guns N' Roses – Since I Don't Have You". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2456." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 25. June 18, 1994. p. 14. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
↑ "Guns N' Roses – Since I Don't Have You" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (23.–29.12. '93)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). December 23, 1993. p. 38. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Guns N' Roses". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
↑ "Guns N' Roses – Since I Don't Have You". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
↑ "Guns N' Roses – Since I Don't Have You". Singles Top 100. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
↑ "Guns N' Roses: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
↑ "Guns N Roses Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
↑ "Árslistinn 1994". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 2, 1995. p. 16. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
↑ "シンス・アイ・ドント・ハブ・ユー | ガンズ・アンド・ローゼズ" [Since I Don't Have You | Guns and Roses] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
↑ "Single Releases". Music Week. May 21, 1994. p. 27.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 414.
↑ "Jay & the Americans - Sands of Time Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic.
↑ Record World (Vol 23 #1121) November 30 1968 "Single Reviews" p.8
↑ "The Vogues Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 94.
↑ "Tracks on Definitely Dorothy - Dorothy Moore (1979) | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.

External links

The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You on YouTube

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[autogenerated1-1] "Cash Box Top Singles 5/02/59". Cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 532.

[3] "Top 100 Hits of 1959/Top 100 Songs of 1959". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.

[4] "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1959". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[5] "Archived copy". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2016-10-16.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[sc_Canadacountry_-10] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1640." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 5, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

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[sc_Canadatopsingles_-17] "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2456." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

[18] "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 25. June 18, 1994. p. 14. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

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[20] "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (23.–29.12. '93)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). December 23, 1993. p. 38. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

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Don McLean
Discography
Studio albums	Tapestry American Pie Don McLean Playin' Favorites Homeless Brother Prime Time Chain Lightning Believers Love Tracks Headroom Christmas The River of Love Christmas Dreams Sings Marty Robbins You've Got to Share Songs for Children The Western Album Rearview Mirror: An American Musical Journey Addicted to Black
Live albums	Solo Dominion Starry, Starry Night
Compilation albums	The Very Best of Don McLean And I Love You So Favorites and Rarities Legendary Songs of Don McLean Christmastime!
Singles	"Castles in the Air" "American Pie" "Vincent" "Wonderful Baby" "Crying" "Since I Don't Have You" "He's Got You" "You Can't Blame the Train"
Other songs	"And I Love You So"
Related	"The Saga Begins" Carol Sauvion "Killing Me Softly with His Song"

Ronnie Milsap
Studio albums	Ronnie Milsap Where My Heart Is Pure Love Legend in My Time A Rose By Any Other Name Night Things 20/20 Vision It Was Almost Like a Song Only One Love in My Life Images Milsap Magic Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing There's No Gettin' Over Me Inside Keyed Up One More Try for Love Lost in the Fifties Tonight Christmas with Ronnie Milsap Heart & Soul Stranger Things Have Happened Back to the Grindstone True Believer Sings His Best for Capitol Records Just for a Thrill My Life Then Sings My Soul
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 40 #1 Hits 16 Biggest Hits
#1 singles	"Pure Love" "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" "Daydreams About Night Things" "What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down" "(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man" "Let My Love Be Your Pillow" "It Was Almost Like a Song" "What a Difference You've Made in My Life" "Only One Love in My Life" "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" "Back on My Mind Again" "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" "Why Don't You Spend the Night" "My Heart" "Cowboys and Clowns" "Smoky Mountain Rain" "Am I Losing You" "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" "Any Day Now" "He Got You" "Inside" "Stranger in My House" "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" "Show Her" "Still Losing You" "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" "In Love" "How Do I Turn You On" "Snap Your Fingers" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Kenny Rogers) "Where Do the Nights Go" "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" "A Woman in Love" "Stranger Things Have Happened"
Other songs	"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" "Just in Case" "In No Time at All" "Prisoner of the Highway" "Old Folks" (with Mike Reid) "Button Off My Shirt" "Houston Solution" "Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You" "Since I Don't Have You" "Turn That Radio On" "All Is Fair in Love and War" "True Believer"
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