"When You're Gone" | ||||
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Single by Avril Lavigne | ||||
from the album The Best Damn Thing | ||||
B-side | "Girlfriend" | |||
Released | 19 June 2007 | |||
Recorded | October 2006 | |||
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Length | 4:00 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Butch Walker | |||
Avril Lavigne singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"When You're Gone" on YouTube |
"When You're Gone" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne from her third studio album, The Best Damn Thing (2007).[1] It was released as the second single from the album on 19 June 2007, by RCA Records. Lavigne co-wrote the song with Butch Walker, whilst production was solely helmed by Walker. According to Lavigne, the song is about saying goodbye to and missing a person that one cares about.
Commercially, "When You're Gone" reached the top 10 in Austria, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom; and peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. It earned Lavigne Favorite Artist at the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards.