"Been Gone" is the second single from Canadian R&B/hip hop singer Keshia Chanté

Keshia Chanté

Keshia Chanté is a Canadian Juno Award-winning critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, model, and actress...

's second studio album 2U

2U (album)

2U is a two-time Juno nominated album and the second Canadian-released album from singer-songwriter Keshia Chanté, which was also slated to be released in 2006 through a new venture between Sony Urban/Epic Records and SonyBMG Canada. This was slated to be Chanté's first worldwide release...

. The single was partially written by Chanté and produced by Philadelphia production company The Matrax. The music video premiered on MuchMusic

MuchMusic

MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

 at 5:00pm (EST) on September 14, 2006. The song features a sped up section of Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...

's "Winter" which plays throughout most of the song. It peaked at 10 on the Canadian BDS Radio Airplay chart.