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"Dead and Gone" is a song by American rapper T.I., featuring singer Justin Timberlake. It was released as the fourth official (seventh overall) and final single of T.I.'s sixth album, Paper Trail. The single charted on Billboard Hot 100 even before its official release. They performed this song at the 51st Grammy Awards. This is the second collaboration between T.I. and Justin Timberlake, the first being "My Love", off Justin Timberlake's second album, FutureSex/LoveSounds. The song was nominated twice at the 52nd Grammy Awards, for 'Best Rap/Sung Collaboration' and 'Best Rap Song'.
Before the single was announced, the track debuted on number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100, due to high downloads. Following its official release as a single, on the last week of December it made a re-entry on the chart at number 99 and was able to reach #2, it was not able to succeed Flo Rida's hit single "Right Round" from the top spot for five consecutive weeks, the following week it fell to the number four position and then to number 6. It is T.I.'s fourth consecutive top 5 hit on the Hot 100 from Paper Trail, and seventh of his career as a lead artist. On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs it has reached #2 so far. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks and the Hot 100 Airplay chart on the week of March 14, 2009. It also, so far, has peaked to #9 on the Billboard Pop 100 Airplay chart and #3 at the Billboard Pop 100 chart. The song made a strong debut at #30 on the UK Singles Chart, and the following week climbed to #17 and peaked at #4. In Canada it first debuted at #59 on the Canadian Hot 100 the same week it did as in the U.S., and after its physical release it made a re-entry at #70 and has now peaked at #3.
The video was directed by Chris Robinson and was filmed in the first week of February in Los Angeles, California. The video surfaced on the internet a few hours before the official release date on February 17. In it, T.I. is filmed driving throughout a desert landscape, interspersed with shots of Justin Timberlake standing alone in the desert or playing a piano. T.I. eventually drives up in a '69 Camaro SS and meets with Timberlake and they continue the song together as the camera circles around them. Shortly before the final rendition of the chorus, there is a break in the music and a brief montage of images, with the words "good", "evil", and "redemption", appears. As the song draws to a close, T.I. is seen returning to his car and driving off, leaving Timberlake standing alone once again in the dark, with his piano set ablaze in the background. The very end of the video shows T.I. getting out of the car and entering the prison with the gates closing behind him. This is a cliffhanger that is revealed in "Remember Me".
The video ranked at #34 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2009 countdown.
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