When You're Gone (Avril Lavigne song)
| "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 | |||
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| "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.