When You're Gone (Bryan Adams song)

"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"
  • "What Does It Do to Your Heart"
Released November 30, 1998
Format CD single
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:25
Label A&M
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"On a Day Like Today"
(1998)		 "When You're Gone"
(1998)		 "Cloud Number Nine"
(1999)
Melanie C singles chronology
"When You're Gone"
(1998)		 "Goin' Down"
(1999)
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"So Far So Good"
(2006)		 "When You're Gone"
(2006)		 "I Thought I'd Seen Everything"
(2008)
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"When You're Gone" is a song by Canadian musician Bryan Adams, from his album On a Day Like Today (1998). The song features Melanie C of the Spice Girls. The song was written by Adams and Eliot Kennedy. The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and spent 15 weeks in the UK Top 40, with nine of these in the Top 10. With sales of 676,947, "When You're Gone" was the 82nd-best selling single of the 1990s. It has sold 730,000 copies in the UK as of March 2015, and 2,5 million copies worldwide.[1]

The CD single of "When You're Gone" also included a solo version by Adams. The song is frequently featured at Adams' concerts. He usually picks a female out of the audience to sing the song with him. As such, it appears on several CD and DVD releases. In recent years, he also performed it entirely solo, both fully acoustic and with his full band.

Melanie C regularly features the song in her live concerts, with guitarist Greg Hatwell singing Adams' parts. The song is included on her live DVD Live Hits. Melanie C and Bryan Adams have played the song together a couple of times in concert. Duet versions have been released on the singles for Adams' "Cloud Number Nine" (1999) and on Melanie C's "If That Were Me" (2000).

In 2005, Adams re-recorded 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.

Track listing and formats

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

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

Official versions

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 20
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 13
Denmark (IFPI) 7
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 5
France (SNEP)[7] 37
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 14
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 3
Italy (FIMI)[10] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 15
Norway (VG-lista)[13] 6
Scottish Singles Chart[14] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 8
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 11
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 3

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[17] Platinum 70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Platinum 730,000[1]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 Myers, Justin (28 March 2015). "10 girl group stars who went it alone". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. – When You're Gone". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. – When You're Gone" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. – When You're Gone" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. – When You're Gone" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 68, No. 13". RPM (Library and Archives Canada). January 11, 1999. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. – When You're Gone" (in French). Les classement single.
  8. ↑ "Musicline.de – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  9. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: A". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  12. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. – When You're Gone". Top 40 Singles.
  13. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. – When You're Gone". VG-lista.
  14. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com.
  15. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. – When You're Gone". Singles Top 100.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C. – When You're Gone". Swiss Singles Chart.
  17. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  18. ↑ "British single certifications – Bryan Adams". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Bryan Adams in the field Search. Select Artist in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
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