"When You're Gone" is the second single from the 2007 album The Best Damn Thing by Avril Lavigne.[1] It was announced as the second single on March 8 in an interview at Kiss FM.[citation needed] Billboard described the song as "a power ballad with a piano and synth introduction".[2]

Lavigne has said the song "is about being with someone you love, and you have to say goodbye, and all the little things you miss about them". The song may have been inspired by Lavigne's husband, Deryck Whibley, although in an interview in Ireland with The Belfast Telegraph she did not confirm this.[3] According to her, she did not intend the song to be a love song, but she was writing a slow song and the process brought out "all that emotional stuff" in her. "It's not cheesy, because I wrote it", she said. "If I was older, a professional writer coming up with all that, that would be lame."[4]

The single was to be released in the U.S. on May 8, but because "Girlfriend" reached the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 26, it was pushed back to May 22.[citation needed] The song will have a physical release in Japan on June 30, coupled with the track "Girlfriend" (Japanese version).[5]

The song was used in the second season finale of the MTV show The Hills. It plays during the climatic "moving out" scene between former best friends Lauren and Heidi.

"When You're Gone"[tr][td=3,1][/td][/tr]Single by Avril Lavignefrom the album The Best Damn Thing[tr][td]Released[/td][td=2,1]May 22, 2007 (U.S.)
June 30, 2007 (Japan)[/td][/tr][tr][td]Format[/td][td=2,1]CD single[/td][/tr][tr][td]Genre[/td][td=2,1]Piano Pop
Rock
Power Ballad[/td][/tr][tr][td]Length[/td][td=2,1]4:00[/td][/tr][tr][td]Label[/td][td=2,1]RCA[/td][/tr][tr][td]Writer(s)[/td][td=2,1]Avril Lavigne, Butch Walker[/td][/tr][tr][td]Producer(s)[/td][td=2,1]Butch Walker[/td][/tr]Peak chart positions[tr][td=3,1]

• #90 (U.S. Hot 100)
• #77 (U.S. Pop 100)

[/td][/tr]Avril Lavigne singles chronology[tr][td]"Girlfriend"
(2007)[/td][td]"When You're Gone"
(2007)[/td][/tr]

Chart (2007)Peak
position[tr][td]U.S. Billboard Hot 100[/td][td]90[/td][/tr][tr][td]U.S. Billboard Pop 100[/td][td]77[/td][/tr]

^ Graff, Gary. "Avril's Agenda: New Video, Shows, Film Work". Billboard. May 3, 2007.
^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Avril Sets Date For Clap-Happy New Album". Billboard. January 29, 2007.
^ Low, Shereen. "Older and wiser". The Belfast Telegraph. April 1, 2007.
^ Vineyard, Jennifer. "Don't Know How To Spell 'Avril Lavigne'? Prepare To Be Scolded" MTV News. February 28, 2007.
^ アヴリル・ラヴィーン、ニュー・シングルで日本語詞に挑戦？. CDJournal. April 27, 2007.

a touching song
just can't wait for the mv～

when i hear this song,i cry sometimes...
i don't know why. maybe it makes me remember sth...

this Song is so good...

i like it..

but  ..

it.has little..

sad...

that is avril 's ture heart.

right?!

i have the same feeling with u~~~~~

I like this song very muck!It is very wonderful!

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i never cry....

I was motivated by the MV

SINGLE! RAIN``YOU'VE PROMISED ME!

a really sad song.........