When You're Gone (Bryan Adams song)

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“When You're Gone”
Single by Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C from the album On a Day Like Today
B-side	"Hey Baby" "I Love Ya Too Much"
Released	November 30, 1998
Format	CD single
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop
Length	3:25
Label	A&M
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"On a Day Like Today" (1998)	"When You're Gone" (1998)	"Cloud Number Nine" (1999)
Melanie C singles chronology
N/A	"When You're Gone" (1998)	"Goin' Down" (1999)
Audio sample
Info "When You're Gone" (help·info)

"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 have played the song together numerous times in concert, performances of which can be found on YouTube.

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.

[edit] Track listing and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "When You're Gone".

• UK CD

1. "When You're Gone" - 3:25
2. "Hey Baby" - 3:48
3. "When You're Gone" [Bryan Solo Version] - 3:25

• UK CD2

1. "When You're Gone" - 3:25
2. "I Love Ya Too Much" - 4:05
3. "What Does It Do To Your Heart" - 3:07

• UK Cassette

1. "When You're Gone" - 3:25
2. "Hey Baby" - 3:48

[edit] Charts

Chart	Position	Sales
UK Singles Chart	3	635,300
Australian Singles Chart	3
Dutch Singles Chart	6
Sweden Singles Chart	8
Italy Singles Chart	10
Swiss Singles Chart	11
Austrian Singles Chart	14
New Zealand Singles Chart	15
France Singles Chart	37

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