When You're Gone

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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(s)	"Hey Baby" "I Love Ya Too Much"
Released	November 30, 1998
Format	CD single
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop
Length	3:25
Label	A&M
Chart positions
#3 (UK)
Audio sample
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"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.

[edit] Track listing and formats

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

UK CD

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

UK CD2

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

[edit] Charts

Chart	Position	Sales
UK Singles Chart	3	635,300
Dutch Singles Chart	6
Italy Singles Chart	10

v • d • e

Bryan Adams

-Discography-
Studio albums
Bryan Adams • You Want It You Got It • Cuts Like a Knife • Reckless • Into the Fire
Waking Up the Neighbours • 18 til I Die • On a Day Like Today • Room Service
Compilation albums
So Far So Good • The Best of Me • Anthology
Live albums
Live! Live! Live! • MTV Unplugged
Top 10 Singles
Straight from the Heart • Run to You • Heaven • Summer of '69 • Heat of the Night
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You • Can't Stop This Thing We Started • Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven
Do I Have to Say the Words? • Please Forgive Me • All for Love • Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You • Let's Make a Night to Remember • I Finally Found Someone
When You're Gone • Cloud Number Nine • Don't Give Up • Here I Am • Open Road

-Related people-
Composers: Jim Vallance • Robert Lange • Michael Kamen • Elliot Kennedy • Gretchen Peters
Guitarists: Keith Scott • Jamie Glaser
Keyboards: : Gary Breit • Tommy Mandel • Bill Payne
Drummers: Mickey Curry • Pat Steward • Steve Smith
Bassists: Norm Fisher • Dave Taylor • Brian Stanley