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  • My City Was Gone
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  • eng
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  • Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)
  • Sire Records singles
  • The Pretenders songs
  • 1982 songs
  • Songs about the United States
  • Music of Ohio
  • Songs written by Chrissie Hynde
  • The Rush Limbaugh Show
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  • %22My City Was Gone%22 is a song by the rock group The Pretenders. The song originally appeared in October 1982 as the B-side to the single release of %22Back on the Chain Gang%22; the two-sided single was the comeback release for the band following the death of founding bandmember James Honeyman-Scott. The song was included on the album Learning to Crawl released in early 1984, and it became a radio favorite in the United States. It is sometimes referred to as %22The Ohio Song%22 for its constant reference to the state, though it is not part of the song's title. The song's final title was due to the fact that there had already been a song called %22Ohio%22 by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.The song was written by Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde, and reflected her growing interest in environmental and social concerns; the lyrics take the form of an autobiographical lament, with the singer returning to her childhood home of Ohio and discovering that rampant development and pollution had destroyed the %22pretty countryside%22 of her youth. The song makes a number of specific references to places in and around Akron, Ohio including South Howard Street (line 5), the historic center of Akron which was leveled to make way for an urban plaza with three skyscrapers and two parking decks (line 8).
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  • Sire Records
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  • My City Was Gone
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