When You're Gone

song written and composed by Avril Lavigne and Butch Walker, originally recorded by Avril Lavigne in 2006 and released in 2007
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q857189
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When You're Gone

Summary

When You're Gone is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • When You're Gone's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • When You're Gone's composer is recorded as Butch Walker[4].
  • When You're Gone's composer is recorded as Avril Lavigne[5].
  • When You're Gone's genre is pop rock[6].
  • When You're Gone's genre is soft rock[7].
  • When You're Gone's genre is pop music[8].
  • When You're Gone followed Girlfriend[9].
  • When You're Gone was followed by Hot[10].
  • When You're Gone was produced by Butch Walker[11].
  • Among the performers on When You're Gone was Avril Lavigne[12].
  • When You're Gone's record label is recorded as Arista Records[13].
  • When You're Gone is part of The Best Damn Thing[14].
  • When You're Gone's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • When You're Gone was distributed by compact disc[16].
  • When You're Gone was distributed by CD single[17].
  • When You're Gone's country of origin is recorded as United States[18].
  • When You're Gone was published on June 19, 2007[19].
  • When You're Gone's lyricist is recorded as Avril Lavigne[20].
  • When You're Gone's lyricist is recorded as Butch Walker[21].
  • When You're Gone's tonality is recorded as G major[22].
  • When You're Gone's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "When You're Gone"}[23].
  • When You're Gone's beats per minute is recorded as {'amount': '+71'}[24].
  • When You're Gone's different from is recorded as When You're Gone[25].
  • When You're Gone's form of creative work is recorded as song[26].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 185a3df1-8f76-45f3-bb80-41d5e7ba8e0e[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

When You're Gone was performed by Avril Lavigne[12]. It was produced by Butch Walker[11].

Publication

When You're Gone was published on June 19, 2007[19]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[15]. Genres include pop rock[6], soft rock[7], and pop music[8]. It is part of The Best Damn Thing[14]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc[16] and CD single[17].

Adaptations and Inspiration

When You're Gone followed Girlfriend[9]. It was followed by Hot[10].

Why It Matters

When You're Gone ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . musicnotes.com. musicnotes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_when-you-re-gone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{When You're Gone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/when-you-re-gone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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