Until It's Gone (Monica song)

"Until It's Gone"
Single by Monica
from the album New Life
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2011
Length3:45
LabelRCA
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Monica singles chronology
"Anything (To Find You)"
(2011) 		"Until It's Gone"
(2011) 		"It All Belongs to Me"
(2012)

"Until It's Gone" is a song by American recording artist Monica. It was written and produced by longtime contributor Missy Elliott with additional penning from Jazmine Sullivan, Cainon "Lambo" Lamb, and Anthony "J.R. Smashh" Randolph for Monica's seventh studio album, New Life (2012), sampling both The Spinners' 1975 record "I Don't Want to Lose You" and Boogie Down Productions' 1987 song "9mm Goes Bang". A soulful, anthemic R&B ballad built upon percussion with piano chords, the song lyrically explores the breakdown of an old relationship.

The track was serviced to digital media stores on September 27, 2011, in the United States, replacing "Anything (To Find You)" featuring Rick Ross as the album's initial leading single. Released to mixed reviews by contemporary music critics, who praised its more sophisticated and melodically complex structure but felt it formulaic, it failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the component Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. While it would remain the highest-charting single offering from the New Life album, it was later demoted and replaced by Rico Love-produced "It All Belongs to Me", a duet with R&B singer Brandy, as the album's leading single.

The music video for "Until It's Gone" was shot by director Diane Martel and filmed in the Harlem neighborhood, New York City on October 3, 2011. It premiered online on October 24, 2011, to coincide with Monica's thirty-first birthday. American actor Brian J. White and actress Malinda Williams star in the video, which centers on two characters having words in their automobile, leading to a devastating accident.