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When You're Gone
Avril Lavigne
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- Album
- The Best Damn Thing (Expanded Edition)
- Released
- 2007
- Genres
- Pop
- Length
- 4:00
- Tempo
- 142 BPM
- Label
- RCA Records Label
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About this song
Avril Lavigne talked about the song's background in an interview with PopMatters. It was written to be universal, and she said it was going to be the album's second single. The song is the fifth track on her third studio album, The Best Damn Thing.
What it's about
The song draws on the feeling of having to leave someone you love and missing all the small things about them. Lavigne planned a music video with several stories about separated couples, including a husband going off to war while his pregnant wife waits at home.
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Fun facts
- Sampled in 5 other songs, like “Gone by Tyga”.
- Covered once, including “When You're Gone by KIDZ BOP Kids”.
- Written by Butch Walker and Avril Lavigne.
- Produced by Butch Walker.