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This song was the followup to Brenda Holloway's 1964 hit 'Every Little Bit Hurts". The success of that tune in the crossover market of segregated R&B/Rock&Roll radio was the association with the television public service announcement "Every Litter Bit Hurts", which was designed to curb the epidemic of highway littering on U.S. highways in the '60's.
"When "I'm Gone" was recorded after the Mary Wells version, which was intended to be the followup to Wells' '64 hit, "My Guy". When Mary Wells abruptly left Motown to sign with 20th Century Fox Records, "When I'm Gone" became Holloway's release on Tamla Records in the summer of 1965. "When I'm Gone" was a hit with R&B stations in major markets, but the play on words on Holloway's previous hit did not provide the crossover impetus that perhaps the Mary Wells version would have provided after "My Guy".
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