american singer janet sang don't know what you got till it's gone.
american singer janet sang don't know what you got till it's gone.
who sang don't know what you got till it's gone?
american singer janet
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"don't know what you got (till it's gone)" is a power ballad written by tom keifer and performed by the glam metal band cinderella, from their second album "long cold winter". released in august 1988, it was their most successful single, peaking at number 12 on us "billboard" hot 100 in november 1988.









































the music video for this song was filmed at mono lake and bodie, california. this fact is revealed in the "tales from the gypsy road" video collection.
don't know what you got (till it's gone)
thatgrapejuice.net felt that the song was sticking to her tried-and-true formula of previous midtempo singles "so gone" and "everything to me" and wrote that it "showcases the monica fans have grown to know and love – sass, simplicity, and heartfelt vocal delivery." in her track-by-track review of "new life", "billboard" magazine writer erika ramirez noted, "the 'you don't know what you got till it's gone' anthem is laced with the spinners "i don't want to lose you" and boogie down productions' "9 mm goes bang." the cut stands the best chance of breaking out amid the filler-heavy material here". less empathetic with its production, slant magazine writer jonathan keefe found that "missy elliott brings nothing more to the ballad than a pedestrian beat and chintzy quiet-storm keyboards," while tuyet nguyen of "the a.v. club" commented that "even catchy tunes, like the missy elliott-produced “until it’s gone,” only register for a moment before disappearing again into the recesses of the album.
until it's gone (monica song)