"When You're Gone" was written by Bryan Adams and Eliot Kennedy and featured former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm. The song peaked at number three at the UK singles chart and spent 15 weeks in the UK Top 40, with nine of these in the Top 10. The single sold 635,300 copies and was the 82nd-best selling single of the 1990s.
The song is frequently featured at Adams' concerts. He usually picks a female out of the audience to sing the song with him. Melanie C regularly features the song in her live set, with a guitarist singing Adams' part. The song is included on her live DVD Live Hits. Melanie C and Bryan Adams reunited to sing the song at a charity event in England in 2005.
In 2005, Adams rerecorded the song with Pamela Anderson for the US release of the Anthology greatest hits album. The new version was released to radio as a single.
"When You're Gone" is a song by Avril Lavigne, and is the second single from her 2007 album, The Best Damn Thing. It was released in Japan on June 20, 2007, coupled with the track "Girlfriend" (Japanese version).
