When You're Gone (Avril Lavigne song)

"When You're Gone"
Single by Avril Lavigne
from the album The Best Damn Thing
B-side"Girlfriend"
Released19 June 2007 (2007-06-19)
RecordedOctober 2006
Studio
Genre
Length4:00
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Butch Walker
Avril Lavigne singles chronology
"Girlfriend"
(2007)
"When You're Gone"
(2007)
"Hot"
(2007)
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). 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 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. It earned Lavigne Favorite Artist at the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards.