Divine Brown - Gone

I've been meaning to post this all week, and but I finally got around to it today.  Anyways, this is the kind of song I'd usually not like, I'm not exactly the biggest R 'n' B fan.  Yet there's something about the way it's done that just has me hooked.

Divine Brown has the perfect voice to maintain the soulful feel, and yet make it fit into the catchy Pop trend.  The song has a call and response echo of "Gone, gone," that just keeps growing as you go through the song. It's easy to just bob along with it as he voice gets stronger and more powerful.  The song combines verses with the same style, as well as as spoken verse at the bridge.  All of it works together well in creating a nice song.

The lyrics are straightforward and to the point. "I'm gone, and I won't be coming back."  Divine Brown sings them with dignity and power.  This isn't a sad goodbye song, or an angry breakup song.  It's simply, I can't stay any longer.  It's easy to feel the power in her voice as she repeats this message.

While I find that it works well combining R 'n' B with Pop, the question is, will radio accept it.  I wouldn't be surprised to see it just disappear because no one's interested.  It wouldn't be the first time it's happened.  But I'll keep my fingers crossed that Divine Brown can pull off another urban style hit.